ok, well...i used your fist hint and i figured out it would be the natural log...
but anyway..
because of your hint, i was able to break the function into partial fractions and solve it for the answer mathematica spit out.
thank you very much.
matt
ok, not going to lie, i read that entire page, and I'm still rather lost. seriously. i feel so stupid right now. i know I've done stuff like this before, but this is kill me.
can someone please give me a hint? just a hint?
ok, well so far I've learned 'u' substitution and integration by parts.
if i use 'u' substitution, u most likely = x^2 + 5x + 6. the demoninator could be simplified to (x+2)(x+3), but i don't think that would help much. if you use the 'u' i first suggested, du/dx = (2x + 5).
i can't seem to...