Thread: Integration: do I use integration by parts?

im trying to integrate 15xe^(-x^2) on [0,1] and I cant figure out what to do. I think you are supposed to integrate by parts, but i cant even figure out where to begin, let alone assing a u or dv.

Originally Posted by bam017

im trying to integrate 15xe^(-x^2) on [0,1] and I cant figure out what to do. I think you are supposed to integrate by parts, but i cant even figure out where to begin, let alone assing a u or dv.

no. substitution,

or get around this by noting that you have



which is of the form