How do you evaluate the integral of [ (e^7x) / ((e^14x)+9) dx ]?

2 Answers
May 4, 2015

int{{ax}/{bx+c}}dx={ac}/b^2(b/cx-ln|b/cx+1|)+C

where a, b, and c are constants. C is the constant of integration.
I got the above result by the following process:

int {{ax}/{bx+c}}dx=int{a/{b}{b/cx}/{b/cx+1}}dx

Let u=b/cx, Then dx=c/bdu.

By substituting, the integral in terms of u is,

{ac}/b^2int{u/{u+1)}du={ac}/b^2int{1-1/{u+1}}du

={ac}/b^2(u-ln|u+1|)+C

Now that the integration is done, express the result in terms of x. Substitute u=b/cx and get

={ac}/b^2(b/cx-ln|b/cx+1|)+C

May 13, 2015

I have another method

Substitute u = e^(7x)

du = 7e^(7x)dx

int(e^(7x))/(e^(14x)+9)dx = 1/7int(7e^(7x))/(e^(14x)+9)dx

u^2=e^(14x)

1/7int1/(u^2+9)du = 1/63int1/(1/9u^2+1)du

Substitute again, t = 1/3u t^2=1/9u^2

1/21int1/(t^2+1)dt

1/21[arctan(t)]+C

Substitute back

1/21arctan(1/3e^7x)+C