Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.4 - Trigonometric Substitutions - Exercises 8.4 - Page 467: 16

Answer

$$ x - 2{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) + C $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{{x^2}}}{{4 + {x^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Using Trigonometric Substitutions}} \cr & {\text{We set}}{\text{, }}x = 2\tan \theta,{\text{ }}dx = 2{\sec ^2}\theta d\theta \cr & {\text{With these substitutions}}{\text{, we have}} \cr & \int {\frac{{{x^2}}}{{4 + {x^2}}}} dx = \int {\frac{{{{\left( {2\tan \theta } \right)}^2}}}{{4 + {{\left( {2\tan \theta } \right)}^2}}}} \left( {2{{\sec }^2}\theta } \right)d\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{4{{\tan }^2}\theta }}{{4 + 4{{\tan }^2}\theta }}} \left( {2{{\sec }^2}\theta } \right)d\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\tan }^2}\theta }}{{1 + {{\tan }^2}\theta }}} \left( {2{{\sec }^2}\theta } \right)d\theta \cr & {\text{use the fundamental identity }}{\sec ^2}\theta - 1 = {\tan ^2}\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\tan }^2}\theta }}{{{{\sec }^2}\theta }}} \left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta } \right)d\theta \cr & = 2\int {{{\tan }^2}\theta } d\theta \cr & = 2\int {\left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta - 1} \right)} d\theta \cr & {\text{integrating}} \cr & = 2\tan \theta - 2\theta + C \cr & {\text{write in terms of }}x,{\text{ }}\tan \theta = \frac{x}{2}{\text{ and }}\theta = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\theta \cr & = 2\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) - 2{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) + C \cr & = x - 2{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) + C \cr} $$
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