Integrating inverse functions using integration by parts

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Problem #12, it is just absolutely blowing my mind. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Bear with me here- a) Let y=f^-1(x) be the inverse function of f. Use integration by parts to derive the formula int(f^-1(x)dx) = xf^-1(x) - int(f(y)dy) b) Use the formula in part a to find the integral int(arcsin(x)dx c) Use the formula to find the area under the graph of y=ln(x), [1,e] Since I stunk at explaining this I'll try to attached a picture too. Thanks!Untitled.jpg
 
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The problem says (1) let y=f1(x)\displaystyle y= f^{-1}(x) and (2) use integration by parts.
Okay, with f1(x)dx=y(x)dx\displaystyle \int f^{-1}(x)dx= \int y(x)dx, let u= y and dv= dx. Then ydx=xyxdy\displaystyle \int ydx= xy- \int x dy. What is that in terms of f1\displaystyle f^{-1}?
 
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