Calculus Examples

$\int \sec^{4} (5 x) d x$

Step 1

Let $u_{1} = 5 x$ . Then $d u_{1} = 5 d x$ , so $\frac{1}{5} d u_{1} = d x$ . Rewrite using $u_{1}$ and $d$ $u_{1}$ .

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Step 1.1

Let $u_{1} = 5 x$ . Find $\frac{d u_{1}}{d x}$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Differentiate $5 x$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [5 x]$

Step 1.1.2

Since $5$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $5 x$ with respect to $x$ is $5 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$5 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 1.1.3

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

$5 \cdot 1$

Step 1.1.4

Multiply $5$ by $1$ .

$5$

Step 1.2

Rewrite the problem using $u_{1}$ and $d u_{1}$ .

$\int \sec^{4} (u_{1}) \frac{1}{5} d u_{1}$

Step 2

Combine $\sec^{4} (u_{1})$ and $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$\int \frac{\sec^{4} (u_{1})}{5} d u_{1}$

Step 3

Since $\frac{1}{5}$ is constant with respect to $u_{1}$ , move $\frac{1}{5}$ out of the integral.

$\frac{1}{5} \int \sec^{4} (u_{1}) d u_{1}$

Step 4

Simplify the expression.

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Step 4.1

Rewrite $4$ as $2$ plus $2$

$\frac{1}{5} \int {\sec (u_{1})}^{2 + 2} d u_{1}$

Step 4.2

Rewrite ${\sec (u_{1})}^{2 + 2}$ as $\sec^{2} (u_{1}) \sec^{2} (u_{1})$ .

$\frac{1}{5} \int \sec^{2} (u_{1}) \sec^{2} (u_{1}) d u_{1}$

Step 5

Using the Pythagorean Identity, rewrite $\sec^{2} (u_{1})$ as $1 + \tan^{2} (u_{1})$ .

$\frac{1}{5} \int (1 + \tan^{2} (u_{1})) \sec^{2} (u_{1}) d u_{1}$

Step 6

Let $u_{2} = \tan (u_{1})$ . Then $d u_{2} = \sec^{2} (u_{1}) d u_{1}$ , so $\frac{1}{\sec^{2} (u_{1})} d u_{2} = d u_{1}$ . Rewrite using $u_{2}$ and $d$ $u_{2}$ .

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Step 6.1

Let $u_{2} = \tan (u_{1})$ . Find $\frac{d u_{2}}{d u_{1}}$ .

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Step 6.1.1

Differentiate $\tan (u_{1})$ .

$\frac{d}{d u_{1}} [\tan (u_{1})]$

Step 6.1.2

The derivative of $\tan (u_{1})$ with respect to $u_{1}$ is $\sec^{2} (u_{1})$ .

$\sec^{2} (u_{1})$

Step 6.2

Rewrite the problem using $u_{2}$ and $d u_{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{5} \int 1 + {u_{2}}^{2} d u_{2}$

Step 7

Split the single integral into multiple integrals.

$\frac{1}{5} (\int d u_{2} + \int {u_{2}}^{2} d u_{2})$

Step 8

Apply the constant rule.

$\frac{1}{5} (u_{2} + C + \int {u_{2}}^{2} d u_{2})$

Step 9

By the Power Rule, the integral of ${u_{2}}^{2}$ with respect to $u_{2}$ is $\frac{1}{3} {u_{2}}^{3}$ .

$\frac{1}{5} (u_{2} + C + \frac{1}{3} {u_{2}}^{3} + C)$

Step 10

Simplify.

$\frac{1}{5} (u_{2} + \frac{1}{3} {u_{2}}^{3}) + C$

Step 11

Substitute back in for each integration substitution variable.

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Step 11.1

Replace all occurrences of $u_{2}$ with $\tan (u_{1})$ .

$\frac{1}{5} (\tan (u_{1}) + \frac{1}{3} \tan^{3} (u_{1})) + C$

Step 11.2

Replace all occurrences of $u_{1}$ with $5 x$ .

$\frac{1}{5} (\tan (5 x) + \frac{1}{3} \tan^{3} (5 x)) + C$

Step 12

Simplify.

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Step 12.1

Combine $\frac{1}{3}$ and $\tan^{3} (5 x)$ .

$\frac{1}{5} (\tan (5 x) + \frac{\tan^{3} (5 x)}{3}) + C$

Step 12.2

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{1}{5} \tan (5 x) + \frac{1}{5} \cdot \frac{\tan^{3} (5 x)}{3} + C$

Step 12.3

Combine $\frac{1}{5}$ and $\tan (5 x)$ .

$\frac{\tan (5 x)}{5} + \frac{1}{5} \cdot \frac{\tan^{3} (5 x)}{3} + C$

Step 12.4

Combine.

$\frac{\tan (5 x)}{5} + \frac{1 \tan^{3} (5 x)}{5 \cdot 3} + C$

Step 12.5

Simplify each term.

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Step 12.5.1

Multiply $\tan^{3} (5 x)$ by $1$ .

$\frac{\tan (5 x)}{5} + \frac{\tan^{3} (5 x)}{5 \cdot 3} + C$

Step 12.5.2

Multiply $5$ by $3$ .

$\frac{\tan (5 x)}{5} + \frac{\tan^{3} (5 x)}{15} + C$

Step 13

Reorder terms.

$\frac{1}{5} \tan (5 x) + \frac{1}{15} \tan^{3} (5 x) + C$