Calculus: an arctan integral
The tutor shows the example ∫dx/(x2+6)
∫dx/(x2+1) = arctanx + C
The related integral
∫dx/(x2+6)
must be put in the form, as follows:
∫dx/(x2+6) = ∫dx/(6(x2/6+1)) = 1/6 ∫dx/(x2/6 + 1)
=1/6 ∫dx/((x/√6)2+1) = (√6)/6∫(dx(1/√6))/((x/√6)2 + 1)
Next it becomes
1/√6∫(dx(1/√6))/((x/√6)2 + 1)
which can be integrated:
1/√6 ∫(dx(1/√6))/((x/√6)2 + 1)=(1/√6)arctan(x/√6) + C
HTH:)
Source:
Larson, Roland E. and Robert P. Hostetler. Calculus, 3rd ed. Toronto: D C Heath and Company, 1989.
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