$\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{5-x}}$ = (where C is arbitrary constant.)
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
$I=\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{5-x}} d x$ .....(1)
let $y=5-x$
So $d y=-d x \Rightarrow d x=-d y$
substituting y in eq. 1
$I =\int \frac{-d y}{\sqrt{y}}$
$=-\int y^{-1 / 2} d y$
$=\frac{-y^{-1 / 2+1}}{-1 / 2+1}+C=\frac{-y^{1 / 2}}{1 / 2}+C$
$=-2 \sqrt{y}+C$
substituting y in terms of x
C → arbitrary constant
$-2 \sqrt{5-x}+c$