Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.4 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions - 7.4 Exercises - Page 541: 15

Answer

$\frac{5}{2}-\ln6$

Work Step by Step

$\int_{-1}^0{\frac{x^3-4x+1}{x^2-3x+2}}dx$ = $\int_{-1}^0\left({x+3+\frac{3x-5}{x^2-3x+2}}\right)dx$ = $\int_{-1}^0\left[{x+3+\frac{3x-5}{(x-1)(x-2)}}\right]dx$ $\frac{3x-5}{(x-1)(x-2)}$ = $\frac{A}{x-1}+\frac{B}{x-2}$ $3x-5$ = $A(x-2)+B(x-1)$ $A+B$ = $3$ $-2A-B$ = $-5$ $A$ = $2$, $B$ = $1$ So $\int_{-1}^0\left[{x+3+\frac{3x-5}{(x-1)(x-2)}}\right]dx$ = $\int_{-1}^0\left[{x+3+\frac{2}{x-1}+\frac{1}{x-2}}\right]dx$ = $\left[\frac{x^2}{2}+3x+2\ln|x-1|+\ln|x-2|\right]_{-1}^0$ = $(2\ln1+\ln2)-\left(\frac{1}{2}-3+2\ln2+\ln3\right)$ =$\frac{5}{2}-\ln6$
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