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

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    \[\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{(x-1)({{x}^{2}}+1)}dx}=\]    [Roorkee 1984]

    A)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\log (x-1)-\frac{1}{4}\log ({{x}^{2}}+1)-\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x+c\]               

    B)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\log (x-1)+\frac{1}{4}\log ({{x}^{2}}+1)-\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x+c\]

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

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       We have \[\frac{1}{(x-1)({{x}^{2}}+1)}=\frac{A}{(x-1)}+\frac{Bx+C}{({{x}^{2}}+1)}\]                    \[\Rightarrow 1=A({{x}^{2}}+1)+(Bx+C)(x-1)\]                    If \[x=1,\] then \[A=\frac{1}{2}\]                                          .....(i)                    \[A-C=1\Rightarrow C=-\frac{1}{2}\]                                    .....(ii)                    \[A+B=0\Rightarrow B=-\frac{1}{2}\]                                  .....(iii)                    Putting these values, we get                    \[\frac{1}{(x-1)({{x}^{2}}+1)}=\frac{1}{2}.\frac{1}{(x-1)}-\frac{x+1}{2({{x}^{2}}+1)}\]                    Hence \[\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{(x-1)({{x}^{2}}+1)}}dx=\frac{1}{2}\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{dx}{(x-1)}-\frac{1}{2}}\,\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{x+1}{{{x}^{2}}+1}}dx\]                                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\log (x-1)-\frac{1}{4}\log ({{x}^{2}}+1)-\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x+c.\]


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