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Homework Statement
Using the substitution x = 2sinθ, show that
\int \sqrt{4 - x^2} dx = Ax\sqrt{4 - x^2} + B ⋅ arcsin(\frac{x}{2}) + C
whee A and B are constants whose values you are required to find.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
x = 2sinθ
\frac{dx}{dθ} = 2cosθ
dx = 2cosθ ⋅ dθ
\int \sqrt{4 - x^2} dx = \int \sqrt{4 - 4sin^2θ} ⋅ 2cosθ dθ
Edit: (Hopefully) corrected my work after this point
2\int \sqrt{4(1 - sin^2θ)} ⋅ cosθ dθ
2\int 2\sqrt{1 - sin^2θ} ⋅ cosθ dθ \rightarrow 1 - sin^2θ = cos^2θ
4\int \sqrt{cos^2θ} ⋅ cosθ dθ
4 \int cosθ ⋅ cosθ ⋅ dθ
4 \int cos^2θ ⋅ dθ
4 \int \frac{1 + cos2θ}{2} ⋅ dθ = 2 \int 1 + cos2θ ⋅ dθ
2(θ + 2sin2θ)
x = 2sinθ ∴ θ = arcsin\frac{x}{2}
2arcsin\frac{x}{2} + 4sin2θI'm getting closer at this point, but can't figure out how to transform the 4sin2θ back into something to do with x's. If I substituted 2sinθcosθ in for sin2θ then I would be stuck with a cosine in the final equation that I don't want, nor would that get me any closer to a square root shown in the final answer. Have I messed up in my work up to this point again, or is there something I'm not looking at? Thanks!
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