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: 52

Answer

$x=3 \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3}t)-\sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(t)-\pi $

Work Step by Step

$$ \left(3 t^{4}+4 t^{2}+1\right) \frac{d x}{d t}=2 \sqrt{3}, \quad x(1)=-\pi \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$$ $$ \frac{d x}{d t}=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{\left(3 t^{4}+4 t^{2}+1\right)} \rightarrow d x=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{\left(3 t^{4}+4 t^{2}+1\right)} d t $$ $$d x=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{\left(3 u^{2}+4 u+1\right)} d t \quad$$ $$ \begin{aligned} &\text {"We do a substitution we say $u$ $=$ $t^{2}$, then we factor it"}\\ \end{aligned} $$ $$d x=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{(3 u+1)(u+1)}d t$$ $$ \begin{aligned} &\text {"Now we replace $u$ for $t^{2}$ "}\\ \end{aligned} $$ $$d x=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{\left(3 t^{2}+1\right)\left(t^{2}+1\right)} d t$$ $$ \begin{aligned} &\text {"Now we continue integrating on both sides"}\\ \end{aligned} $$ $$ \begin{aligned} &\int d x=\int \frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3\left(t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}\right)\left(t^{2}+1\right)} d t \\ &x+C=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3} \int \frac{1}{\left(t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}\right)\left(t^{2}+1\right)} d t \\ &\text {"Now we do partial fraction to do the integral"}\\ &\left[\frac{1}{\left(t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}\right)\left(t^{2}+1\right)}=\frac{A t+B}{t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}}+\frac{C t+D}{t^{2}+1}\right]\left(t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}\right)\left(t^{2}+1\right) \\ &1=(A t+B)\left(t^{2}+1\right)+(C t+D)\left(t^{2}+\frac{1}{3}\right) \\ &1=A t^{3}+A t+B t^{2}+B+C t^{3}+\frac{1}{3} C t+D t^{2}+\frac{1}{3} \\ &1=[A+C] t^{3}+[B+D] t^{2}+[A+\frac{1}{3} C] t+[B+\frac{1}{3} D] \end{aligned} $$ $$ \begin{aligned} &\text {"Now we set our set of equations"}\\ \end{aligned} $$ \begin{align} \begin{aligned} & A+C=0 \\ & B+D=0 \\ & A+\frac{1}{3}C=0 \\ & B+ \frac{1}{3}D=1 \\ \end{aligned} \end{align} $$ \begin{aligned} &\quad\quad\quad A=0 ;\quad B=\frac{3}{2} ;\quad C=0 ;\quad D=-\frac{3}{2} \\ &\text {"When we have the value of each letter we replace it on our partial fraction"}\\\\ &x+C=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3} \int \frac{3 / 2}{t^{2}+1 / 3}d t+\frac{-3 / 2}{t^{2}+1} d t \\ &x+C=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3}\left[\frac{3}{2} \int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1 / 3}d t -\frac{3}{2} \int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1} d t\right] \\ &x+C=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3}\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)\left[\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1 / 3} d t-\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1} d t\right] \\ &x+C=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{3} \cdot \frac{3}{2}\left[\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1 / 3} d t-\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1} d t\right] \\ &\text {"Now we solve both integrals"}\\ &x+C=\sqrt{3}\left[\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1 / 3} d t-\int \frac{1}{t^{2}+1} d t\right]\\ &\text {"Now let's remember the formula of how to integrate this"}\\ \end{aligned} $$ $$ \int \frac{d u}{u^{2}+a^{2}}=\frac{1}{a} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{u}{a}\right)+C $$ "In both integrals the " $u$ " will be " $t$ " but in the first $a^{2}=1 / 3$ and in the second $a^{2}=1$ so the first $a=\sqrt{1 / 3}$ and in the second $a=\sqrt{1}=1$." $$ \begin{aligned} & x+C=\sqrt{3}\left[\frac{1}{(\sqrt{3} / 3)} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{t}{\sqrt{3} / 3}\right)-\frac{1}{1} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{t}{1}\right)+C\right] \\ & x+C=\sqrt{3}\left[\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{3 t}{\sqrt{3}}\right)-\tan ^{-1}(t)+C\right] \end{aligned} $$ "$C$ is a constant so we can leave just one because we don't know the value " $$ \begin{aligned} & x+C=3 \cdot \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3} t)-3 \sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(t) \\ & x=3 \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3} t)-\sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(t)+C \end{aligned} $$ "Let's remember $x$ depends on $t$ " $$ \begin{aligned} & x(t)=3 \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3} t)-\sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(t)+C \\ & x(1)=-\frac{\sqrt{3} \pi}{4} \end{aligned} $$ "Now let's evaluate in $t=1$ and that will be equal to $-\frac{\sqrt{3}\pi}{4} $" $$ \begin{aligned} & 3 \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3}(1))-\sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(1)+C=-\frac{\sqrt{3}\pi}{4} \\ & 3\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)-\sqrt{3}\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)+C=-\frac{\sqrt{3}\pi}{4} \\ & \pi-\frac{\sqrt{3}\pi}{4} +C=-\frac{\sqrt{3}\pi}{4} \\ & C=-\frac{\sqrt{3} \pi}{4}+\frac{\sqrt{3} \pi}{4}-\pi \\ & C=-\pi \\ \end{aligned} $$ "Now we replace C on the answer of x" $$ \begin{aligned} & x=3 \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3}t)-\sqrt{3} \tan ^{-1}(t)-\pi \end{aligned} $$
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