Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.5 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions - Exercises 8.5 - Page 476: 42

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{\sin \theta d\theta }}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta + \cos \theta - 2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{let }}x = \cos \theta ,\,\,\,dx = - \sin \theta d\theta \cr & {\text{Write the integral in terms of }}x \cr & \int {\frac{{\sin \theta d\theta }}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta + \cos \theta - 2}}} = - \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Solve the integral by the method of partial fractions.}} \cr & {\text{The form of the partial fraction decomposition is}} \cr & \frac{1}{{{x^2} + x - 2}} = \frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} = \frac{A}{{x + 2}} + \frac{B}{{x - 1}} \cr & {\text{Multiplying by }}\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right){\text{, we have}} \cr & {\text{1}} = A\left( {x - 1} \right) + B\left( {x + 2} \right) \cr & {\text{if we set }}x = - 2, \cr & {\text{1}} = A\left( { - 3} \right) + B\left( 0 \right) \cr & A = - 1/3 \cr & {\text{if we set }}x = 1, \cr & {\text{1}} = A\left( 0 \right) + B\left( 3 \right) \cr & B = 1/3 \cr & {\text{then}} \cr & \frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 1} \right)}} = \frac{A}{{x + 2}} + \frac{B}{{x - 1}} = \frac{{ - 1/3}}{{x + 2}} + \frac{{1/3}}{{x - 1}} \cr & - \int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} + x - 2}}} = - \int {\left( {\frac{{ - 1/3}}{{x + 2}} + \frac{{1/3}}{{x - 1}}} \right)dx} \cr & {\text{integrating}} \cr & = \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {x + 2} \right| - \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {x - 1} \right| + C \cr & = \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {\frac{{x + 2}}{{x - 1}}} \right| + C \cr & {\text{Write the solution in terms of }}x,{\text{ substitute cos}}\theta {\text{ for }}x \cr & = \frac{1}{3}\ln \left| {\frac{{\cos \theta + 2}}{{\cos \theta - 1}}} \right| + C \cr} $$
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