I. The General Power Formula: Fundamental Integration Formulas
I. The General Power Formula: Fundamental Integration Formulas
ENGR. J.ORMITA 1
MODULE 2: FUNDAMENTAL INTEGRATION FORMULAS
SAMPLE PROBLEMS:
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1. Integrate ∫ sin 3 x cosx dx
Our options are to either choose u = sin x, u = sin1/3 x or u = cos x. However, only
the first one of these works in this problem. So we let,
u = sin x.
Finding the differential:
du = cos x dx
Substituting these into the integral gives:
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∫ sin 3 x cosx dx=∫ u 3 du
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3
3u
¿ +C
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3sin 3 x ans.
¿ +C
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( 3+ln 2 x )3
2. Integrate ∫ dx
x
Let:
u = 3 + ln 2x
We can expand out the log term on the right hand side as follows:
3 + ln 2x = 3 + ln 2 + ln x
Now the first 2 terms on the right are constants (whose derivative equals zero) and the
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derivative of the natural log of x is .
x
1
Then du= dx
x
( 3+ln 2 x )3 3 u4 ( 3+ln 2 x )4
∫ dx= ∫ u du ¿ +C ¿ +C ans.
x 4 4
3. Integrate ∫ 2 √ 1−e− x e− x dx
Let:
u=1−e− x
ENGR. J.ORMITA 2
MODULE 2: FUNDAMENTAL INTEGRATION FORMULAS
The derivative of u is
du
=0−(−e )− x =e−x
dx
du=e− x dx
We substitute to give:
∫ 2 √ 1−e− x e− x dx=2 ∫ √ u du
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¿ 2 ∫ u 2 du
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2 2
¿2 ()
3
u +C
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¿ ( 1−e−x ) 2 + C ans.
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dx
4. Integrate ∫
√ 49−x2
Applying the formula, we have:
dx dx
∫ =∫
√ 49−x 2
( 7 )2−x 2
¿ sin−1 ( 7x )+C
We could also write this answer as:
x
= arcsin +C ans.
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ENGR. J.ORMITA 3