Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Practice Exercises - Page 517: 13

Answer

$$ - \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {\frac{{\cos \theta - 1}}{{\cos \theta + 2}}} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{\sin \theta d\theta }}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta + \cos \theta - 2}}} \cr & {\text{Let }}x = \cos \theta ,\,\,\,dx = - \sin \theta d\theta \cr & {\text{Use the substitution}} \cr & - \int {\frac{{\sin \theta d\theta }}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta + \cos \theta - 2}}} = - \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Decompose the integrand into partial fractions.}} \cr & {\text{The form of the partial fraction decomposition is}} \cr & - \frac{1}{{{x^2} + x - 2}} = - \frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} \cr & - \frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} = - \frac{A}{{x + 2}} + \frac{B}{{x - 1}} \cr & {\text{Multiplying by }}\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right){\text{, we have}} \cr & 1 = A\left( {x - 1} \right) + B\left( {x + 2} \right) \cr & \cr & {\text{if we set }}x = - 2 \cr & - 1 = - A\left( { - 2 - 1} \right) - B\left( 0 \right) \cr & A = \frac{1}{3} \cr & \cr & {\text{if we set }}x = 1 \cr & - 1 = - A\left( 0 \right) - B\left( {1 + 2} \right) \cr & B = - \frac{1}{3} \cr & \cr & {\text{The decomposition of the integrand is}} \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} = \frac{{1/3}}{{x + 2}} - \frac{{1/3}}{{x - 1}} \cr & \cr & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} = \frac{1}{3}\int {\frac{1}{{x + 2}}dx - \frac{1}{3}\int {\frac{1}{{x - 1}}} dx} \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} = \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| - \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {x - 1} \right| + C \cr & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} = - \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {\frac{{x - 1}}{{x + 2}}} \right| + C \cr & \cr & {\text{We know that }}x = \cos \theta ,\,\,\, then \cr & = - \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {\frac{{\cos \theta - 1}}{{\cos \theta + 2}}} \right| + C \cr} $$
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