Integration by Partial Fractions

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\[<br /> \int {\frac{{e^t dt}}<br /> {{e^{2t} + 3e^t + 2}}} <br /> \]<br />

I'm not quite sure how to start this one...Any hints? I tried bringing e^t down to the denominator and multiplying it out which still didn't help. I can't see a way to factor the denominator or split this into a partial fraction.

Thank you.
 
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Why can't you factor the denominator? Denote x = e^t. Can you do it now?
 
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