How do you integrate x3x+1dx?

1 Answer
Apr 15, 2017

x3x+1=29x(3x+1)324135(3x+1)52+C

Explanation:

You will need substitution in addition to integration by parts. Let u=x and dv=3x+1. By the power rule, du=dx. But we will need to make a substitution to find v. Let t=3x+1. Then dt=3dx and dx=dt3.

3x+1=tdt3=13tdt=29t32=29(3x+1)32

Apply integration by parts now.

udv=uvvdu

x3x+1=29x(3x+1)3229(3x+1)32dx

x3x+1=29x(3x+1)3229(3x+1)32dx

Now let n=3x+1. Then dn=3dx and dx=dn3.

(3x+1)32=13n32dn=215n52=215(3x+1)52

x3x+1=29x(3x+1)3229(215)(3x+1)52+C

x3x+1=29x(3x+1)324135(3x+1)52+C

Hopefully this helps!