Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Systems and Matrices - 9.4 Partial Fractions - 9.4 Exercises - Page 895: 10

Answer

$-\dfrac{1}{2(x+1)}+\dfrac{3}{2(x-1)} $

Work Step by Step

We will write the partial decomposition as: $\dfrac{x+2}{(x+1)(x-1)}=\dfrac{A}{x+1}+\dfrac{B}{x-1} ~~~~(a)$ This implies that $x+2=A(x-1)+B (x+1)$ Plug $x=-1$ to obtain: $A=-\dfrac{1}{2}$ Now, plug $x=1$ to obtain: $B=\dfrac{3}{2}$ So, the equation (a) becomes: $\dfrac{x+2}{(x+1)(x-1)}=-\dfrac{1}{2(x+1)}+\dfrac{3}{2(x-1)} $
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