How do you use substitution to integrate $x^3sqrt(x-3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-15T03:16:27

See the explanation.

Let $u = x-3$ so $du=dx$ and $x = u+3$

Then $intx^3sqrt(x-3) dx = int (u+3)^3u^(1/2) du$

Now expand $(u+3)^3$ , distribute $u^(1/2)$ and finish by integrating term by term.

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