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NEW! Section 5.5 – The Substitution Rule

Instructions

  • The first video below explains the concepts in this section. 
  • This page also includes exercises that you should attempt to solve yourself. You can check your answers and watch the videos explaining how to solve the exercises. 
  • You can find additional practice problems for this section on the Practice Problems page for this Module. 

Concepts

  • The Substitution Rule
  • The Substitution Rule for definite integrals
  • Integrating symmetric functions

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Exercises

Directions: You should try to solve each problem first, and then click "Reveal Answer" to check your answer. You can click "Watch Video" if you need help with a problem.

1. Find \(\displaystyle \int x(x^2+4)^5\,dx\)

\( \displaystyle \frac{1}{12} \left(x^2+4\right)^6 + C\)

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2. Find \(\displaystyle{\int_0^{13}{\displaystyle{{2}\over{\sqrt[3]{(1+2x)^2}}}\,dx}}\)

\( \displaystyle 6\)

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3. Find \(\displaystyle{\int{\displaystyle{{x^2}\over{(1-x)^4}}\,dx}}\)

\( \displaystyle \frac{1}{3(1-x)^3}-\frac{1}{(1-x)^2} +\frac{1}{1-x}+C\)

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4. Find \(\displaystyle{ \int_{e^3}^{e^4} \displaystyle{{1}\over{x\ln x}}\,dx}\)

\( \displaystyle \ln \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)\)

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5. Find \(\displaystyle \int \frac{4}{\arcsin(x)\sqrt{1-x^2}}\,dx\)

\( \displaystyle 4\ln \left| \arcsin (x)\right| + C\)

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6. Find \(\displaystyle{\int_{0}^{\pi/4}e^{\sin (2t)}\cos (2t)\,dt}\)

\( \displaystyle \frac{1}{2}(e-1)\)

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7. Find \(\displaystyle{\int\displaystyle{{x+1}\over{x^2+1}}\,dx}\)

\( \displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\ln \left(x^2+1\right) +\arctan (x)+C\)

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8. Find \(\displaystyle{\int \displaystyle{{e^{5/x}}\over{x^2}}\,dx}\)

\( \displaystyle -\frac{1}{5}e^{\frac{5}{x}}+C\)

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