Question
Evaluate the following integrals:
$\int\frac{1}{\text{x}^4+3\text{x}^2+1}\ \text{dx}$

Answer

Let $\text{I}=\int\frac{1}{\text{x}^4+3\text{x}^2+1}\ \text{dx}$
Dividing numerator and denominator by $x^2$​​​​​​​
$\therefore\text{I}=\int\frac{\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}}{\text{x}^2+3+\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}}\ \text{dx}$
$=\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{\Big(1+\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)-\Big(1-\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)}{\text{x}^2+3+\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}}\ \text{dx}$
$=\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{\Big(1+\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)}{\Big(\text{x}-\frac{1}{\text{x}}\Big)^2+5}\ \text{dx}-\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{\Big(1-\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)}{\Big(\text{x}+\frac{1}{\text{x}}\Big)^2+1}$
Let $\Big(\text{x}-\frac{1}{\text{x}}\Big)=\text{t}$
$\Rightarrow\Big(1+\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)\text{dx}=\text{dt}$
And $\text{x}+\frac{1}{\text{x}}=\text{z}$
$\Rightarrow\Big(1-\frac{1}{\text{x}^2}\Big)\text{dx}=\text{dz}$
$\therefore\text{}=\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{\text{dt}}{\text{t}^2+5}-\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{\text{dz}}{\text{z}^2+1}$
$=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{5}}\tan^{-1}\Big(\frac{\text{t}}{\sqrt{5}}\Big)-\frac{1}{2}\tan^{-1}(\text{z})+\text{C}$
Hence,
$\text{I}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{5}}\tan^{-1}\Big(\frac{\text{x}^2-1}{\sqrt{5}\text{x}}\Big)-\frac{1}{2}\tan^{-1}\Big(\frac{\text{x}^2+1}{\text{x}}\Big)+\text{C}$

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Similar questions

State when the line $\vec{\text{r}}=\vec{\text{a}}+\lambda\vec{\text{b}}$ is parallel to the plane $\vec{\text{r}}\cdot\vec{\text{n}}=\text{d}.$ Show that the line $\vec{\text{r}}=\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+\lambda(3\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+2\hat{\text{k}})$ is parallel to the plane $\vec{\text{r}}\cdot(2\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{k}})=3.$ Also, find the distance between the line and the plane.
If f(2a - x) = -f(x), prove that $\int\limits^{2\text{a}}_0\text{f(x)}\text{dx}=0$
Consider $f : \{1, 2, 3\} \rightarrow \{a, b, c\}$ and $g : \{a, b, c\} \rightarrow \{$apple, ball, cat$\}$ defined as $f(1) = a, f(2) = b, f(3) = c, g(a) =$ apple, $g(b) =$ ball and $g(c) =$ cat. Show that $f, g $ and gof are invertible. Find $f^{-1}, g^{-1} $ and $gof^{-1} $ and show that $(gof)^{-1} = f^{-1}og^{-1}.$
Evaluate the following:
$\begin{vmatrix}\text{a}+\text{x}&\text{y}&\text{z}\\\text{x}&\text{a}+\text{y}&\text{z}\\\text{x}&\text{y}&\text{a}+\text{z}\end{vmatrix}$
Find the equatoion of the passing through the points (1, -1, 2) and (2, -2, 2) and which is perpendicular to the plane 6x - 2y + 2z = 9.
Find the position vector of the food of perpendicular and the perpendicular distance from the point P with position vector $2\hat{\text{i}}+3\hat{\text{j}}+4\hat{\text{k}}$ to the plane $\vec{\text{r}}.(2\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+3\hat{\text{k}})-26=0.$ Also find image or P in the plane.
Using definite intergeals, find the area of the region bounded by the following curves, after making a rough sketch y = 1 + |x + 1|, x = -2, y = 0.
Find the inverse of the following matrices by using elementry row transformation:$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 & -1 \\ 2 & 3 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$
Evaluate the following integrals:$\int\frac{\sin^{-1}\text{x}}{\text{x}^2}\text{dx}$
Solve the following equation:
$\text{x}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}+\text{y}=\text{y}^2$