Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.3 - Exponential Functions - Exercises 7.3 - Page 391: 101

Answer

$$\frac{{3\ln 2}}{2}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int_0^2 {\frac{{{{\log }_2}\left( {x + 2} \right)}}{{x + 2}}} dx \cr & {\text{using the property }}{\log _a}u = \frac{{\ln u}}{{\ln a}}{\text{ }}\left( {{\text{see example 7b}}} \right) \cr & \int_0^2 {\frac{{{{\log }_2}\left( {x + 2} \right)}}{{x + 2}}} dx = \int_0^2 {\frac{{\ln \left( {x + 2} \right)}}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\ln 2}}} dx \cr & = \frac{1}{{\ln 2}}\int_0^2 {\frac{{\ln \left( {x + 2} \right)}}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)}}} dx \cr & = \frac{1}{{\ln 2}}\int_0^2 {\ln \left( {x + 2} \right)\frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)}}} dx \cr & {\text{integrate using the power rule }}\int {{u^n}du = \frac{{{u^{n + 1}}}}{{n + 1}} + C} \cr & {\text{for this exercise we can note that }}u = \ln \left( {x + 2} \right);{\text{ then}} \cr & = \frac{1}{{\ln 2}}\left( {\frac{{{{\ln }^2}\left( {x + 2} \right)}}{2}} \right)_0^2 \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\ln 2}}\left( {{{\ln }^2}\left( {x + 2} \right)} \right)_0^2 \cr & {\text{use fundamental theorem of calculus }}\cr & \int_a^b {f\left( x \right)} dx = F\left( b \right) - F\left( a \right).\,\,\left( {{\text{see page 281}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\ln 2}}\left( {{{\ln }^2}\left( {2 + 2} \right) - {{\ln }^2}\left( {0 + 2} \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\ln 2}}\left( {{{\ln }^2}\left( 4 \right) - {{\ln }^2}\left( 2 \right)} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\ln 2}}\left( {2{{\ln }^2}\left( 2 \right) - {{\ln }^2}\left( 2 \right)} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\ln 2}}\left( {3{{\ln }^2}2} \right) \cr & = \frac{{3\ln 2}}{2} \cr} $$
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