Hi! I was shown the problem integral -3/sqrt(64-9x^2)dx but a classmate and was wondering if someone could explain it again. This is the work they showed me

Hi I was shown the problem integral 3sqrt649x2dx but a classmate and was wondering if someone could explain it again This is the work they showed me class=


Answer :

From the problem, we have :

[tex]\int -\frac{3}{\sqrt[]{64-9x^2}}dx[/tex]

We need to think of a square number that if we multiply it by 9, the result is 64.

That would be 64/9

[tex]9\times\frac{64}{9}=64[/tex]

The square root of 64/9 is 8/3.

Let u = 3x/8

8u = 3x

x = 8u/3 (This value is the same as we've got above 8/3)

du = 3/8 dx

dx = 8/3 du

Subsitute x = 8u/3 and dx = 8/3 du

[tex]\begin{gathered} \int -\frac{3}{\sqrt[]{64-9(\frac{8u}{3})^2}}\times\frac{8}{3}du \\ \Rightarrow\int -\frac{8}{\sqrt[]{64-9(\frac{64}{9}u^2)}}du \\ \Rightarrow\int -\frac{8}{\sqrt[]{64-64u^2}}du \end{gathered}[/tex]

Extract the square root of 64 which is equal to 8.

[tex]\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow\int -\frac{8}{\sqrt[]{64-64u^2}}du \\ \Rightarrow\int -\frac{8}{8\sqrt[]{1-u^2}}du \\ \Rightarrow\int -\frac{1}{\sqrt[]{1-u^2}}du \end{gathered}[/tex]

Note that the identity :

[tex]\int \frac{1}{\sqrt[]{1-u^2}}du=\sin ^{-1}(u)+C[/tex]

It follows that :

[tex]\int -\frac{1}{\sqrt[]{1-u^2}}du=-\sin ^{-1}(u)+C[/tex]

Bring back u = 3x/8, the answer is :

[tex]-\sin ^{-1}(\frac{3x}{8})+C[/tex]