Cal 2 integral / trig substitution

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Homework Statement



I am asked to prove the following statement is correct

integral (sqrt(a^2+x^2))/x dx = sqrt(a^2+x^2)-a log(a (sqrt(a^2+x^2)+a))+ C

Homework Equations



x = atanθ
dx = (asecθ)^2

tan^2+1 = sec^2

The Attempt at a Solution



got down to a (sec^2 θ a(√sec^2)dθ)/atanθ

I plugged into wolfram and immediately got something involving csc in the steps and I am not sure where it came from. Just beginning these trig substitutions in class.
 
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[tex] x = atan \theta[/tex]
[tex] dx = a sec^2 \theta d\theta [/tex]

so subbing into the integral you get (might want to check the steps)
[tex] \int \frac{sqrt{a^2+x^2}}{x}dx <br /> = \int \frac{\sqrt{a^2+a^2tan^2 \theta}}{atan\theta} a sec^2 \theta d\theta<br /> = \int \frac{\sqrt{a^2sec^2\theta}}{tan\theta} sec^2 \theta d\theta<br /> = \int \frac{a}{cos\theta}\frac{cos\theta}{sin\theta} \frac{1}{cos^2 \theta} d\theta<br /> = \int a\frac{1}{sin\theta} \frac{1}{cos^2 \theta} d\theta[/tex]

now can you make another substitution?
 
would you use

U= secθ
dU =sec(θ)tan(θ)
 

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