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OpenStudy (anonymous):

indefinite integral u sub

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\int\limits_{?}^{?}\frac{ (lnx)^{2}+2\ln(x^{2}-1) }{ x }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so what I did was break it up first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\int\limits_{?}^{?}\frac{ (lnx)^{2} }{ x }dx+\int\limits_{?}^{?}\frac{ 2\ln(x^{2}-1) }{ x }dx\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and I can solve the first half but not the second

OpenStudy (freckles):

\[\int\limits_{}^{}\frac{2\ln(x-1)}{x} dx+\int\limits_{}^{}\frac{2 \ln(x+1)}{x} dx\] don't know if this helps on the second part yet but this something we can also do

OpenStudy (freckles):

x^2-1=(x-1)(x+1) ln(ab)=ln(a)+ln(b) is what i did

OpenStudy (freckles):

I don't think that is going to help us :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

me too

OpenStudy (freckles):

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=int%282+log_e%28x%5E2-1%29%2Fx+%2Cx%29 wolfram says it isn't elementary

OpenStudy (freckles):

So I wonder if this is the exact integral you started with

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the sheet is unclear so I wasnt sure if it should be ln(x^2-1) or ln(x^2)-1. I went with the former but I can post a pic of the question

OpenStudy (freckles):

so I guess they didn't use ( ) I hate when they don't do that it does make it confusing I think we are going to have to go with the latter interpretation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (freckles):

\[\int\limits \frac{( \ln(x))^2+2 \ln(x^2)-1}{x} dx\]

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

yep that would work :)

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

just a simple u = ln x substitution

OpenStudy (freckles):

\[\int\limits \frac{ (\ln(x))^2}{x} dx+4 \int\limits_{}^{}\frac{\ln(x)}{x} dx-\int\limits_{}^{}\frac{1}{x} dx\] yeah use @kidrah69 's suggest sub for both the first two

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

no need to even separate it....right ?

OpenStudy (freckles):

I think they would put parenthesis around that whole thing if they meant that whole thing but honestly I think for clarity purposes they should go ahead in throw in ( ) just in case

OpenStudy (freckles):

no need

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

\(\Large \int (u^2+4u-1) du\) see if you get this :) which is easy to integrate

OpenStudy (freckles):

I did because I thought it looked glamorous

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

don't forget to resubstitute back u = ln x

OpenStudy (freckles):

what happen to integration 1/x w.r.t x?

OpenStudy (freckles):

no sub needed for the last integral

OpenStudy (anonymous):

isnt \[\int\limits \frac{ 1 }{ x }=lnx\]

OpenStudy (freckles):

yes

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

u missed dx and +c but yes

OpenStudy (freckles):

well actually ln|x|+c

OpenStudy (freckles):

putting the bars around the x is "more correct "

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

correct \(\checkmark \) more correct \(\huge \checkmark \) :P

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so I got\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }(lnx)^{3}+2(lnx)^{2}-lnx\]

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

+c and thats absolutely correct! :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks. Would you be willing to help me with one more question?

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

wait should u get that 2 ?

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

ok, yes

OpenStudy (freckles):

\[\int\limits\limits \frac{ (\ln(x))^2}{x} dx+4 \int\limits\limits_{}^{}\frac{\ln(x)}{x} dx-\int\limits\limits_{}^{}\frac{1}{x} dx \\ \int\limits_{}^{} (\ln(x))^2 d(\ln(x)) +4 \int\limits_{}^{} \ln(x) d(\ln(x)) -\ln|x|+C \\ \frac{(\ln(x))^3}{3}+4 \frac{(\ln(x))^2}{2}-\ln|x|+C\]

OpenStudy (freckles):

looks correct to me

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

just confirming :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

For this I expanded it using properties of logs and then took the derivative and got\[y'=\frac{ 4 }{ 2x+1 }+\frac{ 3 }{ x-1 }-\frac{ 6 }{ 2x-1 }-\frac{ 2 }{ x+1 }\] I wanted to know if there might be an easier way to combine this or if I just have to work through the algebra

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

you wanted to integrate y w.r.t x ?

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

\(\ln ab = \ln a + \ln b \) \(\ln a^b = b \ln a \)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (freckles):

if you were meant to differentiate y you did it correctly do you really have to combine the fractions lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I dont know. I dont think so since the next question is the same just without the ln so we take ln of both sides and do the same thing, but Im just not sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so I wanted to ask

OpenStudy (freckles):

well no need to take ln of both sides since there is ln just on that one side but if you really want to combine the fractions I would start combining the fractions that have conjugate bottoms \[y'=\frac{4}{2x+1}-\frac{6}{2x-1}+\frac{3}{x-1}-\frac{2}{x+1} \\ y'=\frac{4(2x-1)-6(2x+1)}{(2x+1)(2x-1)}+\frac{3(x+1)-2(x-1)}{(x-1)(x+1)}\]

OpenStudy (kidrah69):

painful

OpenStudy (freckles):

\[y'=\frac{8x-4-12x-6}{4x^2-1}+\frac{3x+3-2x+2}{x^2-1}\]

OpenStudy (freckles):

then simplify those tops then combine those fractions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

alright. Thank you

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