Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH103/April 2010/Question 04 (c)
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Question 04 (c) |
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Compute the following integrals. (Leave your answers in terms of or .) |
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The factored bottom should make partial fractions a natural choice for a technique to attempt this problem. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We proceed by partial fractions. Let A and B be constants such that Since the denominators are the same, the numerators must be equal and hence Now, since this equality holds for all values of x, we can plug in specific values for x to get the coefficients. At , we have and so . At , we have and so . Hence, we have |