How do you use partial fractions to find the integral int (2x^2-2x+3)/(x^3-x^2-x-2)dx2x22x+3x3x2x2dx?

1 Answer
Dec 23, 2016

By substituting small numbers as a guess, x=2x=2 makes the denominator zero, so the partial fraction expression, by the cover up rule, is
(7/7)/(x-2)+(Ax+B)/(x^2+x+1)77x2+Ax+Bx2+x+1

Explanation:

Then equating powers of xx you get A=1A=1, B=-1B=1. The second term is now linear divided by quadratic which is routine.