Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Review - Exercises - Page 537: 2

Answer

$\displaystyle \ln\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{6}$

Work Step by Step

$I=\displaystyle \int_{1}^{2}\frac{x}{(x+1)^{2}}dx= \left[\begin{array}{ll} t=x+1 & \\ dt=dx & x\in[1,2]\rightarrow t\in[2,3] \end{array}\right]$ $=\displaystyle \int_{2}^{3}\frac{t-1}{t^{2}}dt=$ $=\displaystyle \int_{2}^{3}(\frac{1}{t}-\frac{1}{t^{2}})dt$ $=\left[\ln|x|-\frac{t^{-1}}{-1}\right]_{2}^{3}$ $=\left[\ln|x|+\frac{1}{t}\right]_{2}^{3}$ $=(\displaystyle \ln 3+\frac{1}{3})-(\ln 2+\frac{1}{2})$ $=\displaystyle \ln\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{6}$
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