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OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Help PLS!

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

\[\int\limits \frac{ x^2-6x-9}{ (x-1)^2 (x^2+1) }\] As my answer I got \[5\ln|x-1|+\frac{ 1 }{ x-1 }-\frac{ 5 }{ 2 }\ln|x^2+1|-3 \tan^{-1} (x)+C\] But unfortunately its wrong...

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Did you set up your partial fractions correctly?\[\large\rm \frac{x^2-6x-9}{(x-1)^2(x^2+1)}=\frac{A}{x-1}+\frac{B}{(x-1)^2}+\frac{Cx+D}{(x^2+1)}\]

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Yea, Here is my work. It was too much to type out.

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Oh you did it the other way... expanding everything out... oh boy +_+

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Yea... lol I got stuck trying to do it the first way

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Sec gonna try it the other way on paper :d

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Cause I don't wanna check the expansion of those polynomials :P

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Okie :3

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Hmm ya I think expanding works out better -_- ugh

OpenStudy (sshayer):

x(A+C-2D) not x(A+C+2D)

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Ooooo. right right

OpenStudy (itz_sid):

Yep that was it. Thanks! Ugh.... I mess up with small arithmetic calculations...

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Noiceee

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