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(x-1)/(x^2-4)

Integral of (x-1)/(x^2-4) dx

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01x1x24dx\int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{x - 1}{x^{2} - 4}\, dx
Integral((x - 1*1)/(x^2 - 1*4), (x, 0, 1))
Detail solution
  1. There are multiple ways to do this integral.

    Method #1

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

      x1x24=34(x+2)+14(x2)\frac{x - 1}{x^{2} - 4} = \frac{3}{4 \left(x + 2\right)} + \frac{1}{4 \left(x - 2\right)}

    2. Integrate term-by-term:

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        34(x+2)dx=31x+2dx4\int \frac{3}{4 \left(x + 2\right)}\, dx = \frac{3 \int \frac{1}{x + 2}\, dx}{4}

        1. Let u=x+2u = x + 2.

          Then let du=dxdu = dx and substitute dudu:

          1udu\int \frac{1}{u}\, du

          1. The integral of 1u\frac{1}{u} is log(u)\log{\left(u \right)}.

          Now substitute uu back in:

          log(x+2)\log{\left(x + 2 \right)}

        So, the result is: 3log(x+2)4\frac{3 \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        14(x2)dx=1x2dx4\int \frac{1}{4 \left(x - 2\right)}\, dx = \frac{\int \frac{1}{x - 2}\, dx}{4}

        1. Let u=x2u = x - 2.

          Then let du=dxdu = dx and substitute dudu:

          1udu\int \frac{1}{u}\, du

          1. The integral of 1u\frac{1}{u} is log(u)\log{\left(u \right)}.

          Now substitute uu back in:

          log(x2)\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}

        So, the result is: log(x2)4\frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4}

      The result is: log(x2)4+3log(x+2)4\frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{3 \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}

    Method #2

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

      x1x24=xx241x24\frac{x - 1}{x^{2} - 4} = \frac{x}{x^{2} - 4} - \frac{1}{x^{2} - 4}

    2. Integrate term-by-term:

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        xx24dx=2xx24dx2\int \frac{x}{x^{2} - 4}\, dx = \frac{\int \frac{2 x}{x^{2} - 4}\, dx}{2}

        1. Let u=x24u = x^{2} - 4.

          Then let du=2xdxdu = 2 x dx and substitute du2\frac{du}{2}:

          12udu\int \frac{1}{2 u}\, du

          1. The integral of 1u\frac{1}{u} is log(u)\log{\left(u \right)}.

          Now substitute uu back in:

          log(x24)\log{\left(x^{2} - 4 \right)}

        So, the result is: log(x24)2\frac{\log{\left(x^{2} - 4 \right)}}{2}

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        (1x24)dx=1x24dx\int \left(- \frac{1}{x^{2} - 4}\right)\, dx = - \int \frac{1}{x^{2} - 4}\, dx

        1. Rewrite the integrand:

          1x24=1x+2+1x24\frac{1}{x^{2} - 4} = \frac{- \frac{1}{x + 2} + \frac{1}{x - 2}}{4}

        2. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

          1x+2+1x24dx=(1x+2+1x2)dx4\int \frac{- \frac{1}{x + 2} + \frac{1}{x - 2}}{4}\, dx = \frac{\int \left(- \frac{1}{x + 2} + \frac{1}{x - 2}\right)\, dx}{4}

          1. Integrate term-by-term:

            1. The integral of 1x2\frac{1}{x - 2} is log(x2)\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}.

            1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

              (1x+2)dx=1x+2dx\int \left(- \frac{1}{x + 2}\right)\, dx = - \int \frac{1}{x + 2}\, dx

              1. The integral of 1x+2\frac{1}{x + 2} is log(x+2)\log{\left(x + 2 \right)}.

              So, the result is: log(x+2)- \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}

            The result is: log(x2)log(x+2)\log{\left(x - 2 \right)} - \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}

          So, the result is: log(x2)4log(x+2)4\frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}

        So, the result is: log(x2)4+log(x+2)4- \frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{\log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}

      The result is: log(x2)4+log(x+2)4+log(x24)2- \frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{\log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{\log{\left(x^{2} - 4 \right)}}{2}

  2. Add the constant of integration:

    log(x2)4+3log(x+2)4+constant\frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{3 \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}+ \mathrm{constant}


The answer is:

log(x2)4+3log(x+2)4+constant\frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{3 \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}+ \mathrm{constant}

The answer (Indefinite) [src]
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x1x24dx=C+log(x2)4+3log(x+2)4\int \frac{x - 1}{x^{2} - 4}\, dx = C + \frac{\log{\left(x - 2 \right)}}{4} + \frac{3 \log{\left(x + 2 \right)}}{4}
The graph
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The answer [src]
          3*log(3)
-log(2) + --------
             4    
log(2)+3log(3)4- \log{\left(2 \right)} + \frac{3 \log{\left(3 \right)}}{4}
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          3*log(3)
-log(2) + --------
             4    
log(2)+3log(3)4- \log{\left(2 \right)} + \frac{3 \log{\left(3 \right)}}{4}
Numerical answer [src]
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0.130812035941137
The graph
Integral of (x-1)/(x^2-4) dx

    Use the examples entering the upper and lower limits of integration.