This integral is just whooping my butt

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Homework Statement



General antiderivative of:

e^(sqrt(2x) + 3)

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/integralm.png/

I have no idea what to do, my process is chaotic. I arrive at an answer but it doesn't seem to agree with the book.
 
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Your answer looks correct, though the book answer would probably factor it: [itex](\sqrt{2x}-1)\exp(\sqrt{2x}+3)[/itex]. Is that what the difference is?

As to your method, you could just make one substitution, [itex]y = \sqrt{2x}[/itex], rather than making two.