Troubles with an antiderivative

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The forum discussion centers on verifying the correctness of antiderivative solutions. Participants emphasize the importance of differentiating both personal solutions and the book's solution to confirm accuracy. It is established that differing antiderivatives can both be correct if they differ by a constant. The discussion highlights a specific mistake in the user's solution regarding the expansion of the square, where the factor of 2 was omitted in the application of the formula (a+b)² = a² + 2ab + b².

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the book shows a solution that i m not getting
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i attached the file (word file) please check it out tell me if i am right or wrong
please tell me if i am right or wrong
 

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Anti Hydrogen said:
the book shows a solution that i m not getting
Differentiate your solution. Is the result you get equal to the integrand? If so, your work is correct.
Differentiate the book's solution. Is the result equal to the integrand? If so, the book's solution is correct.

Note that it is possible for two people to get two different antiderivatives, with both being correct. In such cases, the two antiderivatives differ by a constant.
 
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