Integrals Resulting in Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Example 1
Evaluate the integral
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Solution
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Example 2
Evaluate \(\displaystyle \int \frac{4-x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx\).
Solution
This integral requires two different methods to evaluate it. We get to those methods by splitting up the integral:
$$ \int \frac{4-x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx = \int \frac{4}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx - \int \frac{x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx.$$
The first integral is handled using a straightforward application of Theorem \(\PageIndex{2}\); the second integral is handled by substitution, with \(u = 16-x^2\). We handle each separately.
\(\displaystyle \int \frac{4}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx = 4\arcsin\frac{x}{4} + C.\)
\(\displaystyle \int\frac{x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx\): Set \(u = 16-x^2\), so \(du = -2xdx\) and \(xdx = -du/2\). We have
\[\begin{align} \int\frac{x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx &= \int\frac{-du/2}{\sqrt{u}}\\ &= -\frac12\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{u}}\ du \\ &= - \sqrt{u} + C\\ &= -\sqrt{16-x^2} + C.\end{align}\]
Combining these together, we have
$$ \int \frac{4-x}{\sqrt{16-x^2}}\ dx = 4\arcsin\frac x4 + \sqrt{16-x^2}+C.$$
Resources
Integration into Inverse trigonometric functions using Substitution by The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Integrating using Inverse Trigonometric Functions by patrickJMT
