Practicing Success
$\int \frac{\log (x+1)-\log x}{x(x+1)} d x$ equals |
$-\log \left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)+c$ $-\log \left[\log \left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)\right]+c$ $-\frac{1}{2}\left[\log \left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)\right]^2+c$ $\left[\left(\log \left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)\right]^2+c\right.$ |
$-\frac{1}{2}\left[\log \left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)\right]^2+c$ |
$I=\int \frac{\log \left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)}{\frac{(x+1)}{x}} . \frac{1}{x^2} d x$ Now put t = $\frac{x+1}{x}=1+\frac{1}{x}$ ∴ $dt=-\frac{1}{x^2} d x$ ∴ $I=-\int \log t . \frac{1}{t} d t=-\frac{1}{2}(\log t)^2+c=-\frac{1}{2} \log \left[\left(\frac{x+1}{x}\right)^2\right]+c$ Hence (3) is the correct answer. |