What is the integral of 3/(x^2-2x) ?

The integral of 3/(x^2-2x) is -3(1/2 ln|x|-1/2 ln|x-2|)+C

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integral of 3/(x^2-2x)

\int \frac{3}{x ^{2} - 2 x} d x

- 3 (\frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x ∣ - \frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x - 2 ∣) + C

Solution steps

\int \frac{3}{x ^{2} - 2 x} d x

Take the constant out:

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

= 3 \cdot \int \frac{1}{x ^{2} - 2 x} d x

Complete the square

x^{2} - 2 x : (x - 1)^{2} - 1

= 3 \cdot \int \frac{1}{( x - 1 ) ^{2} - 1} d x

Apply u-substitution

: \int \frac{1}{u ^{2} - 1} d u

= 3 \cdot \int \frac{1}{u ^{2} - 1} d u

Factor

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

= 3 \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

= 3 (- \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}

= 3 (- (\frac{ln ∣ u + 1 ∣}{2} - \frac{ln ∣ u - 1 ∣}{2}))

Substitute back

u = x - 1

= 3 (- (\frac{ln ∣ x - 1 + 1 ∣}{2} - \frac{ln ∣ x - 1 - 1 ∣}{2}))

Simplify

3 (- (\frac{ln ∣ x - 1 + 1 ∣}{2} - \frac{ln ∣ x - 1 - 1 ∣}{2})) : - 3 (\frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x ∣ - \frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x - 2 ∣)

= - 3 (\frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x ∣ - \frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x - 2 ∣)

Add a constant to the solution

= - 3 (\frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x ∣ - \frac{1}{2} ln ∣ x - 2 ∣) + C

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What is the integral of 3/(x^2-2x) ?
The integral of 3/(x^2-2x) is -3(1/2 ln|x|-1/2 ln|x-2|)+C