Find the integral $\int\frac{16}{x^2\sqrt{x^2+9}}dx$

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Final answer to the problem

$\frac{16\sqrt{x^2+9}}{-9x}+C_0$
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We can solve the integral $\int\frac{16}{x^2\sqrt{x^2+9}}dx$ by applying integration by substitution method (also called U-Substitution). First, we must identify a section within the integral with a new variable (let's call it $u$), which when substituted makes the integral easier. We see that $\sqrt{x^2+9}$ it's a good candidate for substitution. Let's define a variable $u$ and assign it to the choosen part

$u=\sqrt{x^2+9}$
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Now, in order to rewrite $dx$ in terms of $du$, we need to find the derivative of $u$. We need to calculate $du$, we can do that by deriving the equation above

$du=\left(x^2+9\right)^{-\frac{1}{2}}xdx$
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Isolate $dx$ in the previous equation

$\frac{du}{\left(x^2+9\right)^{-\frac{1}{2}}x}=dx$
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Rewriting $x$ in terms of $u$

$x=\sqrt{u^2-9}$
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Substituting $u$, $dx$ and $x$ in the integral and simplify

$\int\frac{16}{\sqrt{\left(u^2-9\right)^{3}}}du$
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We can solve the integral $\int\frac{16}{\sqrt{\left(u^2-9\right)^{3}}}du$ by applying integration method of trigonometric substitution using the substitution

$u=3\sec\left(\theta \right)$
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Now, in order to rewrite $d\theta$ in terms of $du$, we need to find the derivative of $u$. We need to calculate $du$, we can do that by deriving the equation above

$du=3\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)d\theta$
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Substituting in the original integral, we get

$\int\frac{48\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{\sqrt{\left(9\sec\left(\theta \right)^2-9\right)^{3}}}d\theta$
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Factor the polynomial $9\sec\left(\theta \right)^2-9$ by it's greatest common factor (GCF): $9$

$\int\frac{48\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{\sqrt{\left(9\left(\sec\left(\theta \right)^2-1\right)\right)^{3}}}d\theta$
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The power of a product is equal to the product of it's factors raised to the same power

$\int\frac{48\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{27\sqrt{\left(\sec\left(\theta \right)^2-1\right)^{3}}}d\theta$
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Apply the trigonometric identity: $\sec\left(\theta \right)^2-1$$=\tan\left(\theta \right)^2$, where $x=\theta $

$\int\frac{48\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{27\sqrt{\left(\tan\left(\theta \right)^2\right)^{3}}}d\theta$
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Taking the constant ($48$) out of the integral

$48\int\frac{\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{27\sqrt{\left(\tan\left(\theta \right)^2\right)^{3}}}d\theta$
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Simplify $\sqrt{\left(\tan\left(\theta \right)^2\right)^{3}}$ using the power of a power property: $\left(a^m\right)^n=a^{m\cdot n}$. In the expression, $m$ equals $2$ and $n$ equals $\frac{3}{2}$

$48\int\frac{\sec\left(\theta \right)\tan\left(\theta \right)}{27\tan\left(\theta \right)^{3}}d\theta$
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Simplify the fraction by $\tan\left(\theta \right)$

$48\int\frac{\sec\left(\theta \right)}{27\tan\left(\theta \right)^{2}}d\theta$
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Take the constant $\frac{1}{27}$ out of the integral

$48\cdot \left(\frac{1}{27}\right)\int\frac{\sec\left(\theta \right)}{\tan\left(\theta \right)^{2}}d\theta$
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Simplify the expression

$\frac{16}{9}\int\frac{\cos\left(\theta \right)}{\sin\left(\theta \right)^{2}}d\theta$
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We can solve the integral $\int\frac{\cos\left(\theta \right)}{\sin\left(\theta \right)^{2}}d\theta$ by applying integration by substitution method (also called U-Substitution). First, we must identify a section within the integral with a new variable (let's call it $v$), which when substituted makes the integral easier. We see that $\sin\left(\theta \right)$ it's a good candidate for substitution. Let's define a variable $v$ and assign it to the choosen part

$v=\sin\left(\theta \right)$
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Now, in order to rewrite $d\theta$ in terms of $dv$, we need to find the derivative of $v$. We need to calculate $dv$, we can do that by deriving the equation above

$dv=\cos\left(\theta \right)d\theta$
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Isolate $d\theta$ in the previous equation

$\frac{dv}{\cos\left(\theta \right)}=d\theta$
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Substituting $v$ and $d\theta$ in the integral and simplify

$\frac{16}{9}\int\frac{1}{v^{2}}dv$
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Rewrite the exponent using the power rule $\frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m-n}$, where in this case $m=0$

$\frac{16}{9}\int v^{-2}dv$
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Apply the power rule for integration, $\displaystyle\int x^n dx=\frac{x^{n+1}}{n+1}$, where $n$ represents a number or constant function, such as $-2$

$\frac{16}{9}\frac{v^{-1}}{-1}$
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Simplify the expression

$\frac{16}{-9v}$
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Replace $v$ with the value that we assigned to it in the beginning: $\sin\left(\theta \right)$

$\frac{16}{-9\sin\left(\theta \right)}$
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Express the variable $\theta$ in terms of the original variable $x$

$\frac{16u}{-9\sqrt{u^2-9}}$
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Replace $u$ with the value that we assigned to it in the beginning: $\sqrt{x^2+9}$

$\frac{16\sqrt{x^2+9}}{-9\sqrt{\left(\sqrt{x^2+9}\right)^2-9}}$
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Simplify $\sqrt{x^2}$ using the power of a power property: $\left(a^m\right)^n=a^{m\cdot n}$. In the expression, $m$ equals $2$ and $n$ equals $\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{16\sqrt{x^2+9}}{-9x}$
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As the integral that we are solving is an indefinite integral, when we finish integrating we must add the constant of integration $C$

$\frac{16\sqrt{x^2+9}}{-9x}+C_0$

Final answer to the problem

$\frac{16\sqrt{x^2+9}}{-9x}+C_0$

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