Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1285740629
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: 28

Answer

$\ln|x|+\frac{1}{3x}+\frac{1}{3\sqrt 6}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt 6}\right)+C$

Work Step by Step

$\int\frac{x^3+6x-2}{x^4+6x^2}dx$ = $\int\frac{x^3+6x-2}{x^2(x^2+6)}dx$ = $\int\left(\frac{A}{x}+\frac{B}{x^2}+\frac{Cx+D}{x^2+6}\right) dx$ $x^3+6x-2$ = $Ax(x^2+6)+B(x^2+6)+x^2(Cx+D)$ $x^3+6x-2$ = $A(x^3+6x)+B(x^2+6)+(Cx^3+Dx^2)$ $1$ = $A+C$ $0$ = $B+D$ $6$ = $6A$ $-2$ = $6B$ $A$ = $1$, $B$ = $-\frac{1}{3}$, $C$ = $0$, $D$ = $\frac{1}{3}$ So $\int\frac{x^3+6x-2}{x^4+6x^2}dx$ = $\int\left[\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{3x^2}+\frac{1}{3(x^2+6)}\right]dx$ = $\ln|x|+\frac{1}{3x}+\frac{1}{3\sqrt 6}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt 6}\right)+C$
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