SOLUTION: Find the partial fraction decomposition (4x^(2)+11x)/(x^(2)+4x+4)

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Question 629135: Find the partial fraction decomposition
(4x^(2)+11x)/(x^(2)+4x+4)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

When the degree of the numerator is the same or greater than
the degree of the denominator the expression must first be 
divided out by long division:


                 4
x²+4x+4)4x²+11x+ 0
        4x²+16x+16
            -5x-16

 = 4 + 

Next we find the partial fraction
decomposition of  and when we finish
we will add it to the 4:

 

Factor the denominator as (x+2)(x+2) or (x+2)².

 

That is a power in the denominator, so we must include in the 
decomposition factors with denominators of it and all lower 
powers, so we assume A and B such that:

  =  + 

Clear of fractions by multiplying through by
the LCD (x+2)²:

-5x - 16 = A + B(x + 2)
-5x - 16 = A + Bx + 2B

Equate the coefficients of x

-5 = B

Equate the constants:

-16 = A + 2B

Substitute -5 for B

-16 = A + 2(-5)
-16 = A - 10
 -6 = A

So

  =  + 

And therefore the original:

 = 4 +  = 4 +  + 

or a bit simpler:

4 -  - 

Edwin

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