\(\int \frac{d x}{x+\sqrt{x-1}}=\)

\(\int \frac{d x}{x+\sqrt{x-1}}=\)
  1. \(\log _e|x+\sqrt{x-1}|-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \sqrt{x-1}+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c\)
  2. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \log _e|x+\sqrt{x-1}|-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \sqrt{x-1}+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c\)
  3. \(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \log _6|x+\sqrt{x-1}|-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \sqrt{x-1}+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c\)
  4. \(\log _6|x+\sqrt{x-1}|-\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \sqrt{x-1}+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c\)

Solution

Given integral, \(I=\int \frac{d x}{x+\sqrt{x-1}}\) put \(x-1=t^2 \Rightarrow d x=2 t d t\) then \(I=\int \frac{2 t}{\left(t^2+1\right)+t} d t=\int \frac{(2 t+1)-1}{t^2+t+1} d t\) \(\begin{aligned} & =\int \frac{2 t+1}{t^2+t+1} d t-\int \frac{d t}{t^2+t+1} \\ & =\log _e\left|t^2+t+1\right|-\int \frac{d t}{\left(t+\frac{1}{2}\right)^2+\frac{3}{4}} \\ & =\log _e\left|t^2+t+1\right|-\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{t+\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}}\right)+c \\ & =\log _e\left|t^2+t+1\right|-\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 t+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c \end{aligned}\) On putting value of \(t=\sqrt{x-1}\), we get \(I=\log _e|x+\sqrt{x-1}|-\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 \sqrt{x-1}+1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+c\) Hence, option (4) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (20 Apr Shift 1)

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