
William W. answered 11/14/22
Experienced Tutor and Retired Engineer
Start by making the integral a bit easier by moving the "-10" outside the integral:
-10∫1/(3x - 7)8 dx
If u = 3x - 7 then, by taking the derivative, du/dx = 3 meaning that du = 3dx or that dx = du/3
So substituting "u" for "3x - 7" and "du/3" for "dx" our new integral is:
-10∫1/u8 • du/3 and then, again to make it simpler, move the 1/3 outside the integral to get:
-10/3∫1/u8 du = -10/3∫u-8 du
Then you can perform the integral operation and get:
-10/3(-1/7•u-7 + C)
(10/21)u-7 + C or 10/(21u7) + C
Now, plug "3x - 7" back into the solution you got:
10/(21(3x - 7)7) + C