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This formula looks long and complicated, but it makes more sense when you spend a minute thinking about it. The integral is made from two pieces:

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For each squared quadratic factor in the denominator, add two partial fractions in the following form: Because you multiplied the entire integral by 1, no net change has occurred. Now add 6 and –6 to the numerator: Integrating by parts is the integration version of the product rule for differentiation. The basic idea of integration by parts is to transform an integral you can’t do into a simple product minus an integral you can do. Here’s the formula: You have added 0 to the integral, which didn’t change its value. At this point, you can split the integral in two: This is your worst nightmare when it comes to partial fractions, because the denominator includes repeated quadratic factors.A Mathematician’s Lament’ [pdf] is an excellent essay on this issue that resonated with many people:

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I’ve learned something from school: Math isn’t the hard part of math; motivation is. Specifically, staying encouraged despite To start out, see how far you can get by plugging in the roots of equations. Begin by getting a common denominator on the right side of the equation: Imagine teaching art like this: Kids, no fingerpainting in kindergarten. Instead, let’s study paint chemistry, the physics of light, and the anatomy of the eye. After 12 years of this, if the kids (now teenagers) don’t hate art already, they may begin to start coloring on their own. After all, they have the “rigorous, testable” fundamentals to start appreciating art. Right? Surface of Revolution: A surface generated by revolving a function, y = f (x), about an axis has a surface area — between a and b — given by the following integral:We’ve created complex mechanical constructs to “rigorously” prove calculus, but have lost our intuition in the process. The arrows in this figure remind you to differentiate on the left and to integrate on the right. Think of differentiation — the easier thing — as going down (like going downhill), and integration — the harder thing — as going up (like going uphill). The mean value theorem for integrals: If f (x) is a continuous function on the closed interval [a, b], then there exists a number c in the closed interval such that Here’s a great mnemonic device for how to choose the u (again, once you’ve selected your u, everything else is automatically the dv.

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if I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do as good a job as is currently being done — I simply wouldn’t have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education.” To solve the second integral, complete the square in the denominator: Divide the b term (6) by 2 and square it, and then represent the C term (13) as the sum of this and whatever’s left:First, you’ve got to split up the integrand into a u and a dv so that it fits the formula. For this problem, choose ln(x) to be your u. Then, everything else is the dv, namely Next, you differentiate u to get your du, and you integrate dv to get your v. Finally, you plug everything into the formula and you’re home free. I prefer starting with physical, visual examples because it’s how our minds work. That ring/circle thing we made? You could build it out of several pipe cleaners, separate them, and straighten them into a crude triangle to see if the math really works. That’s just not happening with your velocity equation. A note on rigor (for the math geeks)