Help plz.!! Given that y=ex2, find dydx Hence find ∫xex2dx?
1 Answer
Mar 27, 2018
Use the chain rule to find
dydx=(2x)ex2
As for the chain rule, let
I=12∫eudu
I=12eu+C
I=12ex2+C
Alternatively we could have said
I=12∫(2x)ex2dx
I=12ex2+C (because integration is the opposite of differentiation)
This is the same answer we got using the substitution.
Hopefully this helps!