5.5 The Substitution Rule/65

$\int _{1}^{2}x{\sqrt {x-1}}dx$

${\begin{aligned}u&=x-1\\u+1&=x\\[2ex]du&=2dx\\[2ex]{\frac {1}{2}}du&=dx\end{aligned}}$

Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\int _{1}^{2}x{\sqrt {x-1}}dx&=\int _{0}^{1}(u+1){\sqrt {u}}\,du=\int _{0}^{1}(u+1)({\sqrt {u}})=\int _{0}^{1}u^{\frac {3}{2}}+{\sqrt {u}}du\\[2ex]&={\frac {2}{5}}U^{\frac {5}{2}}+{\frac {2}{3}}U^{\frac {3}{2}}|_{0}^{1}={\frac {2}{5}}+{\frac {2}{3}}\\[2ex]&={\frac {16}{15}}\\[2ex]\end{aligned}}}