Trig subsitution integration problem

jman2807

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I'm sure this problem is simple but I have been racking my brain for about an hour and I could use some help. We have to integrate the below using the substiution u = tan(x) and I'm sure that you have to use some sort of trig identities to integrate.
Thanks in advance

use u = tan(x) to integrate

tan(x)^2 * sec(x)^4
 
Hints: If u = tan(x), then tan<sup>2</sup>(x) = u<sup>2</sup> and du = sec<sup>2</sup>(x) dx. Also note that sec<sup>2</sup>(x) = 1 + tan<sup>2</sup>(x).

Eliz.
 
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