what is the integral 1/x
What is the integral 1/x ?
We substitute : x=eu dx=eu du ∫1x dx=∫1eu⋅eu du=∫1 du=u Back substitute : ∫1x dx=uu=ln(x) ∫1x dx=ln(x)+c
∫1xdx=ln(x)+c
ln is log to the base e and c is a constant.
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