SOLUTIONS TO INTEGRATION BY PARTIAL FRACTIONS

SOLUTION 1 : Integrate

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let

(Recall that

.)

.)

.
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SOLUTION 2 : Integrate

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let
let

;
.)

.
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SOLUTION 3 : Integrate

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let

.)

.
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SOLUTION 4 : Integrate
. Because the degree of the numerator is not less than the
degree of the denominator, we must first do polynomial division. Then factor and decompose into
partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let

(Recall that

.)

.)

.
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SOLUTION 5 : Integrate
. Because the degree of the numerator is not less
than the degree of the denominator, we must first do polynomial division. Then factor and
decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let
let

;
.)

.
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SOLUTION 6 : Integrate

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;
let

let
let

;
.)

(Recall that

.)

.
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SOLUTION 7 : Integrate
linear factor !), getting

. Decompose into partial fractions (There is a repeated

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that
let
let
let

;
;
;
.)

.
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SOLUTION 8 : Integrate
. Because the degree of the numerator is not less than the
degree of the denominator, we must first do polynomial division. Then factor and decompose into
partial fractions (There is a repeated linear factor !), getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;

let

let

let
;
let
;
it follows that

and

.)

SOLUTION 9 : Integrate
linear factor !), getting

. Decompose into partial fractions (There is a repeated

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let

let
it follows that

;
and

.)

.
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SOLUTION 10 : Integrate
(There is a repeated linear factor !), getting

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;

let

let

let

let
.)

.
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SOLUTION 11 : Integrate
are two repeated linear factors !), getting

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions (There

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;

let

let

let
;
let
;
it follows that

and

.)

.
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SOLUTION 12 : Integrate

. Use the method of u-substitution first. Let

so that
.
Substitute into the original problem, replacing all forms of

, getting

(Factor and decompose the function into partial fractions. There is a repeated linear factor !)

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let
let
let

;
;
.)

(Recall that

.)

.
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SOLUTION 13 : Integrate
. Because the degree of the numerator is not less
than the degree of the denominator, we must first do polynomial division. Then factor and
decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that

let

let

let

.)

.
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SOLUTION 14 : Integrate

. Use the method of u-substitution first. Let

so that
.
Substitute into the original problem, replacing all forms of

(Decompose into partial fractions.)

, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let

(Recall that

.)

.)

OLUTION 17 : Integrate
linear factor !), getting

. Decompose into partial fractions (There is a repeated

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that

let

let
;
it follows that

and

and

let
.)

.
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SOLUTION 18 : Integrate

. Factor and decompose into partial fractions, getting

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;

let

let

let

;
it follows that

(Recall that

and

and

.)

.)

.
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SOLUTION 19 : Integrate

. Use the method of u-substitution first. Let

so that
.
Substitute into the original problem, replacing all forms of

, getting

(Factor and decompose into partial fractions.)

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows
that

let

let
it follows that

;
and

.)

.
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SOLUTION 20 : Integrate
adding

. Begin by rewriting the denominator by

, getting

(The factors in the denominator are irreducible quadratic factors since they have no real roots.)

(After getting a common denominator, adding fractions, and equating numerators, it follows that
;

let
;
it follows that

and

and

and

and

.)

let

it follows that

.
Now use the method of substitution. In the first integral, let

so that
.
In the second integral, let

so that
.
In addition, we can ``back substitute", using

in the first integral and

in the second integral. Now substitute into the original problems, replacing all forms of

(Recall that

.)

, getting