Integrals — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

$= \frac{{5x}}{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x - 2} \right)}}$

$= \frac{A}{{x + 1}} + \frac{B}{{x + 2}} + \frac{C}{{x - 2}}$ ...(i)

$ \Rightarrow 5x $ = A(x + 2) + B(x + 1)(x - 2) + C(x + 1)(x + 2)

$\Rightarrow 5x $ = A(x² 4) + B(x² - x - 2) + C(x² + 3x + 2)

$\Rightarrow 2x $ = Ax² - 4A + Bx² - Bx - 2B + Cx² + 3Cx + 2C

Comparing coefficients of x²: A + B + C = 0 .......(ii)
Comparing coefficients of x: B + 3C= 5 .......(iii)
Comparing constants: 4A 2B + 2C = 0 .......(iv)
On solving eq. (i), (ii) and (iii), we get $A = \frac{5}{3},B = \frac{{ - 5}}{2},C = \frac{5}{6}$
Putting the values of A, B and C in eq. (i),

$\frac{{5x}}{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 4} \right)}}$

$= \frac{{\frac{5}{3}}}{{x + 1}} + \frac{{\frac{{ - 5}}{2}}}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)}} + \frac{{\frac{5}{6}}}{{x - 2}}$

$\therefore \int \frac{{5x}}{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {{x^2} - 4} \right)}}dx$$= \frac{5}{3}\int {\frac{1}{{x + 1}}dx - \frac{5}{2}\int {\frac{1}{{\left( {x + 2} \right)}}dx + \frac{5}{6}} \int {\frac{1}{{x - 2}}} } dx$

$= \frac{5}{3}\log \left| {x + 1} \right| - \frac{5}{2}\log \left| {x + 2} \right| + \frac{5}{6}\log \left| {x - 2} \right| + c$