Sunday, July 13, 2014

What is the indefinite integral of the function y=1/(x^2+12x+36) ?

Since the denominator is the perfect square, we can
re-write the given function:


1/(x^2+12x+36) =
1/(x+6)^2


We'll re-write the
integral:


Int f(x)dx = Int
dx/(x+6)^2


We'll use substitution to solve the
integral:


x+6 = t


We'll
differentiate both sides:


(x+6)'dx = dt => dx =
dt


We'll re-write the integral in
t:


Int dx/(x+6)^2 = Int
dt/t^2


Int dt/t^2 = Int
[t^(-2)]*dt


Int [t^(-2)]*dt = t^(-2+1)/(-2+1) + C =
t^(-1)/-1 + C = -1/t + C


But t =
x+6


The requested indefinite integral of the
function is Int dx/(x^2+12x+36) = -1/(x+6) + C.

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