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@allamraju - You can't use calculus here as it's based on dimension analysis, though your method is correct.


the quantity dx/sqrt(2ax - x^2)


Dimension of dx = L, dimensions of a,x = L


So the quantity dx/sqrt(2ax - x^2) is dimensionless.


 


So, the RHS has to be dimensionless. As arc sin is always dimensionless, its coefficient must be dimensionless, hence, n = 0. (If n = 1, the dimension on RHS = L, and if n=2, dimension on RHS = L^2 and so on, which is not dimensionally homogenous)


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