$\int_{2}^{3} \frac{x}{x^{2}-1} d x=$

$\int_{2}^{3} \frac{x}{x^{2}-1} d x=$
  1. $\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right) \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$
  2. $\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$
  3. $\left(\frac{-1}{3}\right) \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$
  4. $\left(\frac{1}{3}\right) \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$

Solution

$\int \frac{1}{x^{2}-1} d x$ $=\int_{2}^{1} \frac{(x-1)+1}{(x-1)(x+1)} d x-\int_{2}^{1} \frac{d x}{x+1}+\int_{2}^{1}\left(\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{1}{x+1}\right) \frac{1}{2} d x$ $=|\log | x+1||_{2}^{1}+\frac{1}{2}\left[\left.\log \left|\frac{x-1}{x+1}\right|\right|_{2} ^{1}\right.$ $=(\log 4-\log 3)+\frac{1}{2}\left|\log \left(\frac{2}{4}\right)-\log \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)\right|$ $=\log \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)+\frac{1}{2} \left|\frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{1}\right|-\log \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)+\log \left|\frac{3}{2}\right|^{2}$ $=\log \left(\frac{4}{3} x \sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}\right)^{1}-\log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)^{2} \mid-\frac{1}{2} \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$ This problem can also be solved an follows : $\begin{array}{l} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x}{x^{2}-1} d x \\ -\int_{2}^{1} \frac{x}{(x-1)(x+1)} d x-\frac{1}{2} \int_{0}^{1}\left|\frac{1}{x-1}+\frac{1}{x+1}\right| d x \end{array}$ $=\frac{1}{2}\left\{[\log (x-1)]_{2}^{3}+[\log (x+1)]_{2}^{3}\right\}$ $=\frac{1}{2}\left\{[\log [(x-1)(x+1)]]_{2}^{3}\right\}=\frac{1}{2}\left[\log \left(x^{2}-1\right)\right]_{2}^{3}$ $=\frac{1}{2}[\log (9-1)-\log (4-1)]=\frac{1}{2} \log \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 1)

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