Q. $\int_{0}^{3}\frac{3x + 1}{x^{2} + 9}\ dx$ is equal to

A) $\log{\left( 2\sqrt{2} \right) + \frac{\pi}{12}}$
B) $\log{\left( 2\sqrt{2} \right) + \frac{\pi}{2}}$
C) $\log{\left( 2\sqrt{2} \right) + \frac{\pi}{6}}$
D) $\log{\left( 2\sqrt{2} \right) + \frac{\pi}{3}}$
Explanation

(a)
$\int_{0}^{3}{\frac{3x + 1}{x^{2} + 9}dx = \frac{3}{2}}\int_{0}^{3}{\frac{2x}{x^{2} + 9}dx + \int_{0}^{3}\frac{dx}{x^{2} + 9}}$
$= \left\lbrack \frac{3}{2}\log{\left( x^{2} + 9 \right) + \frac{1}{3}\tan^{- 1}\left( \frac{x}{3} \right)} \right\rbrack_{0}^{3}$
$= \frac{3}{2}\lbrack(\log{3^{2} + 9) - \log{(0 + 9) + \frac{1}{3}\left\lbrack \tan^{- 1}{\left( \frac{3}{3} \right) - \tan^{- 1}0} \right\rbrack}}$
$= \frac{3}{2}(\log{18 - \log{9) + \frac{1}{3}\left( \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$
$= \frac{3}{2}\log{2 + \frac{\pi}{12} = \log{\left( 2\sqrt{2} \right) + \frac{\pi}{12}}}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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