Q. $\int_{}^{}\frac{x\ dx}{x^{2} + 4x + 5}$ is equal to

A) $\frac{1}{2}\log{\left( x^{2} + 4x + 5 \right) + 2\tan^{- 1}{(x) + c}}$
B) $\frac{1}{2}\log{\left( x^{2} + 4x + 5 \right) - \tan^{- 1}{(x + 2) + c}}$
C) $\frac{1}{2}\log{\left( x^{2} + 4x + 5 \right) + \tan^{- 1}{(x + 2) + c}}$
D) $\frac{1}{2}\log{\left( x^{2} + 4x + 5 \right) - {2{\ tan}^{- 1}}{(x + 2) + c}}$
Explanation

(d)
$\int_{}^{}\frac{x\ dx}{x^{2} + 4x + 5} = \int_{}^{}{\frac{x}{x^{2} + 4x + 4 + 1}dx}$
$= \int_{}^{}{\frac{x + 2 - 2}{(x + 2)^{2} + 1}dx}$
$= \frac{1}{2}\int_{}^{}{\frac{2(x + 2)dx}{(x + 2)^{2} + 1} - 2\int_{}^{}\frac{dx}{1 + (x + 2)^{2}}}$
$= \frac{1}{2}\log{\left\lbrack (x + 2)^{2} + 1 \right\rbrack - 2\tan^{- 1}{(x + 2) + c}}$
$= \frac{1}{2}\log{(x^{2} + 4x + 5) - 2\tan^{- 1}{(x + 2) + c}}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

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

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