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: 19

Answer

$\frac{1}{2}+\ln{\frac{27}{32}}$

Work Step by Step

$\int_0^1\frac{x^{2}+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}dx$ = $\int_0^1\left[\frac{A}{x+1}+\frac{B}{(x+1)^2}+\frac{C}{x+2}\right]dx$ $x^{2}+x+1$ = $A(x+1)(x+2)+B(x+2)+C(x+1)^2$ $x^{2}+x+1$ = $A(x^{2}+3x+2)+B(x+2)+C(x^{2}+2x+1)$ $1$ = $A+C$ $1$ = $3A+B+2C$ $1$ = $2A+2B+C$ $B$ = $1$, $A$ = $-2$, $C$ = $3$ So $\int_0^1\frac{x^{2}+x+1}{(x+1)^2(x+2)}dx$ = $\int_0^1\left[-\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{1}{(x+1)^2}+\frac{3}{x+2}\right]dx$ = $[-2\ln|x+1|-\frac{1}{x+1}+3\ln|x+2|]_0^1$ = $(-2\ln2-\frac{1}{2}+3\ln3)-(-2\ln1-1+3\ln2)$ = $\frac{1}{2}-5\ln2+3\ln3$ = $\frac{1}{2}+\ln{\frac{27}{32}}$
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