Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 4 - Review - Exercises - Page 361: 66

Answer

We can express $F(x)$, the most general antiderivative of $g(x)$, as follows: $F(x) = ln~x +arctan~x + C_1~~~~~~~~$ if $x \gt 0$ $F(x) = ln~(-x) +arctan~x + C_2~~~~$ if $x \lt 0$

Work Step by Step

We can find the most general antiderivative of the function: $\int~g(x)$ $= \int (\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{x^2+1})$ $= \int \frac{1}{x}+\int \frac{1}{x^2+1}$ $ = ln~\vert x \vert +arctan~x$ Since $\frac{d}{dx}(ln~\vert x \vert) = \frac{1}{x}$ for all $x$ such that $x \neq 0$, then $ln ~\vert x \vert$ is an antiderivative of $\frac{1}{x}$. However, since $ln~\vert x \vert$ is not defined for $x=0$, we can express $F(x)$, the most general antiderivative of $g(x)$, as follows: $F(x) = ln~x +arctan~x + C_1~~~~~~~~$ if $x \gt 0$ $F(x) = ln~(-x) +arctan~x + C_2~~~~$ if $x \lt 0$
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