Thursday, January 2, 2014

Find the indefinite integral

By definition, if the function  F(x) is the antiderivative of f(x) then we follow


the indefinite integral as


 where: f(x) as the integrand


           F(x) as the anti-derivative function 


           C  as the arbitrary constant known as constant of integration


 For the problem we may apply u-substitution then basic formula for exponential function.



Using u-substitution, we let  then .


By dividing both sides by -1 in , we get .


Applying u-substitution using and dx=-1 du in 


, we get:  



Applying the basic integration formula for exponential function: 


where a is a constant.


  Then 


To express  it in terms of x, we plug-in u=-x to get:



Recall . It can be also be written as:



Recall the logarithm property: then


It becomes 


 The final answer can be or   .

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