Q. The value of $\int_{e^{- 1}}^{e}\frac{dt}{t(1 + t)}$ is equal to

A) 0
B) $\log\left( \frac{e}{1 + e} \right)$
C) $\log\left( \frac{1}{1 + e} \right)$
D) 1
Explanation

(d)
Let $I = \int_{e^{- 1}}^{e}\frac{dt}{t(t + 1)}$
$= \int_{e^{- 1}}^{e}{\frac{1}{t}dt - \int_{e^{- 1}}^{e}{\frac{1}{(t + 1)}dt}}$
$= \left\lbrack \log{t - \log(t + 1)} \right\rbrack_{e^{- 1}}^{e}$
$= \lbrack\log{e - log(e + 1)\rbrack - \lbrack\log{e^{- 1} - log(e^{- 1} + 1)\rbrack}}$
$= \log\left( \frac{e}{e + 1} \right) - \lbrack - \log{e - \log(e^{- 1} + 1)}\rbrack$
$= \log{\left( \frac{e}{e + 1} \right) + \left\lbrack \log e\left( \frac{1}{e} + 1 \right) \right\rbrack}$
$= \log_{e}{e = 1}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

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

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