Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Systems and Matrices - 9.4 Partial Fractions - 9.4 Exercises - Page 895: 15

Answer

$\dfrac{15}{x}-\dfrac{5}{x+1}-\dfrac{6}{x-1} $

Work Step by Step

We will write the partial decomposition as: $\dfrac{4x^2-x-15}{x(x+1)(x-1)}=\dfrac{A}{x}+\dfrac{B}{x+1}+\dfrac{C}{x-1} ~~~~(a)$ This implies that $4x^2-x-15=A(x+1)(x-1)+Bx(x-1)+Cx(x+1)$ Plug $x=0,-1$ to obtain: $A=15$ and $B=-5$ Now, plug $x=1$ to obtain: $C=-6$ So, the equation (a) becomes: $\dfrac{4x^2-x-15}{x(x+1)(x-1)}=\dfrac{15}{x}-\dfrac{5}{x+1}-\dfrac{6}{x-1} $
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