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: 15

Answer

$$2\ln \left| {x - 2} \right| - \ln \left| x \right| - \frac{3}{{x - 2}} + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{{x^3} - 4{x^2} + 4x}}} dx \cr & \cr & {\text{Decompose the integrand into partial fractions}} \cr & \frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{{x^3} - 4{x^2} + 4x}} = \frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{x\left( {{x^2} - 4x + 4} \right)}} = \frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{x{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{x{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{A}{x} + \frac{B}{{x - 2}} + \frac{C}{{{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {x^2} + 3x - 4 = A{\left( {x - 2} \right)^2} + Bx\left( {x - 2} \right) + Cx \cr & {x^2} + 3x - 4 = A\left( {{x^2} - 4x + 4} \right) + B{x^2} - 2Bx + Cx \cr & {x^2} + 3x - 4 = A{x^2} - 4Ax + 4A + B{x^2} - 2Bx + Cx \cr & {x^2} + 3x - 4 = \left( {A{x^2} + B{x^2}} \right) + \left( { - 4Ax - 2Bx + Cx} \right) + 4A \cr & 4A = - 4 \to A = - 1 \cr & A + B = 1 \to B = 2 \cr & - 4A - 2B + C = 3 \to C = 3 \cr & \cr & \frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{x{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{ - 1}}{x} + \frac{2}{{x - 2}} + \frac{3}{{{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \int {\frac{{{x^2} + 3x - 4}}{{{x^3} - 4{x^2} + 4x}}} dx = \int {\left( {\frac{{ - 1}}{x} + \frac{2}{{x - 2}} + \frac{3}{{{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}}} \right)} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & {\text{ = }} - \ln \left| x \right| + 2\ln \left| {x - 2} \right| - \frac{3}{{x - 2}} + C \cr & {\text{Rearranging}} \cr & = 2\ln \left| {x - 2} \right| - \ln \left| x \right| - \frac{3}{{x - 2}} + C \cr} $$
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