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The problem is dx/dt = (x+9)^2.
This is separable so I made it dx / (x+9)^2 = dt.
The only method I can think of using for something like this is partial fraction, but I can't get it to work with A/(x+9) + B/(x+9).
Can anyone find a method that works?
 
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dmayers94 said:
The problem is dx/dt = (x+9)^2.
This is separable so I made it dx / (x+9)^2 = dt.
The only method I can think of using for something like this is partial fraction, but I can't get it to work with A/(x+9) + B/(x+9).
Can anyone find a method that works?

FYI, the partial fraction decomposition would be [itex]\frac{A}{(x+9)}+\frac{B}{(x+9)^2}[/itex].

This aside, you can simply use the idea of the power rule for integration. What is the integral of 1/u2, for example?