Saturday, 12 August 2017

calculus - Integrating sec5x using integration by parts

I'd like to know what I did wrong in my solution using this particular u and v




sec5xdx



u=secx



du=secxtanx



v=sec4xdx=(tan3x)/3+tanx



After completing the integral, I ended up with sec5xdx=tan3xsecx4+3tanxsecx8+3ln(tanx+secx)8+C




Which is very close to the correct answer but not quite. I can't figure out where I went wrong at all.

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