Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 48

Answer

$$ \int \frac{\sin x}{\cos ^{2} x-3 \cos x} d x=\frac{1}{3} \ln \left|\frac{\cos x}{\cos x-3}\right|+C$$

Work Step by Step

Given$$ \int \frac{\sin x}{\cos ^{2} x-3 \cos x} d x$$ Let \begin{array}{l}{\cos x=u} \\ {\sin x\ d x=d u}\end{array} So, we get \begin{aligned} I&= \int \frac{\sin x}{\cos ^{2} x-3 \cos x} d x\\ &=\int \frac{-1}{u^{2}-3 u} d u \\ &=\int \frac{-1}{u(u-3)} d u \\ &=\frac{1}{3} \int \frac{-3}{u(u-3)} d u \\ &= \frac{1}{3} \int \frac{(u-3)-u}{u(u-3)} d u \\ &= \frac{1}{3} \int \frac{(u-3)}{u(u-3)}-\frac{u}{u(u-3)} d u \\ &=\frac{1}{3} \int \frac{1}{u}-\frac{1}{(u-3)} d u\\ &=\frac{1}{3}[\ln |u|-\ln |u-3|]+C\\ & =\frac{1}{3} \ln \left|\frac{u}{u-3}\right|+C \\ & =\frac{1}{3} \ln \left|\frac{\cos x}{\cos x-3}\right|+C\end{aligned}
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