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: 19

Answer

\[\int _0^1\frac{x^2+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}dx = \ln(\frac{27}{32})+\frac{1}{2}\]

Work Step by Step

Make \[\frac{x^2+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)} = \frac{A}{x+1} + \frac{B}{(x+1)^2} + \frac{C}{x+2} \] Thus\[ \frac{x^2+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}=\frac{(A+C)x^3+(4A+B+3C)x^2+(5A+3B+3C)x+2A+2B+C}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}\] $\therefore$ \[ \begin{cases} A=3\\ B=-2\\ C=1\\ \end{cases} \] $\therefore$\[\int \frac{x^2+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}dx=\int [\frac{3}{x+2}-\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{1}{(x+1)^2}]dx=3\ln|x+2|-2\ln |x+1|-\frac{1}{x+1}+C\] \[\int _0^1\frac{x^2+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}dx = \ln(\frac{27}{32})+\frac{1}{2}\]
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