Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 4 - Integration - 4.2 The Indefinite Integral - Exercises Set 4.2 - Page 279: 10

Answer

$$\left( {\bf{a}} \right)\frac{{3{x^{5/3}}}}{5} + C,\left( {\bf{b}} \right) - \frac{1}{{{x^5}}} + C,\left( {\bf{c}} \right)8{x^{1/8}} + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \left( {\bf{a}} \right)\int {\root 3 \of {{x^2}} } dx \cr & {\text{rewriting the integrand}}{\text{,}}\,\,{\text{use }}\root n \of {{x^m}} = {x^{m/n}} \cr & \,\,\, = \int {{x^{2/3}}} dx \cr & {\text{applying the power rule }}\int {{x^n}} dx = \frac{{{x^{n + 1}}}}{{n + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{2/3}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{2/3 + 1}}}}{{2/3 + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{2/3}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{5/3}}}}{{5/3}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{2/3}}} dx = \frac{{3{x^{5/3}}}}{5} + C \cr & \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right)\int {\frac{1}{{{x^6}}}} dx \cr & {\text{rewriting the integrand}}{\text{,}}\,\,{\text{use }}\frac{1}{{{x^n}}} = {x^{ - n}} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\, = \int {{x^{ - 6}}} dx \cr & {\text{applying the power rule }}\int {{x^n}} dx = \frac{{{x^{n + 1}}}}{{n + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 6}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{ - 6 + 1}}}}{{ - 6 + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 6}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{ - 5}}}}{{ - 5}} + C \cr & {\text{rewriting}} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 6}}} dx = - \frac{1}{{{x^5}}} + C \cr & \cr & \left( {\bf{c}} \right)\int {{x^{ - 7/8}}} dx \cr & {\text{applying the power rule }}\int {{x^n}} dx = \frac{{{x^{n + 1}}}}{{n + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 7/8}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{ - 7/8 + 1}}}}{{ - 7/8 + 1}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 7/8}}} dx = \frac{{{x^{1/8}}}}{{1/8}} + C \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\int {{x^{ - 7/8}}} dx = 8{x^{1/8}} + C \cr} $$
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