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Express in partial fractions:
x7 3( x 5) x 2 8 x 57
1. 2. 3.
( x 1)( x 2) x ( x 3) ( x 1)( x 6) 2
4 x 13 7 x 2 5x 18 x3
4. 5. 6.
( x 2)( x 5) ( x 2)( x 2 5) x ( x 6)
x 2 12 x 17 10( x 1) x 19
7. 8. 9.
( x 4)( x 3) 2 ( x 2)(2 x 2 x 4) x 2 x 15
2
3x 2 5x 3 11x 6 3x 13
10. 11. 12.
x 2 3x (2 x 1)(3x 2) (2 x 5)( x 3)
x 3 9 x 2 15x 39
13.
x 2 5x 6
14. The cubic polynomial c( x ) is defined by c( x) x 3 x 2 x 15 .
(a) Factorise c( x ) into the product of a linear factor l ( x ) and a quadratic
factor q ( x) , and prove that q ( x) cannot be further factorised into the
product of linear factors with real coefficients.
13x 1
(b) Hence express in partial fractions.
x x 2 x 15
3
ANSWERS
2 3 5 2
1. 2.
x 1 x 2 x x3
2 1 9 3 1
3. 4.
x 1 x 6 ( x 6) 2 x 2 x 5
4 3x 1
5. 2
x 2 x 5
3
1 3
1
6. 2
2
2 x 2( x 6)
x x6
1 2 4 3 6x 1
7. 8. 2
x 4 x 3 ( x 3) 2 x 2 2x x 4
3 2 1 15
9. 10. 3
x 5 x 3 x x3
1 4 1 2
11. 12.
2 x 1 3x 2 2x 5 x 3
3 2
13. x4
x 6 x 1
14. (a) c( x) ( x 3)( x 2 2 x 5) ;
q( x) x 2 2 x 5 and the discriminant of q ( x) is 16 , which is 0 ,
hence q ( x) has no real roots and thus does not factorise into the
product of linear factors with real coefficients.
13x 1 2 2x 3
(b) 2
x x x 15 x 3 x 2 x 5
3 2
