Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 10

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{4}{9}\ln|y+4|+\frac{1}{18}\ln|2y-1|+C$

Work Step by Step

Apply the partial fraction method. Factors of the denominator are linear, nonrepeated. $\displaystyle \frac{y}{(y+4)(2y-1)}=\frac{A}{y+4}+\frac{B}{2y-1}$ $\displaystyle \frac{y}{(y+4)(2y-1)}= \displaystyle \frac{A(2y-1)+B(y+4)}{(y+4)(2y-1)}$ $y=(2A+B)y+(-A+4B)\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{ll} 2A+B=1 & (I)\\ -A+4B=0 & (II) \end{array}\right.$ $I-2\displaystyle \cdot II\Rightarrow 9B=1\Rightarrow B=\frac{1}{9}$, Insert into $II,\ A=\displaystyle \frac{4}{9}.$ $\displaystyle \int\frac{y}{(y+4)(2y-1)}dy=\int(\frac{\frac{4}{9}}{y+4}+\frac{\frac{1}{9}}{2y-1})dy$ $= \displaystyle \frac{4}{9}\int\frac{dy}{y+4}+\frac{1}{9}\int\frac{dy}{2y-1}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{4}{9}\ln|y+4|+\frac{1}{9}\cdot\frac{1}{2}\ln|2y-1|+C$ $=\displaystyle \frac{4}{9}\ln|y+4|+\frac{1}{18}\ln|2y-1|+C$
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