Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.4 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions - 7.4 Exercises - Page 541: 16

Answer

$\frac{1}{2}+\ln6$

Work Step by Step

$\int_1^2\frac{x^{3}+4x^{2}+x-1}{x^{3}+x^{2}}dx$ = $\int_1^2\left(1+\frac{3x^{2}+x-1}{x^{3}+x^{2}}\right)dx$ = $\int_1^2\left[1+\frac{3x^{2}+x-1}{x^2(x+1)}\right]dx$ = $\int_1^2\left[1+\frac{A}{x}+\frac{B}{x^2}+\frac{C}{x+1}\right]dx$ $3x^{2}+x-1$ = $Ax(x+1)+B(x+1)+Cx^2$ $$\begin{cases} A+C&=3\\ A+B&=1\\ B&=-1 \end{cases}$$ $A$ = $2$, $B$ = $-1$, $C$ = $1$ So $\int_1^2\frac{x^{3}+4x^{2}+x+1}{x^{3}+x^{2}}dx$ = $\int_1^2\left(1+\frac{2}{x}-\frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{x+1}\right)dx$ = $\left(x+2\ln|x|+\frac{1}{x}+\ln|x+1|\right)_1^2$ = $\left(2+2\ln2+\frac{1}{2}+\ln3\right)-(1+2\ln1+1+\ln2)$ = $\frac{1}{2}+\ln6$
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