University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions - Exercises - Page 445: 3

Answer

$\frac{1}{x+1}+\frac{3}{(x+1)^{2}}$

Work Step by Step

The form of the partial fraction decomposition is $\frac{x+4}{(x+1)^{2}}=\frac{A}{x+1}+\frac{B}{(x+1)^{2}}$ This gives $A(x+1)+B= x+4$ Equating the coefficients of x and the constant term, we get A=1, A+B=4 or B=3. Thus we can write $\frac{x+4}{(x+1)^{2}}= \frac{1}{x+1}+\frac{3}{(x+1)^{2}}$
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