Is Partial Integration the Correct Method for Solving This Integral?

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My answer should not be correct. Right?:rolleyes:
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  • Handwritten-style worked solution to the integral of x cubed over the square root of x squared plus one, using the substitution x = tan θ, with steps through tan cubed θ sec θ and a final answer in terms of x.
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Why not do a partial integration?

x/sqrt[x^2+1] * x^2 dx

You can integrate x/sqrt[x^2+1] this is proportional to
sqrt[x^2+1]

So, if you do a partial integration, you'll have to deal with the integral:

x sqrt[x^2+1]

where the x comes from the derivative of x^2. But this is then proportional to (x^2+1)^(3/2).