Integral of fraction - is this correct?

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The integral of the function \(\int\left({\frac{3 + 5x - 6x^2 - 7x^3}{2x^2}}\right)dx\) was analyzed, with the user initially splitting the fraction into separate integrals. The user calculated the integral to be \(-\frac{3}{2x} + \frac{5}{2}\ln x - 3x - \frac{7}{4}x^2 + c\). However, the integral calculator at Number Empire provided a different result, \(\frac{10x\ln x - 7x^3 - 12x^2 - 6}{4x}\), which is equivalent to the user's answer. The discussion confirmed the correctness of the user's method and final result.

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I am trying to find the integral of the following:

\int\left({\frac{3 + 5x - 6x^2 - 7x^3}{2x^2}}\right)dx

What I did was to split up the fraction like so:

\int\left({\frac{3}{2x^2}}\right)dx + \int\left({\frac{5x}{2x^2}}\right)dx + \int\left({\frac{6x^2}{2x^2}}\right)dx + \int\left({\frac{7x^2}{2x^2}}\right)dx

Simplified the fractions, worked out each integral then added them to get:

-\frac{3}{2x} + \frac{5}{2}\ln x - 3x - \frac{7}{4}x^2 + c

The text I am using has no answers and when I tried to use the integral calculator at http://www.numberempire.com/integralcalculator.php I get an answer that is a fraction.

Am I correct and is the process I used to solve this correct?

Thanks.
 
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username12345 said:
I am trying to find the integral of the following:

\int({\frac{3 + 5x - 6x^2 - 7x^3}{2x^2}})dx

The text I am using has no answers and when I tried to use the integral calculator at http://www.numberempire.com/integralcalculator.php I get an answer that is a fraction.

(use "\left(" and "\right)" for big brackets :wink:)

?? :confused:

I used that calculator and got

(10*x*log(x)-7*x^3-12*x^2-6)/(4*x)
 
tiny-tim said:
I used that calculator and got

(10*x*log(x)-7*x^3-12*x^2-6)/(4*x)

I got that too but I don't know where I went wrong with my calculation...
 
Yes, your answer is correct.

It is also equivalent to that fraction, as far as I can see.
 
Great.

And thanks for the tip on the brackets.
 

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