Chow Tien Wei's answer to Mag's Secondary 4 A Maths Singapore question.

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Chow Tien Wei
Chow Tien Wei's answer
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Integration is essentially reverse differentiation. Since the derivative of 1+x^5 is x^4 and the power of 1+x^5 in the denominator is 1, the integral will be a ln function
Boy Mow Chau
Boy Mow Chau
1 year ago
missed out a 1/5.

derivative of 1+x^5 should be 5x^4,
so answer should be (1/5)ln|1+x^5|+C.
Chow Tien Wei
Chow Tien Wei
1 year ago
Ah yes. Thx for pointing that out
Mag
Mag
1 year ago
Thx