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Integration of other expressions

If, instead of having an expression with all terms in the form , like:

we instead have something like this:

…then we need to convert it into the form of the first expression.

  • Rewrite each term in the form :
    • stays the same - already in the right form.
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
  • So the expression becomes:
  • Now integrate this expression term-by-term:
  • Adding them all together, we have:
  • Rewrite each term in the form :
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
  • So the expression becomes:
  • Now integrate this expression term-by-term:
  • Adding them all together, we have:
  • Rewrite each term in the form :
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
    • stays the same - already in the right form.
  • So the expression becomes:
  • Now integrate this expression term-by-term:
  • Adding them all together, we have:
  • Now use the initial condition to find :
    • Set this equal to 7:
  • Put this value of back into the expression for :
  • Rewrite each term in the form :
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
    • can be rewritten as .
  • So the expression becomes:
  • Now integrate this expression term-by-term:
  • Adding them all together, we have: