Integral Calculus Question 272

Question: $ \int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{x-1}{{{(x+1)}^{2}}}\ dx=} $

Options:

A) $ \log (x+1)+\frac{2}{x+1}+c $

B) $ \log (x+1)-\frac{2}{x+1}+c $

C) $ \frac{2}{x+1}-\log (x+1)+c $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ \int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{x-1}{{{(x+1)}^{2}}},dx=\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{x+1-2}{{{(x+1)}^{2}}}},dx} $ $ =\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{x+1},dx}-\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{2}{{{(x+1)}^{2}}},dx=\log (x+1)+\frac{2}{(x+1)}+c} $ .