A ashokkumar Mr Joined Oct 23, 2005 Messages 116 Location Fairfield West Gender Male HSC N/A May 26, 2010 #1 integrate (x^2-1)/(x^2+x-6)
Trebla Administrator Administrator Joined Feb 16, 2005 Messages 8,392 Gender Male HSC 2006 May 26, 2010 #2 ashokkumar said: integrate (x^2-1)/(x^2+x-6) Click to expand... Use the fact that the integrand can be written as 1 - (x + 7)/(x2 + x - 6) then split the second term into partial fractions giving 1 + 1/5 [4/(x + 3) - 9/(x - 2)]
ashokkumar said: integrate (x^2-1)/(x^2+x-6) Click to expand... Use the fact that the integrand can be written as 1 - (x + 7)/(x2 + x - 6) then split the second term into partial fractions giving 1 + 1/5 [4/(x + 3) - 9/(x - 2)]
A ashokkumar Mr Joined Oct 23, 2005 Messages 116 Location Fairfield West Gender Male HSC N/A May 27, 2010 #3 i got.. x - 8/5ln(x+3) + 3/5ln(x-2) + C... Is that right?