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: 25

Answer

$-2\ln|x+1|+\ln(x^{2}+1)+2\tan^{-1}x+C$

Work Step by Step

$I=\displaystyle \int\frac{4x}{x^{3}+x^{2}+x+1}dx$ $x^{3}+x^{2}+x+1=x^{2}(x+1)+(x+1)=(x+1)(x^{2}+1)$ $\displaystyle \frac{4x}{(x+1)(x^{2}+1)}=\frac{A}{x+1}+\frac{Bx+C}{x^{2}+1}$ $4x=A(x^{2}+1)+(Bx+C)(x+1)$ $4x=Ax^{2}+A+Bx^{2}+Bx+Cx+C$ $4x=x^{2}(A+B)+x(B+C)+(A+C)$ $A+B=0\Rightarrow A=-B$ $A+C=0\Rightarrow C=-A=B$ $ B+C=4\Rightarrow 2B=4\Rightarrow B=C=2,A=-2$ $\displaystyle \frac{4x}{(x+1)(x^{2}+1)}=\frac{-2}{x+1}+\frac{2x+2}{x^{2}+1}=\frac{-2}{x+1}+\frac{2x}{x^{2}+1}+\frac{2}{x^{2}+1}$ $I=-2\ln|x+1|+\ln(x^{2}+1)+2\tan^{-1}x+C$
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