I'd like to know what I did wrong in my solution using this particular $u$ and $v$
$\int\sec^5x dx$
$u=\sec x$
$du=\sec x\tan x$
$v=\int \sec^4x dx = (\tan^3x)/3+\tan x$
After completing the integral, I ended up with $\int\sec^5x dx= \frac{\tan^3x\sec x}4+\frac{3\tan x\sec x}8+\frac{3\ln(\tan x+\sec x)}8+C$
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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