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IntegralsInvolvingRoots
Inthissectionweregoingtolookatanintegrationtechniquethatcanbeusefulforsomeintegralswithroots
inthem.Wevealreadyseensomeintegralswithrootsinthem.Somecanbedonequicklywithasimple
CalculusIsubstitutionandsomecanbedonewithtrigsubstitutions.

However,notallintegralswithrootswillallowustouseoneofthesemethods.Letslookatacoupleof
examplestoseeanothertechniquethatcanbeusedonoccasiontohelpwiththeseintegrals.

Example1Evaluatethefollowingintegral.

Solution
Sometimeswhenfacedwithanintegralthatcontainsarootwecanuse
thefollowingsubstitutiontosimplifytheintegralintoaformthatcan
beeasilyworkedwith.


So,insteadoflettingubethestuffundertheradicalasweoftendidin
CalculusIweletubethewholeradical.Now,therewillbealittle
moreworkheresincewewillalsoneedtoknowwhatxissowecan
substituteinforthatinthenumeratorandsowecancomputethe
differential,dx.Thisiseasyenoughtogethowever.Justsolvethe
substitutionforxasfollows,


Usingthissubstitutiontheintegralisnow,

So,sometimes,whenanintegralcontainstheroot thesubstitution,

canbeusedtosimplifytheintegralintoaformthatwecandealwith.

Letstakealookatanotherexamplerealquick.

Example2Evaluatethefollowingintegral.

Solution
Welldothesamethingwedidinthepreviousexample.Heresthe
substitutionandtheextraworkwellneedtodotogetxintermsofu.


Withthissubstitutiontheintegralis,

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Thisintegralcannowbedonewithpartialfractions.

Settingnumeratorsequalgives,


Pickingvalueofugivesthecoefficients.

Theintegralisthen,

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