Question Number 157254 by physicstutes last updated on 21/Oct/21
$$\mathrm{Show}\:\mathrm{that}\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\mathrm{1}} \:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left({x}+\mathrm{1}\right)\left({x}+\mathrm{2}\right)}{dx}\:=\:\mathrm{ln}\left(\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{3}}\right) \\ $$
Answered by puissant last updated on 21/Oct/21
$$\Omega=\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\mathrm{1}} \frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left({x}+\mathrm{1}\right)\left({x}+\mathrm{2}\right)}{dx}\:=\:\int_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\mathrm{1}} \left\{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{x}+\mathrm{1}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{x}+\mathrm{2}}\right\}{dx} \\ $$$$=\left[{ln}\left(\frac{{x}+\mathrm{1}}{{x}+\mathrm{2}}\right)\right]_{\mathrm{0}} ^{\mathrm{1}} =\:{ln}\left(\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{3}}\right)+{ln}\mathrm{2}=\mathrm{2}{ln}\mathrm{2}−{ln}\mathrm{3} \\ $$$$=\:{ln}\left(\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{3}}\right).. \\ $$