Trigonometric Substitutions: Example 2

Evaluate

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Solution. First let us complete the square for tex2html_wrap_inline35 . We get

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which suggests the secant-substitution tex2html_wrap_inline39 . Hence we have tex2html_wrap_inline41 and tex2html_wrap_inline43 . Note that for x=0, we have tex2html_wrap_inline47 which gives t=0 and for x=3, we have tex2html_wrap_inline53 which gives tex2html_wrap_inline55 . Therefore, we have

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Using the trigonometric identities (you will find them at the end of this page), we get

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The technique of integration related to the powers of the secant-function gives tex2html_wrap_inline61 and

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which implies

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One would check easily that

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