Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 14

Answer

$$\int \frac{1}{(x+a)(x+b)}dx=\frac{1}{b-a}ln\left | \frac{x+a}{x+b} \right |+C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\int \frac{1}{(x+a)(x+b)}dx=\int \frac{1}{b-a}\frac{(x+b)-(x+a)}{(x+a)(x+b)}dx$$ $$=\frac{1}{b-a}\int (\frac{1}{x+a}-\frac{1}{x+b})dx$$ $$=\frac{1}{b-a}(ln\left | x+a \right |-ln\left | x+b \right |)+C$$ $$=\frac{1}{b-a}ln\left | \frac{x+a}{x+b} \right |+C$$
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