T Timothy.Siu Prophet 9 Joined Aug 6, 2008 Messages 3,449 Location Sydney Gender Male HSC 2009 Oct 26, 2008 #1 if they ask you to integrate something with ln x and dont mention that u hav to change the subject to x and then do it that way, can u just do primitive of ln x is xln x -x? and then do it, it'll b a lot faster and safer.
if they ask you to integrate something with ln x and dont mention that u hav to change the subject to x and then do it that way, can u just do primitive of ln x is xln x -x? and then do it, it'll b a lot faster and safer.
K kangms Member Joined Mar 5, 2008 Messages 122 Gender Male HSC 2008 Oct 26, 2008 #2 Isn't that like in the 2003 paper, where they asked you to find the volume under e^x around the x-axis? Yea, they asked NOT to evaluate the integral.
Isn't that like in the 2003 paper, where they asked you to find the volume under e^x around the x-axis? Yea, they asked NOT to evaluate the integral.
Trebla Administrator Administrator Joined Feb 16, 2005 Messages 8,392 Gender Male HSC 2006 Oct 26, 2008 #3 Timothy.Siu said: can u just do primitive of ln x is xln x -x? and then do it, it'll b a lot faster and safer. Click to expand... At 2 unit level, you're not expected to know how to integrate ln x. It involves integration by parts which is covered in Extension 2 level.
Timothy.Siu said: can u just do primitive of ln x is xln x -x? and then do it, it'll b a lot faster and safer. Click to expand... At 2 unit level, you're not expected to know how to integrate ln x. It involves integration by parts which is covered in Extension 2 level.