Q. $\int_{}^{}{\frac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{4} + x^{2} + 1}\ dx}$ is equal to

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

(c)
$\int_{}^{}{\frac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{4} + x^{2} + 1}\ dx}$
$\Rightarrow I = \int_{}^{}{\frac{1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}}{x^{2} + \frac{1}{x^{2}} + 1}dx}$
$= \int_{}^{}{\frac{1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}}{\left( \ x - \frac{1}{x}\ \right)^{2} - 1}dx}$
Put $x + \frac{1}{x} = t\ \Rightarrow \left( \ 1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}\ \right)dx = dt$
$\therefore I = \int_{}^{}{\frac{dt}{t^{2} - 1^{2}} = \frac{1}{2 \times 1}\log{\frac{t - 1}{t + 1} + c}}$
$= \frac{1}{2}\log{\frac{x^{2} + 1 - x}{x^{2} + 1 + x} + c}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

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

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