Question
Evaluate: $\int \frac{d x}{5-8 x-x^2}$

Answer

$\text { (b) : Let } I=\int \frac{d x}{5-8 x-x^2}=\int \frac{d x}{21-(x+4)^2}$
$=\int \frac{d x}{(\sqrt{21})^2-(x+4)^2}$
$=\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{21}} \log \left|\frac{\sqrt{21}+x+4}{\sqrt{21}-x-4}\right|+C$

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