Integral of a base to a quadratic:
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Since we know the integral
, we should try a substitution for the exponent:
Let
. Then
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Hence the combination in the original problem is
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Now we substitute and use the Scalar Multiple Rule for integrals:
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Now we use the integral for the exponential of a general base:
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Finally, we substitute for u to get the result in terms of x:
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Notice that the exponent in the resulting function is the same as that in the original problem.