Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Integration Techniques - 7.5 Partial Fractions - 7.5 Exercises - Page 550: 67

Answer

\[ = - \frac{1}{2}\ln \left( {2 + {e^t}} \right) + \frac{1}{2}t + C\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{gathered} \int_{}^{} {\frac{{dt}}{{2 + {e^t}}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ Given\,\,funcion \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \frac{1}{{2 + {e^t}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ rewriting \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \frac{1}{{2 + {e^t}}} = \frac{{ - \frac{1}{2}{e^t} + \frac{1}{2}{e^t} + 1}}{{2 + {e^t}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ simplify \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = - \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{e^t}}}{{2 + {e^t}}} + \frac{{\frac{1}{2}{e^t} + 1}}{{2 + {e^t}}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = - \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{e^t}}}{{2 + {e^t}}} + \frac{1}{2} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ then \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \int_{}^{} {\frac{{dt}}{{2 + {e^t}}}} = \int_{}^{} {\,\left( { - \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{e^t}}}{{2 + {e^t}}} + \frac{1}{2}} \right)} \,dt \hfill \\ \hfill \\ write\,\,as\,\,two\,\,{\text{integrals}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = \int_{}^{} {\,\left( { - \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{e^t}}}{{2 + {e^t}}}} \right)} dt + \int_{}^{} {\,\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)} dt \hfill \\ \hfill \\ let\,\,,\,\,u = 2 + {e^t}\,\,\,,\,\,then \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = - \frac{1}{2}\ln \left| u \right| + \frac{1}{2}t + C \hfill \\ \hfill \\ subsitute\,\,back\,\,u = 2 + {e^t} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ = - \frac{1}{2}\ln \left( {2 + {e^t}} \right) + \frac{1}{2}t + C \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \]
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