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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Exponential integrals with base follow the pattern . Rewriting and integrating gives .
The heart of this problem is understanding how exponential functions integrate when the base isn't . We're comfortable with because is special—it's its own derivative. But what happens when we have a different base like ?
The key insight is that any exponential can be rewritten using the natural exponential: . This connection lets us integrate any exponential function by relating it back to .
This formula comes from the chain rule in reverse. When we differentiate , we get , so when we integrate, we must divide by that same factor .
Now let's work through the given integral step by step.
- Simplify the exponent using exponential laws The expression can be rewritten as:
This factorization pulls out the constant multiplier, making the integral cleaner.
- Pull the constant outside the integral
- Apply the exponential integration formula Using our formula with : …
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