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`int x^2/(x-1) dx` Find the indefinite integral

`intx^2/(x-1)dx`


Rewrite the integral as ,


`intx^2/(x-1)dx=int(x^2-1+1)/(x-1)dx`


`=int((x^2-1)/(x-1)+1/(x-1))dx`


`=int(((x+1)(x-1))/(x-1)+1/(x-1))dx`


`=int(x+1+1/(x-1))dx`


apply the sum rule,


`=intxdx+int1dx+int1/(x-1)dx`


Apply the power rule and standard integral `intdx/x=ln|x|`


`=(x^(1+1)/(1+1))+x+int1/(x-1)dx`


Apply integral substitution `u=(x-1)` for `int1/(x-1)dx`


`du=dx`


`int1/(x-1)dx=int(du)/u`


`=ln(u)`


substitute back`u=(x-1)`,


`=ln|x-1|`


So the final integration and adding a constant C to the solution yields,


`=x^2/2+x+ln|x-1|+C`

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