The Student Room Group
Substitution should work; what's the derivative of 4 - x^2 ?
Reply 2
Substitution does work.

edit: Damn you, GA :p:
Reply 3
x is -1/2du
so its a substitution intergration
Reply 4
Glutamic Acid
Substitution should work; what's the derivative of 4 - x^2 ?


What did you use to sub? 4-x^2 or (4-x^2)^0.5 ?

derivative of 4-x^2 is -2x
Reply 5
u=4x2,du=2xu=4-x^2, du=-2x
Grimmjow
What did you use to sub? 4-x^2 or (4-x^2)^0.5 ?

derivative of 4-x^2 is -2x


And -2x differs from x by a constant multiplier, (-1/2), so u = 4 - x^2 will work.
Reply 7
thanks ppl got it :smile:

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