Attempting integral:
−∫dx√x2−9
Let x=3 sec θ so that under the square root we have:
√9 sec2 θ−9
√9(sec2 θ−1)
dxdθ=3 sec θ tan θ
The 1/3 and the 3 cancel eachother out outside the integral, so we have:
−∫sec θ tan θ dθtan θ
The tan θ terms cancel, so we're left to integrate sec θ which is equal to:
−ln (tan θ+ sec θ)+C
Since tan θ=√x2−9 since it replaced it in the integral, and sec θ=x3, the answer is:
− ln (√x2−9 +x3)+C
However, using an online calculator, the answer turned out to be:
− ln (√x2−9 +x)+C
It seemed to come about due to their substitution of u=x3 we led them to get the standard integral of sec−1x, which would imply that
√x29−9
becomes √u2−1
And I just don't see how. Can someone explain why what they did is valid and/or where my mistake was?
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