General antiderivative of a factored quadratic
Let .
Expand into a polynomial in standard form, and then find the general antiderivative of . Write your answer including the constant of integration.
Hint
First multiply out to get a polynomial of the form . Then apply the power rule to each term separately, remembering the at the end.
Step-by-step solution
Expand the product: . This gives in standard polynomial form, ready for term-by-term antidifferentiation.
Apply the power rule to each term: , , and . Adding a single arbitrary constant for the whole antiderivative gives .
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