A Radical Integral

Calculus Level 3

Mituna was doing his calculus homework. He came across this integral, but he got stuck, so he asked Latula for help. Latula, who is the master of all things radical, showed him this. 0 16 5 + x d x = A + B C D \int_0^{16}\sqrt{5+\sqrt{x}}\text{ }dx=\dfrac{A+B\sqrt{C}}{D} What is A + B + C + D ? A+B+C+D?


The answer is 436.

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2 solutions

Indronil Ghosh
Apr 16, 2014

We can solve this integral by making the substitution u = 5 + x . u=5+\sqrt{x}\,. Then,

( u 5 ) 2 = x d x = 2 ( u 5 ) d u . (u-5)^2 = x \,\,\, \Rightarrow\,\,\,\mathrm{d}x = 2(u-5)\, \mathrm{d}u\,.\,\, So our new intergal is

5 9 2 u ( u 5 ) d u = 5 9 ( 2 u 3 / 2 10 u 1 / 2 ) d u = [ 4 5 u 5 / 2 20 3 u 3 / 2 ] 5 9 = 72 5 + 40 5 3 = 216 + 200 5 15 \begin{aligned} \displaystyle\int_5^9 2\sqrt{u}\,(u-5)\,\mathrm{d}u &=\displaystyle\int_5^9 \left(2\,u^{3/2} - 10\,u^{1/2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}u \\ &=\displaystyle\left[\dfrac{4}{5}\,u^{5/2}-\dfrac{20}{3}\,u^{3/2}\right]_5^9 \\ &=\displaystyle \dfrac{72}{5} + \frac{40\sqrt{5}}{3} \\ &=\displaystyle \dfrac{216+200\sqrt{5}}{15} \end{aligned}

So, A + B + C + D = 436 . \displaystyle A+B+C+D=\boxed{436}\,.

Hm, I wonder why my substitution x = 25 ( u 2 1 ) 2 x=25(u^2-1)^2 didn't give me the same answer. Maybe it's because I need some sleep...

James Wilson - 3 years, 9 months ago

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Thanks for providing your solution. I didn't try u = 5 + x u=5+\sqrt{x} at first because I figured it would be too easy lol.

James Wilson - 3 years, 9 months ago
Finn Hulse
Apr 20, 2014

Great problem dude! :D

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