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 - Review Exercises - Page 580: 54

Answer

$$\frac{3}{2}\ln \left( {{x^2} + 1} \right) - \frac{1}{{2\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}} + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{3{x^3} + 4x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Decomposing the integrand into partial fractions}} \cr & \frac{{3{x^3} + 4x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{Ax + B}}{{{x^2} + 1}} + \frac{{Cx + D}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}{\text{ }}\left( {\bf{1}} \right) \cr & 3{x^3} + 4x = \left( {Ax + B} \right)\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right) + Cx + D \cr & {\text{Expanding}} \cr & 3{x^3} + 4x = A{x^3} + Ax + B{x^2} + B + Cx + D \cr & 3{x^3} + 4x = A{x^3} + B{x^2} + Ax + Cx + B + D \cr & {\text{Comparing coefficients}} \cr & A = 3 \cr & B = 0 \cr & A + C = 4 \to C = 4 - A = 4 - 3 = 1 \cr & B + D = 0 \to D = 0 \cr & {\text{Substitute the constants into }}\left( {\bf{1}} \right) \cr & \frac{{3{x^3} + 4x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{3x + 0}}{{{x^2} + 1}} + \frac{{x + 0}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \frac{{3{x^3} + 4x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{3x}}{{{x^2} + 1}} + \frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \int {\frac{{3{x^3} + 4x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx = \int {\frac{{3x}}{{{x^2} + 1}}} dx + \int {\frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Rewrite integrands}} \cr & = \frac{3}{2}\int {\frac{{2x}}{{{x^2} + 1}}} dx + \frac{1}{2}\int {\frac{{2x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & {\text{ = }}\frac{3}{2}\ln \left| {{x^2} + 1} \right| + \frac{1}{2}\left( { - \frac{1}{{{x^2} + 1}}} \right) + C \cr & {\text{ = }}\frac{3}{2}\ln \left( {{x^2} + 1} \right) - \frac{1}{{2\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}} + C \cr} $$
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