How can I integrate this using partial fractions?

[Adventurehero]

\int\frac{3x^4+4x^3+16x^2+20x+9}{x^5+2x^4+6x^3+12x^2+9x+18}dx

I tried using du/u for Lnu but I couldn't get it into that form. I don't have any idea what to do next, really. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[Ben Niehoff]

You should try expanding it via partial fractions. There should be a section in your textbook about this.

 

[HallsofIvy]

I would have sworn that denominator couldn't be factored, but it can!

 

[Nachore]

take u = (x^5+2x^4+6x^3+12x^2+9x+18)
du = 5x^4+8x^3+18x^2+24x+9
then take the numerator & cancel it out with du.

 

[Adventurehero]

What?

I'm having trouble factoring it, and I'm not sure what Nachore means.

 

[coomast]

Use Kramer on the denominator, you will find that -2 is a root.
The remaining part can be factorized easily.
Then use partial fractions to split the integral into more classical ones.

This is not a particularly difficult integral, although a very tedious one to solve.
You might say that this makes it a difficult one after all.

Edit: It is not as tedious as I thought at first, the solution is ln(x+2)+ln(x^2+3)-2/(x^2+3)+C

 

[HallsofIvy]

take u = (x^5+2x^4+6x^3+12x^2+9x+18)
du = (5x^4+8x^3+18x^2+24x+9)dx
then take the numerator & cancel it out with du.

Yes, that's true. but since the numerator is nothing like that, it doesn't help at all!

 

[Adventurehero]

I get (x+2)(x^2+3)^2 as the bottom, factored out. Is this correct? I'm really not good at factoring.

 

[HallsofIvy]

Yes, that's correct. Now use partial fractions.