Integral of $$$3 \cdot 2^{- x}$$$

Find $$$\int 3 \cdot 2^{- x}\, dx$$$.

Apply the constant multiple rule $$$\int c f{\left(x \right)}\, dx = c \int f{\left(x \right)}\, dx$$$ with $$$c=3$$$ and $$$f{\left(x \right)} = 2^{- x}$$$:

$${\color{red}{\int{3 \cdot 2^{- x} d x}}} = {\color{red}{\left(3 \int{2^{- x} d x}\right)}}$$

Let $$$u=- x$$$.

Then $$$du=\left(- x\right)^{\prime }dx = - dx$$$ (steps can be seen »), and we have that $$$dx = - du$$$.

The integral becomes

$$3 {\color{red}{\int{2^{- x} d x}}} = 3 {\color{red}{\int{\left(- 2^{u}\right)d u}}}$$

Apply the constant multiple rule $$$\int c f{\left(u \right)}\, du = c \int f{\left(u \right)}\, du$$$ with $$$c=-1$$$ and $$$f{\left(u \right)} = 2^{u}$$$:

$$3 {\color{red}{\int{\left(- 2^{u}\right)d u}}} = 3 {\color{red}{\left(- \int{2^{u} d u}\right)}}$$

Apply the exponential rule $$$\int{a^{u} d u} = \frac{a^{u}}{\ln{\left(a \right)}}$$$ with $$$a=2$$$:

$$- 3 {\color{red}{\int{2^{u} d u}}} = - 3 {\color{red}{\frac{2^{u}}{\ln{\left(2 \right)}}}}$$

Recall that $$$u=- x$$$:

$$- \frac{3 \cdot 2^{{\color{red}{u}}}}{\ln{\left(2 \right)}} = - \frac{3 \cdot 2^{{\color{red}{\left(- x\right)}}}}{\ln{\left(2 \right)}}$$

Therefore,

$$\int{3 \cdot 2^{- x} d x} = - \frac{3 \cdot 2^{- x}}{\ln{\left(2 \right)}}$$

Add the constant of integration:

$$\int{3 \cdot 2^{- x} d x} = - \frac{3 \cdot 2^{- x}}{\ln{\left(2 \right)}}+C$$

$$$\int 3 \cdot 2^{- x}\, dx = - \frac{3 \cdot 2^{- x}}{\ln\left(2\right)} + C$$$A