Can a substitution solve this integral problem with Emag integration?

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Now then, I am close to shedding a tear with this one.

This integral has been popping up in a few electromag examples iv been doing and i have absolutely no idea what's going on here.

The integral is 1/[(x2+z2)3/2] with respect to x

According to the textbook the answer is x/[z2(x2+z2)1/2]

I initially, without evening really thinking, went straight for -1/(x[x2+z2]1/2)

Any ideas?
Thanks
 
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First of all, try to find the partial derivative with respect to x (treating z as a constant parameter) of the textbook's answer. If it gives your integrand, then it is correct. If not, it is wrong.
 
Iv used a computer, and it tells me its correct! Otherwise, yes i would have done as you said.
 
So, I guess this issue is resolved.
 
No its not, my question is why is this integral equal to the quoted answer. I gave my attempt at the answer, which is nothing like the actual answer. I am baffled.
 
Oh, so you want to calculate the integral.

Try the substitution x = z \, \tan(p).
 
To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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