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Hai,

I have the following Integral i can't get right:
[tex]\int_{-8}^8\frac{(6e^{4x}-2)^2}{e^{4x}}[/tex]

After i squared the bracket i end up with[tex]~~\frac{36e^{8x}-24e^{8x}+4}{e^{4x}}[/tex]

So, after dividing thru by [tex]e^{4x}[/tex] i have:

[tex]36e^{4x}-24e^{4x}+\frac{4}{e^{4x}}[/tex]

Integrating gives:
[tex]9e^{4x} - 6e^{4x} +4~ln(e^{4x})[/tex]

I must be doing something wrong because i end up with the wrong answer =/
But what?
 
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[tex]\int 36e^{4x}-24e^{4x}+\frac{4}{e^{4x}}\,dx=\int 36e^{4x}-24e^{4x}+4e^{-4x}}\,dx[/tex]
You skipped the u substitution for the last term.
 
The second term in line 2 should be [tex]- 24e^{4x}[/tex]. Also, the integral of [tex]4e^{ - 4x}[/tex] is not [tex]4\ln (e^{4x} )[/tex]