Calculus Examples

Evaluate the Integral integral of (3x^2-10)/(x^2-4x+4) with respect to x
Step 1
Divide by .
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Step 1.1
Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of .
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Step 1.2
Divide the highest order term in the dividend by the highest order term in divisor .
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Step 1.3
Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.
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Step 1.4
The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in
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Step 1.5
After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.
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Step 1.6
The final answer is the quotient plus the remainder over the divisor.
Step 2
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 3
Apply the constant rule.
Step 4
Write the fraction using partial fraction decomposition.
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Step 4.1
Decompose the fraction and multiply through by the common denominator.
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Step 4.1.1
Factor the fraction.
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Step 4.1.1.1
Factor out of .
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Step 4.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 4.1.1.2
Factor using the perfect square rule.
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Step 4.1.1.2.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.1.2.2
Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
Step 4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the polynomial.
Step 4.1.1.2.4
Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
Step 4.1.2
For each factor in the denominator, create a new fraction using the factor as the denominator, and an unknown value as the numerator. Since the factor in the denominator is linear, put a single variable in its place .
Step 4.1.3
For each factor in the denominator, create a new fraction using the factor as the denominator, and an unknown value as the numerator. Since the factor in the denominator is linear, put a single variable in its place .
Step 4.1.4
Multiply each fraction in the equation by the denominator of the original expression. In this case, the denominator is .
Step 4.1.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.1.5.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.5.2
Divide by .
Step 4.1.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.7
Multiply.
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Step 4.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.8
Simplify each term.
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Step 4.1.8.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.1.8.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.8.1.2
Divide by .
Step 4.1.8.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 4.1.8.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.8.2.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 4.1.8.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.8.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.8.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.8.2.2.4
Divide by .
Step 4.1.8.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.8.4
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.9
Reorder and .
Step 4.2
Create equations for the partial fraction variables and use them to set up a system of equations.
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Step 4.2.1
Create an equation for the partial fraction variables by equating the coefficients of from each side of the equation. For the equation to be equal, the equivalent coefficients on each side of the equation must be equal.
Step 4.2.2
Create an equation for the partial fraction variables by equating the coefficients of the terms not containing . For the equation to be equal, the equivalent coefficients on each side of the equation must be equal.
Step 4.2.3
Set up the system of equations to find the coefficients of the partial fractions.
Step 4.3
Solve the system of equations.
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Step 4.3.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 4.3.2
Replace all occurrences of with in each equation.
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Step 4.3.2.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.3.2.2
Simplify the right side.
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Step 4.3.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3
Solve for in .
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Step 4.3.3.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 4.3.3.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 4.3.3.2.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 4.3.3.2.2
Add and .
Step 4.3.4
Solve the system of equations.
Step 4.3.5
List all of the solutions.
Step 4.4
Replace each of the partial fraction coefficients in with the values found for and .
Step 4.5
Remove the zero from the expression.
Step 5
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 6
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 7
Let . Then . Rewrite using and .
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Step 7.1
Let . Find .
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Step 7.1.1
Differentiate .
Step 7.1.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 7.1.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 7.1.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 7.1.5
Add and .
Step 7.2
Rewrite the problem using and .
Step 8
Apply basic rules of exponents.
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Step 8.1
Move out of the denominator by raising it to the power.
Step 8.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 8.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 8.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 9
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 10
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 11
Let . Then . Rewrite using and .
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Step 11.1
Let . Find .
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Step 11.1.1
Differentiate .
Step 11.1.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 11.1.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 11.1.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 11.1.5
Add and .
Step 11.2
Rewrite the problem using and .
Step 12
The integral of with respect to is .
Step 13
Simplify.
Step 14
Substitute back in for each integration substitution variable.
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Step 14.1
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 14.2
Replace all occurrences of with .