Evaluate the following integral using trigonometric substitution
Integral underroot dx/ 9-x^2


Answer :

Answer:

The result of the integral is:

[tex]\arcsin{(\frac{x}{3})} + C[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following integral:

[tex]\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{9-x^2}}[/tex]

Trigonometric substitution:

We have the term in the following format: [tex]a^2 - x^2[/tex], in which a = 3.

In this case, the substitution is given by:

[tex]x = a\sin{\theta}[/tex]

So

[tex]dx = a\cos{\theta}d\theta[/tex]

In this question:

[tex]a = 3[/tex]

[tex]x = 3\sin{\theta}[/tex]

[tex]dx = 3\cos{\theta}d\theta[/tex]

So

[tex]\int \frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{\sqrt{9-(3\sin{\theta})^2}} = \int \frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{\sqrt{9 - 9\sin^{2}{\theta}}} = \int \frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{\sqrt{9(1 - \sin^{\theta})}}[/tex]

We have the following trigonometric identity:

[tex]\sin^{2}{\theta} + \cos^{2}{\theta} = 1[/tex]

So

[tex]1 - \sin^{2}{\theta} = \cos^{2}{\theta}[/tex]

Replacing into the integral:

[tex]\int \frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{\sqrt{9(1 - \sin^{2}{\theta})}} = \int{\frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{\sqrt{9\cos^{2}{\theta}}} = \int \frac{3\cos{\theta}d\theta}{3\cos{\theta}} = \int d\theta = \theta + C[/tex]

Coming back to x:

We have that:

[tex]x = 3\sin{\theta}[/tex]

So

[tex]\sin{\theta} = \frac{x}{3}[/tex]

Applying the arcsine(inverse sine) function to both sides, we get that:

[tex]\theta = \arcsin{(\frac{x}{3})}[/tex]

The result of the integral is:

[tex]\arcsin{(\frac{x}{3})} + C[/tex]