Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Integration Techniques - 7.5 Partial Fractions - 7.5 Exercises - Page 549: 30

Answer

\[ = \frac{1}{{16}}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| - \frac{1}{{16}}\ln \left| {x - 2} \right| - \frac{1}{{4\,{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} + C\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{gathered} \int_{}^{} {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^3} - 2{x^2} - 4x + 8}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ factor\,\,the\,\,denominator \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \int_{}^{} {\frac{{dx}}{{\,\left( {x + 2} \right)\,\left( {x - 2} \right)}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ decompose\,\,into\,partial\,fraction \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \frac{1}{{\,\left( {x + 2} \right)\,\left( {x - 2} \right)}} = \frac{A}{{x + 2}} + \frac{B}{{x - 2}} + \frac{C}{{\,{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ find\,A,B,C \hfill \\ \hfill \\ A = \frac{1}{{16}}\,\,,\,\,B = - \frac{1}{{16}}\,\,,\,C = \frac{1}{4} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ therefore \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = \int_{}^{} {\frac{1}{{16\,\left( {x + 2} \right)}}dx} - \frac{1}{{16}}\int_{}^{} {\frac{1}{{x - 2}}dx} + \frac{1}{4}\int_{}^{} {\frac{{dx}}{{\,{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \operatorname{int} egrating \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = \frac{1}{{16}}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| - \frac{1}{{16}}\ln \left| {x - 2} \right| - \frac{1}{{4\,{\left( {x - 2} \right)}}} + C \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \]
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