M408C

11/21/2013

Worksheet: Inverse Trig Integrals

We’re a little behind Professor Davis’s lectures. Here’s the plan for the rest of the semester:

11/21 - Inverse Trig, 11/26 - Trig Substitution, 12/3 - Partial Fractions, 12/5 - Final Review

Things are starting to go very fast and we won’t be able to cover everything. Study, study, study!

Quick Recap:

Below is the domain and range of a few inverse trig functions:

h π πi
sin−1 (x) : domain = [−1, 1], range = − ,
2 2
h π πi
tan−1 (x) : domain = (−∞, ∞) , range = − ,
2 2
Here are a few useful freeby integrals for any a > 0:
Z Z
1 −1 x
  1 1 −1 x
 
√ dx = sin + C, dx = tan + C.
a2 − x2 a a2 + x2 a a

Examples:

Z 1
1
(1) √ dx
0 4 − x2

x2
Z
(2) dx
x2 − x + 1

 
Answers: (1) π
6
, (2) x + 1
2
ln |x2 − x + 1| − √1
3
tan−1 2x−1
√
3
+C
1
 2

Practice:

√
Z 2
1
(1) dx
0 x2 +2

x2 + x
Z
(2) dx
x2 + 3

Z
x
(3) dx
3x2 +2

x3 + x2 + x
Z
(4) dx
x+2

3x − 1
Z
(5) dx
x2 + 1

x−1
Z
(6) dx
x2 + 2x + 5

Z 2
1
(7) dx
0 2x2 +8

Answers:  
x3 2
(1) π
√
4 2
, (2) x + 12 ln |x2 + 3| − √33 tan−1 x
√
3
+ C, (3) 1
6
ln |3x2 + 2| + C, (4) 3
− x2 + 3x − 6 ln |x + 2| + C
(5) 3
2
ln |x2 + 1| − tan−1 (x) + C, (6) 1
2
ln |x + 2x + 5| − 3 tan−1 (x + 2) + C (7)
2 π
16