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RE: Calculus integration problem. please help.
Wow!  It appears that everyone is getting something different.  Here is what I did.  I used substitution and realized that the 1/x^2 can be rewritten as 1x^-2.

Integration: (x + 1/x) (sqrroot(x^2+x^-2)) dx

u = x^2+x^-2 dx
du = 2x - 2x^-1 dx
(1/2)du = x - x^-1
x- x^-1 = x + 1/x

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Substitute (x + 1/x) with 1/2 and x^2+x^-2 with "u"

Integrate from here: 1/2 (u^(1/2))

1/2 (u^(3/2)) / (3/2)


      2u^(3/2)
        2 * 3

this equals: 2(x^2 + 1/x^2)^(3/2)
                                 6

THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A TI-89 Titanium.  Check it yourself.  No integration by parts neccessary!

02-15-2007 12:19 PM
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RE: Calculus integration problem. please help.
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Originally posted by Buttah N Bred
Wow!  It appears that everyone is getting something different.  Here is what I did.  I used substitution and realized that the 1/x^2 can be rewritten as 1x^-2.

Integration: (x + 1/x) (sqrroot(x^2+x^-2)) dx

u = x^2+x^-2 dx
du = 2x - 2x^-1 dx
(1/2)du = x - x^-1
x- x^-1 = x + 1/x

[color=black]

Substitute (x + 1/x) with 1/2 and x^2+x^-2 with "u"

Integrate from here: 1/2 (u^(1/2))

1/2 (u^(3/2)) / (3/2)


      2u^(3/2)
        2 * 3

this equals: 2(x^2 + 1/x^2)^(3/2)
                                 6

THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A TI-89 Titanium.  Check it yourself.  No integration by parts neccessary!

Nice math but.. did you see the date of the other posts? :undecided: Months ago.
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02-15-2007 01:04 PM
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RE: Calculus integration problem. please help.
no,  I wasn't focused on the date that it was posted.  this was for anybody else who may have had this problem.
02-15-2007 08:17 PM
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