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Integration question 1.

How do you integrate ∫dt/(t+7)^2(3-3t-t^2) ? Do you split the fraction into 3 and then integrate each of them with a different denominator? I'm confused.
Original post by Airess3
How do you integrate ∫dt/(t+7)^2(3-3t-t^2) ? Do you split the fraction into 3 and then integrate each of them with a different denominator? I'm confused.


That's the way I'd do it - partial fractions to start with.
So, I've written A/t+7 + B/(t+7)^2 + C/3-3t-t^2
1 = A(t+7)(3-3t-t^2) + B(3-3t-t^2) + C(t+5)
Let t=0, B(3-3(0)-(0)^2) = 3B B=1/2

Now I don't know which number to let t= for C?
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Original post by Airess3
So, I've written A/t+7 + B/(t+7)^2 + C/3-3t-t^2
1 = A(t+7)(3-3t-t^2) + B(3-3t-t^2) + C(t+5)
Let t=0, B(3-3(0)-(0)^2) = 3B B=1/2

Now I don't know which number to let t= for C?


When you let t=0, I think you should also get 1=21A+3B+5C (I think you may have wrote C out wrong too - t+7, not t+5)

To get rid of c, let t=-7, which also eliminates A, and then it looks like you're going to end up with some simultaneous eqns. Looking at your partial fractions though, I think you might have got these in the wrong order, so you might want to recheck your working.
Original post by aoxa
When you let t=0, I think you should also get 1=21A+3B+5C (I think you may have wrote C out wrong too - t+7, not t+5)

To get rid of c, let t=-7, which also eliminates A, and then it looks like you're going to end up with some simultaneous eqns. Looking at your partial fractions though, I think you might have got these in the wrong order, so you might want to recheck your working.


How have I got them in the wrong order?
Original post by Airess3
How have I got them in the wrong order?


Is C supposed to be C(t+7)^2?
So after you find the values for B & C, do you sub them into 1=21A+3B+5C to get A?
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Original post by Airess3
Is C supposed to be C(t+7)^2?


Yes. Then let T=-7 (this will eliminate a and c) and allow you to find B

Then substitute in other values for t, you may end up with simultaneous eons though, to find A and C.

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