Friday, May 12, 2017

logarithms - Definite integral of partial fractions?



So I'm to find the definite integral of a function which I'm to convert into partial fractions.



1022x2+3x+1dx



Converting to partial fractions I get...
A2x+1+Bx+1 with A=4 and B=2



Thus the definite integral is...




10(42x+12x+1)dx=[4ln|2x+1|2ln|x+1|]10=4ln|3|2ln|2|(4ln|1|2ln|1|)=4ln|3|2ln|2|0=2(2ln|3|ln|2|)=2ln|92|



However, the answer in the book gives 2ln|32| as do online integral calculators, so I imagine I've done something wrong, but can't for the life of we work out what since I keep getting the same values for A and B and the same answer.



Any ideas?


Answer



You neglected the chain rule:
42x+1dx=2ln|2x+1|+C4ln|2x+1|+C.



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