Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Practice Exercises - Page 517: 10

Answer

$\dfrac{-1}{2}\ln |x+1|+\dfrac{3}{2}\ln |x+3|+c$

Work Step by Step

The integration by parts formula suggests that $\int a'(x) b(x)=a(x) b(x)-\int a(x) b'(x)dx$ Now, we have $I=\int \dfrac{x}{x^2+4x+3}=\int \dfrac{x}{(x+1)(x+3)}$ Need to write the integral into partial fractions. $I=\int \dfrac{x}{(x+1)(x+3)}=\int -\dfrac{1}{2(x+1)} dx +\int \dfrac{3}{2(x+3)} dx$ Thus, $I=\int [-\dfrac{1}{2(x+1)}+\dfrac{3}{2(x+3)}]dx$ $\implies I=\dfrac{-1}{2}\ln |x+1|+\dfrac{3}{2}\ln |x+3|+c$
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