What is the integral of 4/((x^2-4)) ?

The integral of 4/((x^2-4)) is -ln| x/2+1|+ln| x/2-1|+C

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integral of 4/((x^2-4))

\int \frac{4}{( x ^{2} - 4 )} d x

- ln \frac{x}{2} + 1 + ln \frac{x}{2} - 1 + C

Solution steps

\int \frac{4}{x ^{2} - 4} d x

Take the constant out:

\int a \cdot f (x) d x = a \cdot \int f (x) d x

= 4 \cdot \int \frac{1}{x ^{2} - 4} d x

Apply Integral Substitution

= 4 \cdot \int \frac{1}{2 ( u ^{2} - 1 )} d u

Take the constant out:

\int a \cdot f (x) d x = a \cdot \int f (x) d x

= 4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot \int \frac{1}{u ^{2} - 1} d u

Factor

u^{2} - 1 : - (- u^{2} + 1)

= 4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot \int \frac{1}{- ( - u ^{2} + 1 )} d u

Take the constant out:

\int a \cdot f (x) d x = a \cdot \int f (x) d x

= 4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} (- \int \frac{1}{- u ^{2} + 1} d u)

Use the common integral:

\int \frac{1}{- u ^{2} + 1} d u = \frac{ln ∣ u + 1 ∣}{2} - \frac{ln ∣ u - 1 ∣}{2}

= 4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} (- (\frac{ln ∣ u + 1 ∣}{2} - \frac{ln ∣ u - 1 ∣}{2}))

Substitute back

u = \frac{x}{2}

= 4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} (- (\frac{ln \frac{x}{2} + 1}{2} - \frac{ln \frac{x}{2} - 1}{2}))

Simplify

4 \cdot \frac{1}{2} (- (\frac{ln \frac{x}{2} + 1}{2} - \frac{ln \frac{x}{2} - 1}{2})) : - ln \frac{x}{2} + 1 + ln \frac{x}{2} - 1

= - ln \frac{x}{2} + 1 + ln \frac{x}{2} - 1

Add a constant to the solution

= - ln \frac{x}{2} + 1 + ln \frac{x}{2} - 1 + C

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What is the integral of 4/((x^2-4)) ?
The integral of 4/((x^2-4)) is -ln| x/2+1|+ln| x/2-1|+C