Change of variable
5(2x 1)(2x 2 x 5)5 dx ?
2
There are two ways to solve this integral: Either using the formula or using the change of
variable
You are supposed to use only one of them.
u n 1
u'.u dx
n
METHOD 1: Using the formula:
n 1
1
5(2x 1)(2x 2 x 5)5 dx 5 (2 x 1)(2 x 2 2 x 5)5 dx 5. 2.(2 x 1)(2 x 2 2 x 5)5 dx
2
2
5 (2 x 2 2 x 5)6 5(2 x 2 2 x 5)6
. C
2 6 12
Note that in order to solve the above integral, we have to transform the multiplier “2x+1” into a
factor that is equivalent to the derivative of (2x2+2x+5), which is 4x+2 = 2(2x+1); consequently
we had to multiply it by 2. Not to perform any mathematical error we divide by 2 outside the
integral.
Method 2: Using change of variable
5(2x 1)(2x 2 x 5)5 dx ?
2
Consider a new variable t, such that:
t 2x2 2x 5
dt
dt (4 x 2)dx 2(2 x 1)dx dx
2(2 x 1)
As we changed the variable the bounds of the integral would change as well:
x 0.....t 5
, so the integral becomes:
x 1.....t 9
9 9
9
dt 5 5
9
5 t 6 5t 6
5 5(2x 1).t . 2(2x 1) 2 5 t dt 2 . 6 12 ...
5
5 5
Integration by Parts
We perform integration by parts whenever we have 2 factors that are multiplied by each other
and none of them is the derivative of the other, nor could it be altered to become the derivative
of the other.
u.v'.dx uv u'.vdx
Consequently, we are choosing one of the factors to be u and the others to be v ‘, what will be
done is deriving u and integrating v’, in order to obtain u’ and v.
u v‘
u’ v
u.v' dx u.v u'.v
So basically what we are doing is not solving the integral itself, but rather we are transforming
an integral which hard to solve into an easier one.