Question

Find the integral

Answer 1

\[\int\limits_{}^{}(a^2-5)/(a+1)\]

Answer 2

divide and then integrate

Answer 3

obviously. how do you go from that to a - 4/(a+1) - 1, specifically? the issue is i don't know how to divide it

Answer 4

Long division or synthetic? Long division takes up a lot of room, so I'll show you how to find the quotient with synthetic: