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gentletroll

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Thank you in advance if anyone could help me
It's from the 2011 2u maths paper, question 4d (i) and (ii)
The problem is in two parts:

1) Differentiate y = (9-x^2)^(1/2) with respect to x
Fairly sure I'm fine there. Used chain rule and got y' = (1/2)*[(9-x^2)^(-1/2)]*-2x
= -x(9-x^2)^-(1/2)

However, I'm stuck on the second part, which is:
2) hence, or otherwise, find [Integral sign thingy] 6x/(9-x^2)^(1/2) dx

Thank you :)
 

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