100 Integrals

nasi112

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I'm watching the video 100 Integrals of blackpenredpen. I'm on number 28 at time 1:35:00.

[imath]\displaystyle \int \sqrt{x^2 + 4x + 13} \ dx = \int \sqrt{(x + 2)^2 + 3^2} \ dx[/imath]

What is the strategy to go from [imath]x^2 + 4x + 13[/imath] to [imath](x + 2)^2 + 3^2[/imath]?

 
That's called completing the square. See here for an explanation:

 
The idea is that we can now substitute [imath] y=x+2 [/imath] with [imath] dx=dy [/imath] and get a more standard integral [math] \int\sqrt{y^2+3^2}\,dy .[/math]Here are some lists of integral formulas:
To continue this integration, substitute
y →3* tan(Ø)→ dy = 3*sec^2 (Φ)
and
y^2 + 3^2 = 3^2 * [1+tan^2(Φ)]..... and continue.....
 
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