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secondary 4 | A Maths
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How to simplify the question in the orange box and integrate to get the answer??
The answer is correct. The question has an error. The ln has been typed there by mistake.
It should be : ∫ 1/(eˣ + 1) dx
Use the method of integration by substitution.
Let u = eˣ
du/dx = eˣ → "dx = 1/eˣ du" → " dx = 1/u du"
Then,
∫ 1/(eˣ + 1) dx
= ∫ 1/(u + 1) · (1/u) du
= ∫ 1 / [u(u+1)] du
= ∫ (u + 1 - u) / [u(u+1)] du
= ∫ ( (u+1)/[u(u+1)] - u/[u(u+1)] ) du
= ∫ ( 1/u - 1/(u+1) ) du
《This is basically splitting it up into partial fractions》
= ln u - ln (u + 1)
= ln (eˣ) - ln (eˣ + 1)
《This is the answer key provided, but it is actually possible to simplify further》
= x ln e - ln (eˣ + 1)
= x - ln (eˣ + 1) + c
Where c is an arbitrary constant.
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