Integral Calculus Question 427

Question: To evaluate $ \int_{{}}^{{}}{x^{3}{e^{3x^{2}+5}}}dx $ , the simplest way is to

Options:

A) Substitute $ x^{2}=t $

B) Substitute $ (3x^{2}+5)=t $

C) Integrate by parts

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ \int_{{}}^{{}}{x^{3}{e^{3x^{2}+5}}dx} $ The simplest way is substituting $ (3x^{2}+5)=t. $ Put $ t=3x^{2}+5\Rightarrow dx=\frac{dt}{6x}, $ then $ \int_{{}}^{{}}{x^{3}{e^{3x^{2}+5}}dx}=\frac{1}{6}\int_{{}}^{{}}{( \frac{t-5}{3} )e^{t}dt} $ $ =\frac{1}{18}\int_{{}}^{{}}{[te^{t}-5e^{t}]dt}=\frac{1}{18}\int_{{}}^{{}}{te^{t}dt}-\frac{5}{18}\int_{{}}^{{}}{e^{t}dt} $ $ =\frac{1}{18}[ te^{t}-\int_{{}}^{{}}{e^{t}dt} ]-\frac{5}{18}\int_{{}}^{{}}{e^{t}dt}+c $ $ =\frac{1}{18}(te^{t})-\frac{1}{3}e^{t}+c $ $ =\frac{1}{18}(3x^{2}+5),{e^{3x^{2}+5}}-\frac{1}{3}{e^{3x^{2}+5}}+c. $