Evaluate $\int \frac{x^2}{x^6 - 4} \, dx$

Evaluate ∫ (x²)/(x⁶ - 4) dx – Class 12 Business Mathematics Statistics

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\int \frac{x^2}{x^6 - 4} \, dx

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Substitute $u=x^{3}$ (so $du=3x^{2}\,dx$ ); the integral becomes $\tfrac13\int\frac{du}{u^{2}-4}$ , a standard $\tfrac{1}{2a}\ln\big|\frac{u-a}{u+a}\big|$ form.

Step 1 — Substitute. Let $u=x^{3}\Rightarrow du=3x^{2}\,dx\Rightarrow x^{2}\,dx=\tfrac13\,du$ . Also $x^{6}=(x^{3})^{2}=u^{2}$ :

$\int \frac{x^{2}}{x^{6}-4}\,dx=\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{du}{u^{2}-4}=\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{du}{u^{2}-2^{2}}.$

Step 2 — Apply the standard result $\displaystyle\int\frac{du}{u^{2}-a^{2}}=\frac{1}{2a}\ln\left|\frac{u-a}{u+a}\right|$ with $a=2$ : …

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$\displaystyle\int (2x + 5)^7 \, dx$
›Reveal solutionSolution

$\int (2x+5)^7\,dx = \dfrac{(2x+5)^8}{2 \cdot 8} = \dfrac{(2x+5)^8}{16} + C$ .

Step 1 — Use the standard form for a linear substitution
$\int (ax+b)^n\, dx = \frac{(ax+b)^{n+1}}{a(n+1)} + C$
Step 2 — Identify the constants
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Substitute u = x⁵ then use partial fractions: the integral = (1/5)·ln(x⁵/(x⁵+1)) + c.

Step 1 — Prepare for substitution

Multiply top and bottom by $x^4$ :
$\int \dfrac{1}{x(x^5+1)}\,dx = \int \dfrac{x^4}{x^5(x^5+1)}\,dx$
Step 2 — Substitute u = x⁵

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$\dfrac{1}{u(u+1)} = \dfrac{1}{u} - \dfrac{1}{u+1}$ $\dfrac{1}{5}\int\!\left(\dfrac{1}{u} - \dfrac{1}{u+1}\right)du = \dfrac{1}{5}\big[\ln u - \ln(u+1)\big] + c = \dfrac{1}{5}\ln\!\left(\dfrac{x^5}{x^5+1}\right) + c$
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Q.Evaluate $\int \frac{x^2}{x^6 - 4} \, dx$

Concept understanding — Integration by Substitution

Step 1 — Use the standard form for a linear substitution

Step 2 — Identify the constants

Step 3 — Substitute

Step 1 — Prepare for substitution

Step 2 — Substitute u = x⁵

Step 3 — Partial fractions and integrate

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