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: 8

Answer

$$-\dfrac{5}{6}\ln|3x+1|+\dfrac{1}{2}\ln |x-1|+C $$

Work Step by Step

Step #1: Complete Partial Fraction Decomposition of the integrand. $$\dfrac{3-x}{3x^2-2x-1}=\dfrac{3-x}{(3x+1)(x-1)}=\dfrac{A}{3x+1}+\dfrac{B}{x-1}$$ Step #2: Multiply by the LCD of $\color{blue}{(3x+1)(x-1)}$ and simply by collecting like terms. \begin{align*} 3-x&=A(x-1)+B(3x+1)\\ 3-x&=Ax-A+3Bx+B\\ 3-x&=(A+3B)x+(-A+B) \end{align*} Step #3: Match the coefficients on both sides of the equation to get a system of equations. Solve for $A$ and $B$. \begin{align*} &\Rightarrow \left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }A+3 B=-1} \\ {-A+B=3}\end{array}\right.\\ \\ &\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }A+3B=-1} \\ {B=3+A}\end{array}\right.\\ \\ &\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }A+3(3+A)=-1} \\ {B=3+A}\end{array}\right.\\ \\ &\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }4A+9=-1} \\ {B=3+A}\end{array}\right.\\ \\ &\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }A=-\dfrac{5}{2}} \\ {B=3+A}\end{array}\right.\\ \\ &\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\text{ }A=-\dfrac{5}{2}} \\ {B=\dfrac{1}{2}}\end{array}\right. \end{align*} Step #4: Use the values for $A$ and $B$ to rewrite the integral $$\int \dfrac{3-x}{3x^2-2x-1}dx=\int\left( \dfrac{-{}^{5}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{3x+1}+\dfrac{{}^{1}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{x-1}\right)dx$$ Step #5: Integrate \begin{align*} \int\left( \dfrac{-{}^{5}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{3x+1}+\dfrac{{}^{1}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{x-1}\right)&=\int \dfrac{-{}^{5}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{3x+1}dx+\int \dfrac{{}^{1}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{2}}{x-1}dx\\ &=-\dfrac{5}{2}\int\dfrac{1}{3x+1}dx+\dfrac{1}{2}\int\dfrac{1}{x-1}dx\\ &=-\dfrac{5}{6}\int\dfrac{3}{3x+1}dx+\dfrac{1}{2}\int\dfrac{1}{x-1}dx\\ \\ &=\boxed{-\dfrac{5}{6}\ln|3x+1|+\dfrac{1}{2}\ln|x-1|+C}\\ \end{align*}
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