Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.1 Exercises - Page 513: 70

Answer

The integral is: $$-\frac{4}{3}\arctan\frac{x+2}{3} + \frac{1}{2} \ln(x^2+4x+13)+c$$ where $c$ is arbitratry. The graph of the antiderivatives is on the following figure. The graphs are shifted by a constant.

Work Step by Step

Using Wolfram Mathematica (which is an example of computer algebra system) with the code t = Integrate [(x - 2)/(x^2 + 4 x + 13), x] Plot [{t + 2, t - 5}, {x, -10, 10}] We get that integral $$-\frac{4}{3}\arctan\frac{x+2}{3} + \frac{1}{2} \ln(x^2+4x+13)+c.$$ We get two antiderivatives for two different choices for $c$. We have chosen $c=2$ (blue) and $c=-5$ (orange) and they are plotted on the graph. The graphs are shifted by a constant.
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