Trigonometric Substitution Problem - Calculus 2

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khatche4
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Hey there
This is a trig substitution for my Calculus 2 class and I really have NO idea how to get started...

[tex]\int\frac{4}{\sqrt{3-2x^2}}dx[/tex]

My professor has yet to go over how to evaluate trigonometric substitutions with coefficients in front of variables.
 
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How would you factor out the two?

Because [tex]\sqrt{3-2x^2}[/tex] is not the same as 2*[tex]\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}-x^2}[/tex]
 
khatche4 said:
How would you factor out the two?

Because [tex]\sqrt{3-2x^2}[/tex] is not the same as 2*[tex]\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}-x^2}[/tex]

Yes, but [tex]\sqrt{3-2x^2} = \sqrt{2}*\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}-x^2}[/tex]. I may not have been clear in my previous post.
 
Oh! Duh! Thank you!
I'll give it a try.