Question 9

Maths Question: 

$\text{Evaluate }\int{\frac{dx}{{{x}^{2}}-2x+5}}$

Maths Solution: 

$\begin{align}  & \int{\frac{dx}{{{x}^{2}}-2x+5}}=\int{\frac{dx}{{{x}^{2}}-2x+1+5-1}} \\ & \int{\frac{dx}{{{x}^{2}}-2x+5}}=\int{\frac{dx}{{{(x-1)}^{2}}+4}}=\int{\frac{dx}{{{(x-1)}^{2}}+{{2}^{2}}}} \\ & \int{\frac{dx}{{{x}^{2}}-2x+5}}=\frac{1}{2}\arctan \frac{x-1}{2}+C \\\end{align}$

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