Thread: antiderivative.

here it is: http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/435/untitledvm3.jpg

any help please.

Originally Posted by rcmango

here it is: http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/435/untitledvm3.jpg

any help please.

I can't read that; int(sqrt(7 + ____), t = 0...1)dt

Type what the integral is here please.

I think I can read it correctly.

In latex (when it works again) .

In easier to read type: int sqrt(9+4t^2)dt, evaluated from 0 to 1.

Before I do this, have you studied trig substitution, because if you haven't this might be slightly difficult to get at first?

i know some trig identities if you mean that is trig substitution?

Alright. Well draw a right triangle with the horizontal leg being 3 and the vertical leg being 2t. So it follows that the hypotenuse is sqrt(9+4^2).

Now let's make some substitutions. Call the angle between the horizontal leg and the hypotenuse theta.

tan(theta) = (2t)/3, and taking the derivative...

sec^2(theta)d(theta) = (2/3)dt.

So t = [3tan(theta)]/2 and dt = [3sec^2(theta)]/2

Now plug this back into the original integral.

int sqrt(9+4t^2)dt = int sqrt[(9/4)tan^2(theta)+9] *(3/2)sec^2(theta)d(theta).

Is this making sense?