Integrate $ \dfrac{x}{\sqrt{x+4}},x>0 $
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Let $ x+4=t $
$ \therefore dx=dt $
$ \int{\dfrac{x}{\sqrt{x+4}}}dx=\int{\dfrac{(t-4)}{\sqrt{t}}}dt $
$ =\int{\left( \sqrt{t}-\dfrac{4}{\sqrt{t}} \right)}dt $
$ =\dfrac{{{t}^{\dfrac{3}{2}}}}{\dfrac{3}{2}}-4\left( \dfrac{{{t}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}}{\dfrac{1}{2}} \right)+C $
$ =\dfrac{2}{3}{{(t)}^{\dfrac{3}{2}}}-8{{(t)}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}+C $
$ =\dfrac{2}{3}t\cdot {{t}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}-8{{t}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}+C $
$ =\dfrac{2}{3}{{t}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}(t-12)+C $
$ =\dfrac{2}{3}{{(x+4)}^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}(x+4-12)+C $
$ =\dfrac{2}{3}\sqrt{x+4}(x-8)+C $
where C is an arbitrary constant.