CAIE P3 2008 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP3 (Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicIntegration with Partial Fractions

7 Let \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) \equiv \frac { x ^ { 2 } + 3 x + 3 } { ( x + 1 ) ( x + 3 ) }\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in partial fractions.
  2. Hence show that \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { 3 } \mathrm { f } ( x ) \mathrm { d } x = 3 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \ln 2\).