Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Systems and Matrices - 9.4 Partial Fractions - 9.4 Exercises - Page 895: 8

Answer

$\dfrac{-1}{x}+\dfrac{4}{(x+1)} $

Work Step by Step

We will write the partial decomposition as: $\dfrac{3x-1}{x(x+1)}=\dfrac{A}{x}+\dfrac{B}{x+1} ~~~~(a)$ This implies that $3x-1=A(x+1)+B x$ Plug $x=0$ to obtain: $A=-1$ Now, plug $x=-1$ to obtain: $B=4$ So, the equation (a) becomes: $\dfrac{3x-1}{x(x+1)}=\dfrac{-1}{x}+\dfrac{4}{(x+1)} $
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