Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.5 Exercises - Page 549: 31

Answer

$$\frac{1}{5}\ln \left| {\frac{{{e^x} - 1}}{{{e^x} + 4}}} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{{e^x}}}{{\left( {{e^x} - 1} \right)\left( {{e^x} + 4} \right)}}} dx \cr & {\text{Let }}t = {e^x},{\text{ }}dt = {e^x}dx \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & \int {\frac{{{e^x}}}{{\left( {{e^x} - 1} \right)\left( {{e^x} + 4} \right)}}} dx = \int {\frac{1}{{\left( {t - 1} \right)\left( {t + 4} \right)}}} dt \cr & {\text{Decompose into partial fractions}} \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {t - 1} \right)\left( {t + 4} \right)}} = \frac{A}{{t - 1}} + \frac{B}{{t + 4}} \cr & 1 = A\left( {t + 4} \right) + B\left( {t - 1} \right) \cr & t = 1 \to A = 1/5 \cr & t = - 4 \to B = - 1/5 \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {t - 1} \right)\left( {t + 4} \right)}} = \frac{{1/5}}{{t - 1}} + \frac{{ - 1/5}}{{t + 4}} \cr & \int {\frac{1}{{\left( {t - 1} \right)\left( {t + 4} \right)}}} dt = \int {\left( {\frac{{1/5}}{{t - 1}} + \frac{{ - 1/5}}{{t + 4}}} \right)} dt \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & {\text{ = }}\frac{1}{5}\ln \left| {t - 1} \right| - \frac{1}{5}\ln \left| {t + 4} \right| \cr & {\text{By using logarithmic properties}} \cr & = \frac{1}{5}\ln \left| {\frac{{t - 1}}{{t + 4}}} \right| + C \cr & {\text{Write in terms of }}x \cr & = \frac{1}{5}\ln \left| {\frac{{{e^x} - 1}}{{{e^x} + 4}}} \right| + C \cr} $$
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