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Section 7.6 : Integrals Involving Quadratics
1. Evaluate the integral \( \displaystyle \int{{\frac{7}{{{w^2} + 3w + 3}}\,dw}}\).
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Start SolutionThe first thing to do is to complete the square (we’ll leave it to you to verify the completing the square details) on the quadratic in the denominator.
\[\int{{\frac{7}{{{w^2} + 3w + 3}}\,dw}} = \int{{\frac{7}{{{{\left( {w + \frac{3}{2}} \right)}^2} + \frac{3}{4}}}\,dw}}\] Show Step 2From this we can see that the following substitution should work for us.
\[u = w + \frac{3}{2}\hspace{0.5in} \Rightarrow \hspace{0.5in}du = dw\]Doing the substitution gives,
\[\int{{\frac{7}{{{w^2} + 3w + 3}}\,dw}} = \int{{\frac{7}{{{u^2} + \frac{3}{4}}}\,du}}\] Show Step 3This integral can be done with the formula given at the start of this section.
\[\int{{\frac{7}{{{w^2} + 3w + 3}}\,dw}} = \frac{{14}}{{\sqrt 3 }}{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{{2u}}{{\sqrt 3 }}} \right) + c = \require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{\frac{{14}}{{\sqrt 3 }}{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{{2w + 3}}{{\sqrt 3 }}} \right) + c}}\]Don’t forget to back substitute in for \(u\)!