JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Indefinite Integrals Question Bank Integration of Rational Function by Using Partial Fractions

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    \[\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{x}^{4}}+{{x}^{2}}+1}\ dx=}\]         [AISSE 1990]

    A)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\log \left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}+x+1}{{{x}^{2}}-x+1} \right)+c\]

    B)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\log \left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}-x-1}{{{x}^{2}}+x+1} \right)+c\]

    C)                 \[\log \left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}-x+1}{{{x}^{2}}+x+1} \right)+c\]

    D)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\log \left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}-x+1}{{{x}^{2}}+x+1} \right)+c\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                       The given function can be written as \[\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{\left( 1-\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)}{{{\left( x+\frac{1}{x} \right)}^{2}}-1}}\,dx\]                    Put \[x+\frac{1}{x}=t\Rightarrow \left( 1-\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)\,dx=dt,\] then it reduces to                    \[\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{dt}{{{t}^{2}}-1}}=\frac{1}{2}\log \left| \frac{t-1}{t+1} \right|+c\]                                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\log \left( \frac{x+\frac{1}{x}-1}{x+\frac{1}{x}+1} \right)+c=\frac{1}{2}\log \left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}-x+1}{{{x}^{2}}+x+1} \right)+c.\]


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