Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 7 - Principles Of Integral Evaluation - Chapter 7 Review Exercises - Page 559: 63

Answer

$$ - \frac{1}{6}\ln \left| {x - 1} \right| + \frac{1}{{15}}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| + \frac{1}{{10}}\ln \left| {x - 3} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)}}} \cr & {\text{The partial fraction decomposition of the integrand is}} \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)}} = \frac{A}{{x - 1}} + \frac{B}{{x + 2}} + \frac{C}{{x - 3}} \cr & {\text{Multiplying by }}\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right){\text{ yields}} \cr & 1 = A\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right) + B\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right) + C\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right) \cr & {\text{substituting }}x = 1 \cr & 1 = A\left( 3 \right)\left( { - 2} \right) + B\left( 0 \right) + C\left( 0 \right) \cr & A = - \frac{1}{6} \cr & {\text{substituting }}x = - 2 \cr & 1 = A\left( 0 \right) + B\left( { - 3} \right)\left( { - 5} \right) + C\left( 0 \right) \cr & B = \frac{1}{{15}} \cr & {\text{substituting }}x = 3 \cr & 1 = A\left( 0 \right) + B\left( 0 \right) + C\left( 2 \right)\left( 5 \right) \cr & C = \frac{1}{{10}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Then}}{\text{, the integrand can be written as}} \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)}} = \frac{{ - 1/6}}{{x - 1}} + \frac{{1/15}}{{x + 2}} + \frac{{1/10}}{{x - 3}} \cr & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 3} \right)}}} = \int {\left( {\frac{{ - 1/6}}{{x - 1}} + \frac{{1/15}}{{x + 2}} + \frac{{1/10}}{{x - 3}}} \right)} dx \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & = - \frac{1}{6}\ln \left| {x - 1} \right| + \frac{1}{{15}}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| + \frac{1}{{10}}\ln \left| {x - 3} \right| + C \cr} $$
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