University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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

Chapter 8 - Practice Exercises - Page 474: 9

Answer

$-\ln |x-1|+2 \ln |x-2| +c$

Work Step by Step

Integration by parts formula suggests that $\int p'(x) q(x)=p(x) q(x)-\int p(x) q'(x)dx$ $\int \dfrac{x}{x^2-3x+2}=\int \dfrac{x}{(x-1)(x-2)}$ Write the integral into partial fractions as follows: $\int \dfrac{x}{(x-1)(x-2)}=\int [\dfrac{-1}{(x-1)}+\dfrac{2}{(x-2)}]dx$ Hence, $\int \dfrac{x}{(x-1)(x-2)}=-\ln |x-1|+2 \ln |x-2| +c$
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