Integral, an algebra problem actually

[mattmns]

This one has me baffled.

\frac{4}{3}\int_{0}^{1} x^8 \sqrt{1 + 4x^2 + 4x^4}dx

Any ideas would be great, I am thinking maybe a trig substitution, but I have yet to figure out how to simplify this thing first. Thanks.

 

[George Jones]

The stuff under the square root forms a perfect square.

Regards,
George

 

[mattmns]

Pff, duhhh! (x^2 + \frac{1}{2})^2

Thanks!

 

[sniffer]

i did this type of problem before but a multiple choice questions, and there is no matched answer.

later i discovered they used the negative solution, since square root gives positive and negative. so be careful.