Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 28

Answer

$\displaystyle \ln|x|+\frac{1}{3x}+\frac{1}{3\sqrt{6}}\arctan(\frac{x}{\sqrt{6}})+C$

Work Step by Step

$I=\displaystyle \int\frac{x^{3}+6x-2}{x^{4}+6x^{2}}dx$ $\displaystyle \frac{x^{3}+6x-2}{x^{2}(x^{2}+6)}=\frac{A}{x}+\frac{B}{x^{2}}+\frac{Cx+D}{x^{2}+6}$ $x^{3}+6x-2=Ax(x^{2}+6)+B(x^{2}+6)+x^{2}(Cx+D)$ $x^{3}+6x-2=Ax^{3}+6Ax+Bx^{2}+6B+ Cx^{3}+Dx^{2}$ $x^{3}+6x-2=(A+C)x^{3}+(B+D)x^{2} +6Ax+6B$ $6B=-2\Rightarrow B=-1/3$ $6A=6\Rightarrow A=1$ $B+D=0\Rightarrow D=1/3$ $A+C=1\Rightarrow C=0$ $\displaystyle \frac{x^{3}+6x-2}{x^{2}(x^{2}+6)}=\frac{1}{x}+\frac{-1/3}{x^{2}}+\frac{0+1/3}{x^{2}+6}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{3}\cdot\frac{1}{x^{2}}+\frac{1}{3}\frac{1}{x^{2}+6}$ $I=\displaystyle \ln|x|+\frac{1}{3x}+\frac{1}{3\sqrt{6}}\arctan(\frac{x}{\sqrt{6}})+C$
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