Indefinite Integral Using Substitution

Question

can someone please help?

I need to evaluate this indefinite integral:

$$\int \frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}dx$$ I tried using substitution for letting u = x, but I can't get past finding the antiderivative after that.

Thank you!

Answer 1

For this you want to set $u = x^2+2$ which means $du=2x*dx$. We see an $x$ in the integrand which is good but we don't see a $2$. We can make up for this by saying.

$$\int{\frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}} = \frac{1}{2}\int{\frac{2x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}}$$

And now we can use our $u$ substitution to get.

$$\int{\frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}}=\frac{1}{2}\int{\frac{1}{\sqrt{u}}du}=\frac{1}{2}\frac{\sqrt{u}}{\frac{1}{2}}+C=\sqrt{u}+C$$

Substituting $x^2+2$ back in for $u$ we find that.

$$\int{\frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}}=\sqrt{x^2+2}+C$$

Answer 2

write the integral inthe form $$\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{2x}{\sqrt{x^2+2}}dx$$ and set $$x^2+2=t$$

Answer 3

Letting $u=x$ doesn't accomplish anything. Try letting $u=x^2+2$.