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Chapter 11: Q. 20 (page 765)

Write the partial fraction decomposition of each rational expression.
$\frac{x + 1}{x^{2} (x - 2)}$ .

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The partial fraction decomposition is $\frac{- 3}{4 x} + \frac{- 1}{2 x^{2}} + \frac{3}{4 (x - 2)}$ .

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given Information.

The rational expression is,

$\frac{x + 1}{x^{2} (x - 2)}$ .

Step 2. Partial fraction decomposition.

Decomposition of the partial fraction,

$\frac{x + 1}{x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{A}{x} + \frac{B}{x^{2}} + \frac{C}{x - 2} . . . . . . . . . . . . (1)$

Multiplying both sides by $x^{2} (x - 2)$ ,

$x + 1 = A x (x - 2) + B (x - 2) + C x^{2} x + 1 = A (x^{2} - 2 x) + B (x - 2) + C x^{2} x + 1 = (A + C) x^{2} + (- 2 A + B) x - 2 B . . . . . . . (2)$

Equating the coefficients of the like powers of $x$ , we get,

$A + C = 0 . . . . . . (3) - 2 A + B = 1 . . . . . . . . (4) - 2 B = 1 . . . . . . . . (5)$

Solving the equations we get,

$B = - \frac{1}{2} A = - \frac{3}{4} C = \frac{3}{4}$

The partial fraction decomposition is,

$\frac{x + 1}{x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{- 3}{4 x} + \frac{- 1}{2 x^{2}} + \frac{3}{4 (x - 2)}$

Step 3. Checking the solution.

Adding the rational expressions,

$\frac{- 3}{4 x} + \frac{- 1}{2 x^{2}} + \frac{3}{4 (x - 2)} = \frac{- 3 x (x - 2) + (- 1) (2 (x - 2)) + 3 x^{2}}{4 x^{2} (x - 2)}$

$= \frac{- 3 (x^{2} - 2 x) + (- 1) (2 x - 4) + 3 x^{2}}{4 x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{- 3 x^{2} + 6 x - 2 x + 4 + 3 x^{2}}{4 x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{4 x + 4}{4 x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{4 (x + 1)}{4 x^{2} (x - 2)} = \frac{x + 1}{x^{2} (x - 2)}$

The solution is true.

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