How do you find the integral of xexsec(7x)tan(7x)dx?

1 Answer
Apr 21, 2018

(xexsec7xtan7x)dx=xexex17sec(7x)+C

Explanation:

So, we want

(xexsec7xtan7x)dx. We can split up across the difference, yielding the following two integrals:

xexdxsec7xtan7xdx

For xexdx, we will use Integration by Parts, making the following selections:

u=x
du=dx
dv=exdx
v=exdx=ex

uvvdu=xexexdx

=xexex

For sec7xtan7xdx, let's first make a simple substitution to clean things up:

u=7x
du=7dx
17du=dx

Then, we have the common integral

17secutanudu=17secu=17sec(7x)

Combining our integrals together and putting in the constant of integration, we get

(xexsec7xtan7x)dx=xexex17sec(7x)+C