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another question about partial integrals?
ok, hopefully this is my but the question im working on asks me to find the integral of (x^4 +3)/(x^2 -2x -3)
i can simplify the denominator to be (x-3)(x+1) but im stuck on how to simplify the top
1 Answer
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The degree of the numerator is higher than the degree of the denominator, so you'll have to do polynomial division to get it to be
f(x) + p(x)/q(x) where deg(p)<deg(q), then you can attack it with partial fractions.
