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azureus88

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[maths]\int_{e}^{e^4}\frac{dx}{x\ln x}[/maths]

for the above question you could easily use the substitution x=lnx but if we were to use parts, we get:

[maths]2\int_{e}^{e^4}\frac{dx}{x\ln x}=[\frac{\ln x}{\ln x}]^{e^4}_{e}[/maths]

by letting [maths]u=\frac{1}{\ln x}[/maths] and [maths]v=\ln xdx[/maths]

Whats with that? How can you have 1 in the square brackets?
 

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You have lost a minus sign when you differentiated u.

All you have proven is that 0=0.
 

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yeah thats right but he didn't want the answer lol

coincidentally i did exactly this question today
 

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