Integrate: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-10/1221148/1orig.JPG
I did long ÷ & completed the square for the denominator to get the integral: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-10/1221148/2nd.JPG
I then used a regular u-substitution u = x + 2 & got:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-10/1221148/3rd.JPG
I did another substitution v = (u / √5) to get:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-10/1221148/4stuck.JPG
That's as far as I got. I thought I could then use the arctan formula, but I can't figure out how to manipulate the problem to get in the proper form to use arctan.
I tried trig substitution (build a triangle), but I got stuck with that too.
Did I even approach this problem the right way?
Any helpful input is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
2007-01-21
10:21:04
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PuzzledStudent
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To Fatty Dave: I cannot separate the fraction because it is an addition not a multiplication in the numerator. If there were a way I could make it into a multiplication, then that would work.
2007-01-21
11:08:08 ·
update #1