Chapter 19 • Trigonometric Substitution
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19.11
f~
1+x
2
19.12 f
~
Do this two ways.
4+x
2
19.13 f dx
x
2
-Jf+X2
f
JX2
-4
19.14 x dx
19.15
f
~
x x
2
- 4
f
x2dx
19.16
f7)O
yX
2
- 9
19.17 f
~dx
19.18 f dx , 2
(1 + x ..)
19.19 f x +
~
2 dx Write as the sum
of
two fractions, and integrate the two fractions
(1 + x )
separately.
19.20 The answer in Example 19.15 involves
sec-
1
x, which we haven't used before. Use Figure
19.3 to show that
sec-
1
x =
tan-l~.
Differentiate sec-I x as usual by letting
y =
sec-
1
x, sec y = x. Then compare with t tan-I
~.
19.21 A small weight at (a, 0) is attached to a string of length a that initially lies along the x-axis
from 0 to
a. The end of the string is moved up the y-axis, pulling the weight along a curve
called a
tractrix. Find the equation of the curve. Hint: When the weight is at (x, y), the
string is the hypoteneuse of a right triangle whose horizontal leg has length x and whose
vertical leg along the y-axis has length
Ja
2
-
x
2
•
Therefore,
5;
= -
J".~-x2.
Integrate
to get
y as a function of x.
Note:
If you prefer more exciting imagery, imagine (x, y) to be
the position of a fast attack submarine, tracking its target at a constant distance,
a, while
the target sails due north along the y-axis.
19.22 Verify (19.11), (19.12), (19.13).
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19.23 Show that sinh'' x =
2[cosh2x
- 1].
19.24 Let
(x,
y)
be a point on the curve formed by a flexible cable that is suspended at two
points-for
example, a telephone line. Assume the low point on the curve is at (0,
a).
If s
is the weight of the line between (0, a) and (x, y), then parametric equations of the curve
are
x = a
sinh-I:';
y =
Ja
2
+
S2.
a
Solve both equations
for;
and eliminate the parameter s. Show the Cartesian equation
a
is y = a
cosh;.
(Such a curve is called a catenary.)
19.25 (i) Use a trigonometric substitution to show
f
~
=
log(x+.Jx
2
+ a
2
) .
a
2
+ x
2
(ii) Use a hyperbolic substitution to show
f
dx = sinh-I
~.
Ja
2
+x
2
a
(iii) Use (19.15) to show that the two answers differ by a constant.