Variant of inverse tangent derivative

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Homework Statement


1/(u^2+4)


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The Attempt at a Solution



I know that 1/(x^2+1) is the derivative of the inverse tangent function, and that is proved by using tany = x, derivative of both sides with secx=(1+tan^2x) and tan^2x = x^2.

I don't know how to use the proof of the inverse tangent derivative to calculate the integral of 1/(u^2+4). Am I approaching this in an incorrect way?
 
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Think about how you can turn that 4 into a 1 without changing the value of the whole expression.
 
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