The integral $\int e^x\left(\frac{x-1}{2 x^2}\right) dx$ is equal to:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
$I =\int e^x\left[\frac{x}{2 x^2}-\frac{1}{2 x^2}\right] d x$
$=\frac{1}{2} \int e^x\left(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{x^2}\right) d x$
$I =\frac{1}{2} \int e^x \frac{1}{x}-e^x \frac{1}{x^2} d x$
if a function $g(x) = e^xf(x)$
then $g'(x) = e^xf(x)+e^xf'(x)$
→ so $\int e^x f(x) + e^x f'(x) dx = e^xf(x)+C$
in this case $f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$ $f'(x)=-\frac{1}{x^2}$
so $\frac{1}{2} \int e^x(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{x^2})dx = e^x \frac{1}{2x}+C$