# Math Help - integration by parts

1. ## integration by parts

I am working on a integration by parts problem.

$\int tan^{-1}(4t)dt$

Setting $u=tan^{-1}(4t)$, then $dv=dt$, $dv=\frac{1}{1+(4t)^2}$ and $v=t$

Plugging into the equation, we get:

$tan^{-1}(4t)(t)-\int \frac{4t}{1+(4t)^2}dt$

I am good with all of that, except the 4 in the numerator of the integrand. I don't see where that comes from, since v=t. With the 4, it does lead to the correct answer.

Can someone explain?

2. ## Re: integration by parts

Originally Posted by baldysm
I am working on a integration by parts problem.

$\int tan^{-1}(4t)dt$
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3. ## Re: integration by parts

Originally Posted by baldysm
I am working on a integration by parts problem.

$\int tan^{-1}(4t)dt$

Setting $u=tan^{-1}(4t)$, then $dv=dt$, $dv=\frac{1}{1+(4t)^2}$ and $v=t$
You have a lot of typos that make this very difficult to read. You mean
$u= tan^{-1}(4t)$ and $dv= dt$. Then $du= \frac{4}{1+ (4t)^2} dt$ and $v= t$. An error that I think is NOT a typo is that you have $du= \frac{1}{1+ (4t)^2}$ without the "4" in the numerator. You need that because of the "chain rule". To differentiate $u= tan^{-1}(4t)$, let y= 4t so that $u= tan^{-1}(y)$. Then $\frac{du}{dy}= \frac{1}{1+ y^2}$ and $\frac{dy}{dx}= 4$. By the chain rule, $\frac{du}{dx}= \frac{du}{dy}\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{1}{1+ u^2}(4)= \frac{4}{1+ 16t^2}$.

Plugging into the equation, we get:

$tan^{-1}(4t)(t)-\int \frac{4t}{1+(4t)^2}dt$

I am good with all of that, except the 4 in the numerator of the integrand. I don't see where that comes from, since v=t. With the 4, it does lead to the correct answer.

Can someone explain?