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I'll start you off:

Let u=x2
du/dx = 2x

x.ex2 + x.e-x2 = 1/2.(2x.ex2) + 1/2.(2x.ex2)

Hope that helps. :)
 
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kangarulz said:
integrate with respect to x:

xe^(x^2) + xe^(-x^2)
OK, the starting point is knowing that:

∫f'(x)ef(x).dx = ef(x) + c

SO

If we have

f(x) = ex2
f'(x) = 2xex2

f(x) = e-x2
f'(x) = -2xe-x2

Now, you can do:

∫ (xex2) + xe-x2)).dx =
∫ (xex2).dx +∫(xe-x2).dx

= 1/2∫ (2xex2).dx -1/2∫(2xe-x2).dx
= 1/2 (ex2) - 1/2 (e-x2) + c

Does that help??
 

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