
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:
We divide both sides by 4 so we can substitue into our original expression:
Now to complete the required subsitution (u = sin-14x and the du/4 expression we just found):
The expression on the right is a simple integral:
To complete the porblem, we substitute sin-14x for u: