Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

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

Answer

$ \displaystyle \frac{1}{4}x^{4}+\frac{1}{3}x^{3}+\frac{1}{2}x^{2}+x+\ln|x-1|+C$

Work Step by Step

The numerator has degree greater than the denominator. Synthetic division: $\begin{array}{lrrrrr} \hline 1| & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ & & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ \hline & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & |\ 1 \\ \end{array}$ $\displaystyle \frac{x^{4}}{x-1}=x^{3}+x^{2}+x+1+\frac{1}{x-1}$ $\displaystyle \int\frac{x^{4}}{x-1}= \frac{1}{4}x^{4}+\frac{1}{3}x^{3}+\frac{1}{2}x^{2}+x+\ln|x-1|+C$
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