If $\int \frac{x^3}{x+1} dx = q(x) - log |x + 1| + C$ then q(x) is equal to : |
$q(x) = \frac{x^3}{3}+x$ $q(x) = \frac{x^2}{2}-x$ $q(x) = x^2-x+1$ $q(x) = \frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{x^2}{2}+x$ |
$q(x) = \frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{x^2}{2}+x$ |
$I = \int \frac{x^3}{x+1} dx$ let y = x + 1 ⇒ (y - 1) = x dx = dy $I = \int \frac{(y-1)^3}{y}dy = \int \frac{y^3-3y^2+3y-1}{y} dy$ $= \int y^2 - 3y + 3 - \frac{1}{y} dy$ $=\frac{y^3}{3}-\frac{3y^2}{2}+3y - \log y + C$ $\underbrace{\frac{(x+1)^3}{3}-\frac{3(x+1)^2}{2}+3(x+1)}_{9(x)} - \log (x+1) + C$ $9(x) = (x + 1) \left[\frac{(x+1)^2}{3} - \frac{3(x+1)}{2} + 3\right]$ $=\frac{(x+1)}{6} \left[\frac{2(x^2+2x+1)-9(x+1)+18}{1} \right]$ $=\frac{(x+1)}{6} (2x^2 + 4x + 2 - 9x - 9 + 18)$ $=\frac{(x+1)(2x^2-5x+11)}{6}$ $=\frac{2x^3-5x^2+11x+2x^2-5x+11}{6}$ $=\frac{2x^3-3x^2+6x+11}{6}$ $\underbrace{\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{x^2}{2}+x}_{9(x)} - \frac{11}{6}$ → considering it a part of constant term |