Friday, 14 August 2015

Use partial fractions to find the indefinite integral

Indefinite integral are written in the form of

 where: as the integrand


            as the anti-derivative function 


             as the arbitrary constant known as constant of integration


To determine the indefinite integral of , we apply partial fraction decomposition to expand the integrand:


The pattern on setting up partial fractions will depend on the factors  of the  denominator. The factored form of  .


For the linear factor , we will have partial fraction: .


For the quadratic factor  , we will have partial fraction: .


The integrand becomes:



Multiply both side by the .




We apply zero-factor property on to solve for values we can assign on x.


then



To solve for , we plug-in :







To solve for , plug-in  and so that becomes :






.


To solve for , plug-in , , and :









Plug-in , , and , we get the partial fraction decomposition:



                     


The integral becomes:



Apply the basic integration property: 



For the first integral, we apply integration formula for logarithm: .


Let then



                 


                 


Apply indefinite integration formula for rational function:



By comparing " " with " ", we determine the corresponding values:  , , and .


The second integral becomes:









Combining the results, we get the indefinite integral as: 



                               


                                

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