When we integrate by parts, we begin by setting the first term to equal some variable U, the second term in the integral we set to be dv/dx. Then we differentiate the U to obtain du/dx and integrate dv/dx to obtain V. The next stage is to put in the values into the following formula: I = uv - ∫(v.du/dx) dx. Finally we integrate V . du/dx and then simplify the expression to obtain the solution to the integral. For an indefinite integral we add the constant (+C) and for a definite integral we have to sub in the limits accordingly. For example: ∫ (xlnx) dx (1) u=lnx (2) dv/dx=x (3) du/dx=1/x (4) v= ∫(dv/dx) dx = ∫ x dx = 0.5x^2 using the formula I = uv - ∫ (du/dx . v) dx we obtain ∫ (xlnx) dx = 0.5x^2 (lnx) - ∫ (1/x . 0.5x^2) dx = 0.5x^2 (lnx) - 0.5 ∫ x dx = 0.5x^2lnx - 0.25x^2 +C