How can I effectively use substitution to evaluate this integral?

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Homework Statement



Evaluate the integral.

Int((x+5)(x-5)^(1/3)dx

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I've attempted the problem but subsitution doesn't seem to do anything, as du = dx if u = x-5, which doesn't cancel anything.
 
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Tom Mattson said:
That's exactly the substitution you want to go with. If [itex]u=x-5[/itex] then [itex]x=u+5[/itex], which you can use in the other factor in the integrand.

So then what? I have integral of (u+10)(u)^(1/3) du.
 
htoor9 said:
So then what? I have integral of (u+10)(u)^(1/3) du.

Expand the u^(1/3) into both terms. It should be easy to integrate then.