math expression

We have some choices for u in this example: sin-14x, 1 − 16x2, or √(1 − 16x2). Only one of these gives a result for du that we can use to integrate the given expression, and that's the first one.

So we let u = sin-14x.

Then, using the derivative of the inverse sine, we have:

du/dx

We divide both sides by 4 so we can substitue into our original expression:

du/dx

Now to complete the required subsitution (u = sin-14x and the du/4 expression we just found):

du/dx

The expression on the right is a simple integral:

du/dx

To complete the porblem, we substitute sin-14x for u:

du/dx