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: 14

Answer

$5\ln|x-2|-\frac{8}{x-2}+C$

Work Step by Step

Let $\frac{5x-2}{(x-2)^{2}}=\frac{A}{x-2}+\frac{B}{(x-2)^{2}}$ $⇒ 5x-2= A(x-2)+B$ Equating the coefficient of x and constant term, we get A=5, -2A+B= -2 ⇒B= 8 Thus the integrand is given by $\frac{5x-2}{(x-2)^{2}}=\frac{5}{x-2}+\frac{8}{(x-2)^{2}}$ Therefore, $\int \frac{5x-2}{(x-2)^{2}}dx= 5\int\frac{1}{x-2}dx+8\int\frac{1}{(x-2)^{2}}dx$ $= 5 \ln |x-2|+ 8\times(\frac{-1}{x-2})+C$ $=5\ln|x-2|-\frac{8}{x-2}+C$
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