Integrating Rational Functions by Partial Fractions Objective: To make a difficult/impossible...

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Integrating Rational Functions by Partial Fractions Objective: To make a difficult/impossible integration problem easier.

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Integrating Rational Functions by Partial Fractions

Objective: To make a difficult/impossible integration

problem easier.

Partial Fractions

• In algebra, you learn to combine two or more fractions into a single fraction by finding a common denominator. For example

43

105

)1)(4(

)4(3)1(2

1

3

4

22

xx

x

xx

xx

xx

Partial Fractions

• However, for the purposes of integration, the left side of this equation is preferable to the right side since each term is easy to integrate.

Cxxdxx

dxx

|1|ln3|4|ln2

1

3

4

2

43

105

)1)(4(

)4(3)1(2

1

3

4

22

xx

x

xx

xx

xx

Partial Fractions

• We need a method to take and make it

• This method is called Partial Fractions. This method only works for proper rational fractions, meaning that the degree of the numerator is less than the degree of the denominator. This is how it works.

43

1052

xx

x

.1

3

4

2

xx

Partial Fractions

• Factor the denominator completely.

)1)(4(

105

43

1052

xx

x

xx

x

Partial Fractions

• Factor the denominator completely.

• Assign a variable as the numerator to each term of the denominator and set it equal to the original.

)1)(4(

105

43

1052

xx

x

xx

x

14)1)(4(

105

x

B

x

A

xx

x

Partial Fractions

• Multiply by the common denominator.

)4()1(105 xBxAx14)1)(4(

105

x

B

x

A

xx

x

Partial Fractions

• Multiply by the common denominator.

• Solve for A and B. • To solve for A, let x = 4, which gives us

• To solve for B, let x = -1, which gives us

A

A

2

510

)4()1(105 xBxAx14)1)(4(

105

x

B

x

A

xx

x

B

B

3

515

Cxxdxx

dxx

|1|ln3|4|ln2

1

3

4

2

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

)1)(2(22 xx

dx

xx

dx

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

)1)(2(22 xx

dx

xx

dx12)1)(2(

1

x

B

x

A

xx

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

)1)(2(22 xx

dx

xx

dx12)1)(2(

1

x

B

x

A

xx

)2()1(1 xBxA

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

)1)(2(22 xx

dx

xx

dx12)1)(2(

1

x

B

x

A

xx

)2()1(1 xBxA

B

B

x

3/1

31

1

A

A

x

3/1

31

2

Example 1

• Evaluate 22 xx

dx

|2|ln3

1|1|ln

3

1

2

1

3

1

1

1

3

1

xxxx

Cx

x

2

1ln3

1

Linear Factors

• Linear Factor Rule.• For each factor of the form , the partial

fractions decomposition contains the following sum of m partial fractions

where A1, A2, …Am are constants to be determined. In the case where m = 1, only the first term appears.

mm

bax

A

bax

A

bax

A

)(...

)( 221

mbax )(

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

422

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

422

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

2)2()2(42 CxxBxAxx

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

422

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

2)2()2(42 CxxBxAxx

B

B

x

2

24

0

C

c

x

2

48

2

Example 2

• Evaluate

• Since there is no way to isolate A, we need to solve with a different method. Let x = 1, substitute our values for B and C and solve for A.

dxxx

x

23 2

42

2)2()2(42 CxxBxAxx B

B

x

2

24

0

C

c

x

2

48

2

Example 2

• Evaluate

• Since there is no way to isolate A, we need to solve with a different method. Let x = 1, substitute our values for B and C and solve for A.

dxxx

x

23 2

42

2)2()2(42 CxxBxAxx B

B

x

2

24

0

C

c

x

2

48

2

2)1(2)1)(2()1(6 A

A

A

2

46

Example 2

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

B

B

x

2

24

0

C

c

x

2

48

2

2222

2 x

dx

x

dx

x

dx

A

A

2

46

Cxx

x |2|ln22

||ln2

Cx

x

x

|

2|ln2

2

Example 2-WRONG

• Evaluate dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

42

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

2)2()2(42 CxxBxxAxx

Example 2-WRONG

• Evaluate

• What next? This doesn’t work!

dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

42

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

2)2()2(42 CxxBxxAxx

C

c

x

2

48

2

Example 2-WRONG

• Evaluate

• The denominator on the right is• The denominator on the left is• They are not the same!!

dxxx

x

23 2

42

)2(

422 xx

x

2)2(

42

x

C

x

B

x

A

xxx

x

)2( xx)2(2 xx

Quadratic Factors

• Quadratic Factor Rule• For each factor of the form , the partial

fraction decomposition contains the following sum of m partial fractions:

where A1, A2,…Am, B1, B2,…Bm are constants to be determined. In the case where m = 1, only the first term appears.

mcbxax )( 2

mmm

cbxax

BxA

cbxax

BxA

cbxax

BxA

)(...

)( 22222

211

Example 3

• Evaluate

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

Example 3

• Evaluate • Factor by grouping

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

113)1)(13(

222

2

x

CBx

x

A

xx

xx

)1)(13()13(1)13( 22 xxxxx

Example 3

• Evaluate • Factor by grouping

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

113)1)(13(

222

2

x

CBx

x

A

xx

xx

)1)(13()13(1)13( 22 xxxxx

)13)(()1(2 22 xCBxxAxx

Example 3

• Evaluate • Multiply the right side of the equation and group the

terms based on powers of x.

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

)13)(()1(2 22 xCBxxAxx

CCxBxBxAAxxx 332 222

)()3()3(2 22 CAxBCxBAxx

Example 3

• Evaluate • Set the coefficients from the right side of the equation

equal to the ones on the left side.

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

)()3()3(2 22 CAxBCxBAxx

BA 31

BC 31

CA 2

Example 3

• Evaluate • Take Eq 1 – Eq 3

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

BA 31

BC 31

CA 2

BC 33 BA 31 )2( CA

Example 3

• Evaluate • Take Eq 1 – Eq 3

• Take new Eq + 3Eq 2

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

BA 31

BC 31

CA 2

BC 33 C

C

5/3

106

BA 31 )2( CA

BC 393

BC 33

Example 3

• Evaluate • Take Eq 1 – Eq 3

• Take new Eq + 3Eq 2

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

BA 31

BC 31

CA 2

BC 33

C

C

5/3

106

BA 31 )2( CA

BC 393

BC 33

A 5/7

B5/4

Example 3

• Evaluate

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

dxx

xdx

xdx

xx

xx

1

5/3)5/4(

13

5/7

)1)(13(

222

2

dxx

dxx

xdx

xdx

xx

xx

1

5/3

1

)5/4(

13

5/7

)1)(13(

2222

2

Example 3

• Evaluate

dxxxx

xx

133

223

2

dxx

xdx

xdx

xx

xx

1

5/3)5/4(

13

5/7

)1)(13(

222

2

dxx

dxx

xdx

xdx

xx

xx

1

5/3

1

)5/4(

13

5/7

)1)(13(

2222

2

Cxxx 12 tan5

3)1ln(

5

2|13|ln

15

7

Example 4

• Evaluate

dxxx

xxxx

22

234

)3)(2(

9201643

Example 4

• Evaluate

dxxx

xxxx

22

234

)3)(2(

9201643

22222

234

)3(32)3)(2(

9201643

x

EDx

x

CBx

x

A

xx

xxxx

Homework

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