What is the antiderivative of (5 ln(x))/x^(7) ?

1 Answer
Jul 31, 2016

-(30ln(x)+5)/(36x^6)+C

Explanation:

We have:

5intln(x)/x^7dx

We will want to use integration by parts, which takes the form:

intudv=uv-intvdu

So here, let u=ln(x), so du=1/xdx, and dv=x^-7dx, and integrate this to see that v=-1/6x^-6.

Thus:

5intln(x)/x^7dx=5[-1/6ln(x)x^-6-int-1/6x^-6(1/x)dx]

=-5/6ln(x)/x^6+5/6intx^-7dx

=-(5ln(x))/(6x^6)+5/6(-1/6x^-6)+C

=-(5ln(x))/(6x^6)-5/(36x^6)+C

If you want a common denominator:

=-(30ln(x)+5)/(36x^6)+C