Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 7 - Review - Concept Check - Page 537: 4

Answer

The statement is False. $$ \frac{x^{2}-4}{x \left(x^{2}+4\right) } $$ It can be put in the form: $$ \frac{A}{x}+\frac{Bx+C}{x^{2}+4} $$ In fact, $A = −1 , B = 2 $ and $C = 0$

Work Step by Step

Resolve into partial fractions $$ \frac{x^{2}-4}{x \left(x^{2}+4\right) } $$ The partial fraction decomposition takes the form $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^{2}-4}{x \left(x^{2}+4\right) } & =\frac{A}{x}+\frac{Bx+C}{x^{2}+4}\\ &=\frac{A\left(x^2+4\right)+x\left(Bx+C\right) } {x \left(x^{2}+4\right) } \end{aligned} $$ multiplying both sides by the denominator, we get: $$ x^2-4=A\left(x^2+4\right)+x\left(Bx+C\right) \quad (1) $$ Substituting $x = 0 $ into this equation gives $A = −1$. Comparing the co-efficient of like powers of $ x $ on both sides in Eq. (1) and using the value $A = −1$, we get $ B = 2 $ and $ C = 0 $ So that: $$ \frac{x^{2}-4}{x \left(x^{2}+4\right) } =\frac{-1}{x}+\frac{2x}{x^{2}+4} $$ Thus, the statement is False. It can be put in the form: $$ \frac{A}{x}+\frac{Bx+C}{x^{2}+4} $$ In fact, $A = −1 , B = 2 $ and $ C = 0 $
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