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: 7

Answer

$ \ln |\frac{x-1}{x+4}|+C$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{5}{x^{2}+3x-4}=\frac{5}{(x+4)(x-1)}=\frac{A}{x+4}+\frac{B}{x-1}$ This gives $5= A(x-1)+B(x+4)$. Putting x= 1 in the above equation, we get B=1. Putting x= -4, we get A= -1. Thus $\frac{5}{x^{2}+3x-4}= \frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{1}{x+4}$. $\int \frac{5}{x^{2}+3x-4}= \int\frac{dx}{x-1}-\int\frac{dx}{x+4}$ $= \ln|x-1|- \ln|x+4| +C$ $= \ln |\frac{x-1}{x+4}|$+C
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