How to solve indefinite integral of 1 divided by 5x plus 4 by dx ?

Short answer: indefinite integral of 1 divided by 5x plus 4 by dx is (1/5)ln|5x+4|+C. ∫ (1/(5x+4))dx is not particulary hard integral. You can solve it in 6 easy steps. We will walk you through and explain everything. Let's start.

how to solve indefinite integral of 1 divided by 5x plus 4 by dx

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Required assumtions

Usually, we have some additional info about function f of (x). In our case:

  1. f(x) belongs to real numbers
  2. f(x) is integrable in that domain
assumtions for indefinite integral of 1 divided by 5x plus 4 by dx

 

Step by step solution of ∫ (1/(5x+4))dx

We will solve ∫ (1/(5x+4))dx in 6 easy steps. Let's get started

Step 1

From symbol dx we know that differential of variable x indicates that the variable of integration is x. In that case, to solve this integral we may apply so called u−substitution method. We do it in order to modify the integral in the way that enable using some of formulas for finding integrals. In our case we substitute expression 5x plus 4.

step 1

Step 2

We say u is equal to 5x plus 4. We also have to know what is the derivative of u. So, we write derivative of u equals to d 5x plus 4. From rules that we can apply to derivatives, we know that derivative of 5x plus 4 equals derivative of 5x plus derivative of 4. Thus, we have du equals d 5x plus d4. We also know that derivative of constant is 0. Consequently, our derivative of 4 is also 0. And we’ve got du is equal to 5 dx. But what we want to have an expression that we insert to our main solution instead of dx. So, after division of both sides by 5 we’ve got du divided by 5 is equal to dx that we were searching for now.

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Step 3

Let’s make use of our u. We insert u instead of 5x plus 4 to our main equation and instead of dx we now use expression with our substituted variable u which is du divided by 5. We have now integral of 1 divided by u multiplied by du divided by 5.

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Step 4

Next, we can multiply expression in numerator and expression in denominator.

step 4

Step 5

We’ve got integral of du divided by 5u.Which we can write as integral of one-fifth multiplied by one divided by u by du.

step 5

Step 6

Now, we try to modify our main equation to the form which enables using some known formula for solving integral. First, knowing that integral of a multiplied by s by ds, where a is some constant equals a multiplied by integral of s by ds, we may apply it to our equation. In our case s is 1 divided by u and a is one-fifth.

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Step 7

Perfect, now we can apply formula for solving integral of one divided by s by ds which equals natural logarithm of absolute value of s. We also must add constant C to make sure that we have all our solution taken into account as our solution make whole class of function not a single one. In our case s is equal to u .

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Step 8

We’ve got one-fifth multiplied by natural logarithm of absolute value of u plus constant C.

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Step 9

But it is not the end of our solution. We have to come back to our problem, and it was formulated using variable x. We use u-substitution and now we have to come back to x. So instead of u we now insert 5x plus 4. We’ve got one-fifth multiplied by natural logarithm of absolute value of 5x plus 4 plus constant C as a result of our problem.

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What is indefinite integral of 1 divided by 5x plus 4 by dx?

We finally did it: ∫ (1/(5x+4))dx=(1/5)ln|5x+4|+C

(1/(5x+4))dx=(1/5)ln|5x+4|+C

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Dictionary

Integration (antidifferentiation)

Computation (process of finding) of an integral, opposite process to differentiation.

Integrand

Function placed between sign of integral and differential of variable of integration e.g. $${{ \int f(x)dx}}$$,
where:
$${{ \int }}$$- integration operator,
f(x) – integrand,
dx- differential of variable of integration x

Integrable function

Function that integral over its domain is finite.

Indefinite integral

Represents a class of primitive functions whose derivative is the integrand e.g. $${{\int f(x)dx=F(x)+C \Leftrightarrow F’(x)=f(x)}}$$
$${{C=const. }}$$,
$${{f, F,C \in R }}$$
R-real numbers
$${{\int f(x)dx}}$$ - indefinite integral of function f(x) by dx,
$${{F(x)+C}}$$ – a class of primitive functions that $${{F’(x)=f(x) }}$$,
F(x) - primitive function, usually written in capital letters,
R-real numbers.

Integration by substitution, substitution method, u-substitution

Method used to solve integral when an integral contains some function and its derivative. The function we sat as equal to u and we rewrite the integral using a new variable u.
$${{\varphi: x \rightarrow \varphi (x)=u, x \in X, u \in U}}$$
and
$${{f: u \rightarrow f(u), u \in U, f(u) \in \varphi }}$$
$${{\varphi}}$$ is injective and differentiable function in X
f is continuous in U
then, $${{ \int f(\varphi (x)) \varphi’(x)dx=f(u) du}}$$ $${{\int f(\varphi (x))\varphi’(x)dx=\Bigg|\matrix{u= \varphi (x) \cr d(u)= d(\varphi (x))\cr du= \varphi ’(x) dx}\Bigg| =\int f(u) du}}$$

Function

Function specified on a set X and having values in set Y is an assignment each element of set X specifically one element in set Y.
$${{f: X \rightarrow Y}}$$
f-function name,
X-set of elements of function f, domain of a function f
Y-set of function values of function f, codomain of a function f
$${{x\in X, y \in Y}}$$
$${{y=f(x) f: x\rightarrow y}}$$
$${{y=y(x), }}$$
y(x)-vales of the function named y,
x-independent variable,
y-dependent variable.

Derivative, derivative of a function

If $${{lim {\Delta f \over \Delta x }}}$$exists (and is finite), then this limit is named
$${{ \Delta x\rightarrow 0}}$$
derivative of a function f(x) in a point x0 and use symbol f’(x).
$${{ f’(x_0) {\buildrel\rm def\over=} \lim_{\Delta x\to0} {\Delta f \over \Delta x}}}$$

Derivative function f’(x)

Derivative function of function f(x) is a function that values in a point x_0 are equal to derivative of this function in the point x_0.
f’(x_0) - derivative of a function f(x) in a point x_0 (a number, because it is a specifically determined limit of a function),
f’(x)-derivative function.

Differentiable function

f(x) is differentiable in a point x_0 means that there exists f’(x_0 )
-f(x) is differentiable in (a,b) means there exists f’(x), x $${{\in(a,b) }}$$
-f(x) is differentiable in means there exists $${{f’(x), x \in}}$$

Differential of a function (df)

Differential of a function f(x) in a point x_0 is symbolized as df(x_0) and $${{df(x_0) {\buildrel\rm def\over=} f’(x_0) \Delta x}}$$