University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 8 - Practice Exercises - Page 474: 12

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{x}+\ln (\dfrac{x-1}{x})^2+c$

Work Step by Step

Integration by parts formula suggests that $\int p'(x) q(x)=p(x) q(x)-\int p(x) q'(x)dx$ Write the integral into partial fractions as follows: $\int \dfrac{(x+1)dx}{x^2(x-1)}=\int [\dfrac{-2}{x}-\dfrac{1}{x^2}+\dfrac{2}{x-1} ]dx$ This implies that $-2\ln |x|+\dfrac{1}{x}+2\ln |x-1|+c=\dfrac{1}{x}+2\ln |\dfrac{x-1}{x}|+c$ Hence, $\dfrac{1}{x}+2\ln |\dfrac{x-1}{x}|+c=\dfrac{1}{x}+\ln (\dfrac{x-1}{x})^2+c$
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