Q. $\int_{}^{}{\left( \ \frac{x + 2}{x + 4}\ \right)^{2}e^{x}\ dx}$ is equal to

A) $e^{x}\left( \ \frac{x}{x + 4}\ \right) + c$
B) $e^{x}\left( \ \frac{x + 2}{x + 4}\ \right) + c$
C) $e^{x}\left( \ \frac{x - 2}{x + 4}\ \right) + c$
D) $\left( \ \frac{2xe^{x}}{x + 4}\ \right) + c$
Explanation

(a)
$\int_{}^{}{\left( \ \frac{x + 2}{x + 4}\ \right)^{2}e^{x}\ dx} = \int_{}^{}{e^{x}\left\lbrack \frac{x^{2} + 4x + 4}{(x + 4)^{2}} \right\rbrack dx}$
$= \int_{}^{}{e^{x}\left\lbrack \frac{x(x + 4)}{(x + 4)^{2}} + \frac{4}{(x + 4)^{2}} \right\rbrack dx}$
$= \int_{}^{}{e^{x}\left\lbrack \frac{x}{x + 4} + \frac{4}{(x + 4)^{2}} \right\rbrack dx}$
$= \int_{}^{}{\frac{e^{x}\ x}{(x + 4)}dx + \int_{}^{}{\frac{4e^{x}}{(x + 4)^{2}}dx}}$
$= e^{x}\left( \frac{x}{x + 4}\ \right) - \int_{}^{}{\frac{4e^{x}}{(x + 4)^{2}}dx + \int_{}^{}{\frac{4e^{x}}{(x + 4)^{2}}dx}}$
$= \frac{xe^{x}\ }{(x + 4)} + c$

Dr. Abubacker
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