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Hi can anybody help to integrate (3x-2)(2x-3)^1/2

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If it was (ii), ∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx
Let u = 2x - 3
=> x = (u + 3)/2
=> dx = du/2
Hence
3x - 2 = 3(u + 3)/2 - 2
= (3u + 5)/2

∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx = (1/4) ∫ (3u + 5)u0.5 du
= (1/4) ∫ (3u1.5 + 5u0.5) du
= (1/4) [6u2.5/5 + 10u1.5/3] + c
= (1/4) [6(2x - 3)2.5/5 + 10(2x - 3)1.5/3] + c

Hope the working's right....lol
 

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If it was (ii), ∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx
Let u = 2x - 3
=> x = (u + 3)/2
=> dx = du/2
Hence
3x - 2 = 3(u + 3)/2 - 2
= (3u + 5)/2

∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx = (1/4) ∫ (3u + 5)u0.5 du
= (1/4) ∫ (3u1.5 + 5u0.5) du
= (1/4) [6u2.5/5 + 10u1.5/3] + c
= (1/4) [6(2x - 3)2.5/5 + 10(2x - 3)1.5/3] + c

Hope the working's right....lol
Wolfram Mathematica Online Integrator

How did they do that? Is it something simple that i'm missing?
 

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Note that:
(1/4) [6(2x - 3)2.5/5 + 10(2x - 3)1.5/3] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [6(2x - 3)/5 + 10/3] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [(36x - 54 + 50)/15] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [(36x - 4)/15] + c
= (1/4) (4/15) (2x - 3)1.5 (9x - 1) + c
= (1/15) (2x - 3)1.5 (9x - 1) + c
 

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If it was (ii), ∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx
Let u = 2x - 3
=> x = (u + 3)/2
=> dx = du/2
Hence
3x - 2 = 3(u + 3)/2 - 2
= (3u + 5)/2

∫ (3x - 2)(2x - 3)0.5 dx = (1/4) ∫ (3u + 5)u0.5 du
= (1/4) ∫ (3u1.5 + 5u0.5) du
= (1/4) [6u2.5/5 + 10u1.5/3] + c
= (1/4) [6(2x - 3)2.5/5 + 10(2x - 3)1.5/3] + c

Hope the working's right....lol
from memory this is 4u method where you have to make your own substitution?
adikaye i thought this was your original problem, is there a way to do this 3u style, or is making your own substitution 3u? =S
 

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im pretty sure 'own substitution' is not limited to the realm of 4u
 

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Hi sorry the original problem should be

Integral of (3x-2)(2x-3)^-0.5

The answer is (x+1)(2x-3)^0.5 + C

can you please show the steps involved to get this.

Thank you very much, and sorry about my first blunder.
 
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Hi sorry the original problem should be

Integral of (3x-2)(2x-3)^-0.5

The answer is (x+1)(2x-3)^0.5 + C

can you please show the steps involved to get this.

Thank you very much, and sorry about my first blunder.
It's pretty much the same steps as I outlined in the above posts.
 

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Note that:
(1/4) [6(2x - 3)2.5/5 + 10(2x - 3)1.5/3] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [6(2x - 3)/5 + 10/3] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [(36x - 54 + 50)/15] + c
= (1/4) (2x - 3)1.5 [(36x - 4)/15] + c
= (1/4) (4/15) (2x - 3)1.5 (9x - 1) + c
= (1/15) (2x - 3)1.5 (9x - 1) + c
Ahh ofcourse, thanks for the clarification Treb

from memory this is 4u method where you have to make your own substitution?
adikaye i thought this was your original problem, is there a way to do this 3u style, or is making your own substitution 3u? =S
Yeah, that was my Q, the original Q couldn't have been done using 3U (since no substitution given is 4U, except for this Q: int. sin^2@cos@d@). But as you can see the Q was written incorrect, solutions provided by Unthouchablecuz and Nomad would be the answer for the fixed question, and would be within 3U. I still think it's an ugly Q for 3U though, 4U it's pretty standard though
 

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no i was told thinking up your own substitution was only in 4U, in 3U, they tell you which one to use (and sometimes they do in 4U)
even so, its not that hard anyway to do a linear substitution, all you do is substitute u = (whatever is within the function that isn't linear), and then rewrite the linear part so that it is with respect to u.
 

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