Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.5 Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 548: 68

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}\ln |x^2+1|- \frac{1}{3}\ln |x^2+2|+C$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\int \frac{x^2}{x^6+3 x^3+2} d x$$ Since \begin{aligned} \frac{x^2}{x^6+3 x^3+2} &= \frac{x^2}{(x^3+1)(x^3+2)} \end{aligned} Let $$ u=x^3+1\ \to \ \ du =3x^2dx$$ Then \begin{aligned} \int \frac{x^2dx}{x^6+3 x^3+2} &=\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{du}{(u)(u+1)} \end{aligned} Using partial fractions \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{u\left(u+1\right)}&=\frac{a_0}{u}+\frac{a_1}{u+1}\\ &=\frac{ a_0\left(u+1\right)+a_1u}{u(u+1)}\\ 1&=a_0\left(u+1\right)+a_1u \end{aligned} at $ u=0 \ \to \ a_0= 1, \ \ \ \ u=-1\ \to \ \ a_1=-1$ Hence \begin{aligned} \int \frac{x^2dx}{x^6+3 x^3+2} &=\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{du}{(u)(u+1)} \\ &=\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{1}{u}du-\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{1}{u+1} du\\ &= \frac{1}{3}\ln |u|- \frac{1}{3}\ln |u+1|+C\\ &= \frac{1}{3}\ln |x^2+1|- \frac{1}{3}\ln |x^2+2|+C \end{aligned}
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