How to find integrals of parent functions without any horizontal/vertical shift?

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TL;DR Summary: How to find integrals of parent functions without any horizontal/vertical shift?

Say you were given the equation :
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How would you find :
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with a calculator that can only add, subtract, multiply, divide

Is there a general formula?
 
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You have a function of the form Cxp where p ≠ -1.
The integral is Cxp+1/(p+1)
 
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The difficulty here is to compute (adequate approximations to) [itex]9^{1/7}[/itex] and [itex]14^{8/7} = 14 \cdot 14^{1/7}[/itex] using "a calculator that can only add, subtract, multiply, divide".
 
pasmith said:
The difficulty here is to compute (adequate approximations to) [itex]9^{1/7}[/itex] and [itex]14^{8/7} = 14 \cdot 14^{1/7}[/itex] using "a calculator that can only add, subtract, multiply, divide".
1261/7≈1281/7=2
One could then do the polynomial expansion (2-x)7=126 and throw away higher terms to find corrections. Or do some iteration.