Integral involving parts and trig sub

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integral of xarcsinx dx

integration by parts and a trig sub


by parts I get (x^2)/2 arcsinx - integral (x^2)/sqrt(1-x^2)

after that trig sub and i get

integral of sin^2

then I used the double angle identity

so

integral of 1/2 - the integral of (cos2)/2

so i get 1/2 theta - 1/4 sincos

then i plug bach the values of sin, cos and theta and I get

x^2)/2 arcsinx-1/2 arcsinx +1/4 xsqrt(1-x^2)


the answer that is given is x^2)/2 arcsinx-1/4 arcsinx +1/4 xsqrt(1-x^2)

my question is how do you get the 1/4 infront of the arcsinx
 
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Punkyc7 said:
integral of xarcsinx dx

integration by parts and a trig sub


by parts I get (x^2)/2 arcsinx - integral (x^2)/sqrt(1-x^2)
That's not what I get. You left of the factor of 1/2 in the integral. You have also omitted dx, which will come around to bite you later.
Punkyc7 said:
after that trig sub and i get

integral of sin^2
That's not what I get. Before the trig substitution, the integral is
[tex](1/2)\int \frac{x^2~dx}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}[/tex]

You used the right trig substitution, but you didn't substitute for everything. It looks like all you did was substitute for x2, and you didn't substitute for either dx or sqrt(1 - x2).
Punkyc7 said:
then I used the double angle identity

so

integral of 1/2 - the integral of (cos2)/2

so i get 1/2 theta - 1/4 sincos

then i plug bach the values of sin, cos and theta and I get

x^2)/2 arcsinx-1/2 arcsinx +1/4 xsqrt(1-x^2)


the answer that is given is x^2)/2 arcsinx-1/4 arcsinx +1/4 xsqrt(1-x^2)

my question is how do you get the 1/4 infront of the arcsinx