Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 7 - Principles Of Integral Evaluation - 7.5 Integrating Rational Functions By Partial Fractions - Exercises Set 7.5 - Page 521: 19

Answer

$$\ln \left| {{x^2} - 3x - 10} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{2x - 3}}{{{x^2} - 3x - 10}}} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate by the substitution method}} \cr & {\text{Let }}u = {x^2} - 3x - 10,\,\,\,du = \left( {2x - 3} \right)dx,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,dx = \frac{{du}}{{2x - 3}} \cr & {\text{write in terms of }}u \cr & \int {\frac{{2x - 3}}{{{x^2} - 3x - 10}}} dx = \int {\frac{{2x - 3}}{u}} \left( {\frac{{du}}{{2x - 3}}} \right) \cr & = \int {\frac{{du}}{u}} \cr & = \ln \left| u \right| + C \cr & {\text{write in terms of }}x \cr & = \ln \left| {{x^2} - 3x - 10} \right| + C \cr} $$
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