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buffgilville
Nov24-04, 11:56 PM
how do I find to antiderivative of:

x((2x^2) - 2)^3

ehild
Nov25-04, 12:06 AM
how do I find to antiderivative of:

x((2x^2) - 2)^3

x(2x^2-2)^3=8x(x^2-1). Replace x^2-1 by t, notice that dt=2dx, so

\int x(2x^2-2)^3dx=\int 4 t^3 dt

then replace back

t=x^2-1

ehild

buffgilville
Nov25-04, 12:43 AM
from there I was suppose to compute as x is goes from 0 to 1
I got 0, but the answer is -1

ehild
Nov25-04, 01:26 AM
from there I was suppose to compute as x is goes from 0 to 1
I got 0, but the answer is -1
There was a typo in my message. It is

\int x(2x^2-2)^3dx=\int 4 t^3 dt

correctly, which is t^4= (x^2-1)^4.

\big[(x^2-1)^4\big]_0^1=(1-1)^4-(0-1)^4=-1

ehild