Calculus Examples

$\int \frac{1}{e^{x}} d x$

Step 1

Simplify the expression.

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Step 1.1

Negate the exponent of $e^{x}$ and move it out of the denominator.

$\int 1 {(e^{x})}^{- 1} d x$

Step 1.2

Simplify.

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Step 1.2.1

Multiply the exponents in ${(e^{x})}^{- 1}$ .

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Step 1.2.1.1

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\int 1 e^{x \cdot - 1} d x$

Step 1.2.1.2

Move $- 1$ to the left of $x$ .

$\int 1 e^{- 1 \cdot x} d x$

Step 1.2.1.3

Rewrite $- 1 x$ as $- x$ .

$\int 1 e^{- x} d x$

Step 1.2.2

Multiply $e^{- x}$ by $1$ .

$\int e^{- x} d x$

Step 2

Let $u = - x$ . Then $d u = - d x$ , so $- d u = d x$ . Rewrite using $u$ and $d$ $u$ .

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Step 2.1

Let $u = - x$ . Find $\frac{d u}{d x}$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Differentiate $- x$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [- x]$

Step 2.1.2

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- x$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$- \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 2.1.3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 2.1.4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$

Step 2.2

Rewrite the problem using $u$ and $d u$ .

$\int - e^{u} d u$

Step 3

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $u$ , move $- 1$ out of the integral.

$- \int e^{u} d u$

Step 4

The integral of $e^{u}$ with respect to $u$ is $e^{u}$ .

$- (e^{u} + C)$

Step 5

Simplify.

$- e^{u} + C$

Step 6

Replace all occurrences of $u$ with $- x$ .

$- e^{- x} + C$