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Homework Statement
i have an equation that i want to solve for b:
[itex]\int _0^1 (a+b x)^2 x^c dx=2[/itex]
Homework Equations
\int _0^1 (a+b x)^2 x^c dx=2
given: c>0
The Attempt at a Solution
To evaluate the integral on the left hand side, I expanded the bracket as:
(a+b x)^2=a^2+2abx+(bx)^2.
Then i evaluated the integral and simplifed the result to get:
[itex]\frac{(b^2+2ab+a^2)c^2+(3b^2+8ab+5a^2)c+2b^2+6ab+6a^2}{c^3+6c^2+11c+6}=2[/itex]
and now I'm stuck.
Since we have linear and quadratic powers of b, i don't know how to make b the subject. any ideas will be very much appreciated.
Thank you