Q112 / 160 · TS EAMCET 2016 · Mathematics

$\int \frac{x^3}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} d x$ is equal to

  • A
    $\sqrt{1+x^2}-\frac{x}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}+C$
  • B
    $x \sqrt{1+x^2}+\frac{2}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}+C$
  • Correct answer
    C
    $x^2 \sqrt{1+x^2}-\frac{2}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}+C$
  • D
    $x^2 \sqrt{1+x^2}-\frac{1}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{1 / 2}+C$

Solution

$$ \begin{aligned} & \text { Let } I=\int \frac{x^3}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} d x \\ & =\int x^2 \cdot \frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} d x \\ & \end{aligned} $$ By using integration by parts $\begin{aligned} & =x^2 \int \frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} d x-\int\left\{2 x \int \frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}} d x\right\} d x \\ & =x^2 \sqrt{1+x^2}-\int 2 x \sqrt{1+x^2} d x \\ & =x^2 \sqrt{1+x^2}-\frac{\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}}{\frac{3}{2}}+C \\ & =x^2 \sqrt{1+x^2}-\frac{2}{3}\left(1+x^2\right)^{3 / 2}+C\end{aligned}$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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