Use integration by parts to find the integral of ln x by taking ln x as the multiple of 1 and ln x

For integration by parts, the integral is uv - ∫ u' v dx. First we take u = ln x and v' = 1. While we could have u and v' be the opposite at this stage, it becomes apparent later on that we can't do this because we would still need to integrate ln x. Differentiating u gives u' = 1/x (this is a derivative that has to just be learnt) and integrating v' gives v = x. Therefore the integral is x ln x - ∫ x(1/x) dx = x ln x - ∫ dx. So the integral of ln x is x ln x - x.

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