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Integration by parts is a technique to integrate products of two functions. It comes from the product rule of differentiation. If you have two functions and , then the product rule says: . Integrate both sides with respect to : . The left side is just , so we get . Rearranging gives the integration by parts formula: . Here, choose as the function that simplifies when differentiated, and choose as the rest that you can integrate. The ILATE rule helps pick : Inverse trig, Logarithmic, Algebraic, Trigonometric, Exponential. So prefer in that order. For example, integrate . Let (algebraic, since log/ inverse come first but none here), . Then , . Apply formula: . Always check your answer by differentiating. The formula is also useful for cyclic integrals like , where you apply it twice and solve for the integral. Remember to keep the constant of integration at the end.





