Asked by karan

How do I integrate tanx (1+sec^4 x)^3/2 dx
My daughter is doing surface area problems, and all the examples assume she knows how to finish it off once we get to the integration....

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Answered by Helper
All the online integration calculators I tried said that this cannot be integrated.

Recheck your problem.
Answered by MathMate :)
Try substitution:
u=cos(x)
du=-sin(x)dx
Then
∫tanx (1+sec^4 x)^3/2 dx
=∫(1+sec^4 x)^3/2 sin(x) dx / cos(x)
=-∫[(1+(1/u)^4)^3/2 /u] du

But the integration is still ugly!

Rechecking the problem is the first thing to do.
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