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Homework Statement
[tex] \int arctan(4t) [/tex]
Homework Equations
I know what the answer is to the problem but when i look at the solution i have no idea how they get from one step to the next.
The Attempt at a Solution
once we integrate by parts we get
[tex] 1/4 U arctan(U) - 1/4 \int U/1+U^2 [/tex] where U= 4t
from this they go to..
[tex] 1/4 U arctan(U) - 1/8 \int 2U/1+U^2 [/tex]
clearly a 2 was multiplied inside and a 1/2 on the outside of the integral, but why? and how? because the next step shown is..
[tex] 1/4 (4t arctan(4t) - 1/8 ln 16t^2 + c [/tex]
which is the answer..i get that 4t was substituted back in for U, but i don't understand how and why the 2 was put in the integral and the 1/2 outside of it, and how in the last step the 2U somehow is gone?