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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Integrate this...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ 10x^2+15x }{ (x)(1+x^2)(x+2) }\]

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

factorise the numerator and look to cancel common factors, before integrating

OpenStudy (abb0t):

You can use partial fraction decomposition.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

weird that there is a common factor of \(x\) top and bottom

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I used partial fraction and got.... 9arctan(x)-ln(|x+2|)+C

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, I cancelled out the x and factored out a 5 and pulled it outside of the integral

OpenStudy (anonymous):

My partial fraction was... \[\frac{ 2x+3 }{ (1+x^2)(x+2)}=\frac{ A }{ x+2 }+\frac{ Bx+C }{ 1+x^2 }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Then got...\[\frac{ -1 }{ 5 }(\frac{ 1 }{ x+2 })+\frac{ 9 }{ 5 }(\frac{ 1 }{ 1+x^2 })\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then I integrated those two separately, put the 5 back in and got the answer above.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm not sure if I did that correctly or not.

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