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Q16 Integrate the rational functions $\frac{1}{x ( x^n+1)}$

[Hint: multiply numerator and denominator by $x ^{n-1}$ and put $x ^n = t$ ]

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Given function $\frac{1}{x ( x^n+1)}$

Applying Hint multiplying numerator and denominator by $x^{n-1}$ and putting $x^n =t$

$\frac{1}{x ( x^n+1)} = \frac{x^{n-1}}{x^{n-1}x(x^n+1)} = \frac{x^{n-1}}{x^n(x^n+1)}$

Putting $x^n =t$

$\therefore x^{n-1}dx =dt$

can be rewritten as $\int \frac{1}{x ( x^n+1)}dx =\int \frac{x^{n-1}}{x^n(x^n+1)}dx = \frac{1}{n} \int \frac{1}{t(t+1)}dt$

Partial fraction of above equation,

$\frac{1}{t(t+1)} =\frac{A}{t}+\frac{B}{(t+1)}$

$1 = A(1+t)+Bt$ ................(1)

Now, substituting $t = 0,-1$ in equation (1), we get

$A=1\ and\ B=-1$

$\therefore \frac{1}{t(t+1)} = \frac{1}{t}- \frac{1}{(1+t)}$

$\implies \int \frac{1}{x(x^n+1)}dx = \frac{1}{n} \int \left \{ \frac{1}{t}-\frac{1}{(t+1)} \right \}dx$

$= \frac{1}{n} \left [ \log|t| -\log|t+1| \right ] +C$

$= -\frac{1}{n} \left [ \log|x^n| -\log|x^n+1| \right ] +C$

$= \frac{1}{n} \log|\frac{x^n}{x^n+1}| +C$

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