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 - 8.5 Exercises - Page 549: 10

Answer

$$\frac{{{x^2}}}{2} - x + \ln \left| {{x^2} + x - 2} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{{x^3} - x - 3}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} dx \cr & {\text{The integrand is not a proper function, so by long division}} \cr & \frac{{{x^3} - x - 3}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}} = x - 1 + \frac{{2x + 1}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}} \cr & {\text{Then,}} \cr & \int {\frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{{x^3} - 4{x^2} + 4x}}} dx = \int {\left( {x - 1 + \frac{{2x + 1}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} \right)} dx \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & = \int x dx - \int {dx} + \int {\frac{{\overbrace {\left( {2x + 1} \right)dx}^{du}}}{{\underbrace {{x^2} + x - 2}_u}}} \cr & = \frac{{{x^2}}}{2} - x + \ln \left| {{x^2} + x - 2} \right| + C \cr} $$
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