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Homework Statement



Evaluate using any method:

[tex]\int\frac{8x^3+10} {\sqrt[3]{5x-4}}[/tex]dx



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I'm lost on this one.
 
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Since it is that cube root in the denominator that is causing the trouble, a kind of obvious substitution is [itex]u= 5x- 4[/itex]. Then du= 5dx or dx= (1/5)du.

Also, 5x= u+ 4 so x= (u+ 4)/5. Replacing x by that in [itex]8x^3+ 10[/itex] gives you a cubic, in u, in the numerator divided by [itex]\sqrt[3]{u}= u^{1/3}[/itex]. That reduces to a sum of terms involving [itex]u^{3- 1/3}= u^{8/3}[/itex], [itex]u^{2- 1/3}= u^{5/3}[/itex], and [itex]u^{1- 1/3}= u^{-2/3}[/itex].
 
Where do you get the 5x=u+4?
 
So do you get something like:

8[tex]\int\frac{(u+4/5)^3 + 10}{u^(1/3)}[/tex]

That's U raised to the 1/3 on the denominator
?
 
Mark44 said:
It's not u + 4/5 in the numerator -- it's (1/5)(u + 4). Also, where is du in your integral? You seem to be ignoring it.

Yea that's what I meant. I don't understand where the Du goes.

8[tex]\int\frac{((u+4)/5)^3 + 10}{u^(1/3)}[/tex]

So that is right? Then does du takes the spot of the 5?
 
Use u=5x-4 then du=5dx, insert this into the integral to obtain:
[tex] \int\frac{8x^3+10} {\sqrt[3]{5x-4}}dx=\frac{1}{5}\int\frac{8((u+4)/5)^{3}+10}{u^{1/3}}du[/tex]
Now all you have to do is expand the cube and integrate using
[tex] \int x^{n}dx=\frac{1}{n+1}x^{n+1}+c[/tex]