The Nail It Series

Indefinite Integration of
Quadratic Denominator
Functions

Questions Compiled by:

Dr Lee Chu Keong

Nanyang Technological University

About the Nail It Series

About the Nail It Series

Nail It is a series of ebooks containing questions on various topics in
mathematics, compiled from textbooks that are out-of-print. Each ebook
contains a collection of questions sufficient to ensure that mastery is achieved
for that topic. The idea behind the series is threefold:
(i)

First, to give students sufficient practice on solving questions that are

commonly asked in examinations. Mathematics is not a spectator sport,
and students need all the drill they can get to achieve mastery. Nail It
ebooks supplies the questions.

(ii)

Second, to expose students to a wide variety of questions so that they can

spot patterns in their solution process. Students need to be acquainted
with the different ways in which a question can be posed.

(iii)

Third, to build the confidence of students by arranging the questions such

that the easy ones come first followed by the difficult ones. Confidence
comes with success in solving problems. Confidence is important because
it leads to a willingness to attempt more questions.

Finally, to nail something is to get it absolutely right, i.e., to master it. Nail It
ebooks to enable motivated students to master the topics they have problems
with.

About the Nail It Series

If you have any comments or feedback, Id like to hear them. Please email them
to me at ascklee@gmail.com. Finally, Id like to wish you all the best for your
learning journey.

Lee Chu Keong (May 12, 2016)

Features of the Nail It Ebooks

Features of the Nail It Series Ebooks

1.

The Nail It Series ebooks are completely free. The questions are compiled
from textbooks that are out-of-print and those that are very difficult to
locate. As Winston Churchill once said, We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.

2.

The Nail It Series ebooks have been designed with mastery of the subject
matter in mind. There are plenty of textbooks, and they all can help you get
the A grade. Nail It ebooks are designed to make you the Michael Phelps
of specific topics.

3.

Each Nail It Series ebook has a collection of questions which are deemed
necessary to master a topic. Each question appears on its own page. View
it on your tablet or a mobile phone, and start working on them.

4.

The Nail It Series ebooks are modular, and compatible with different syllabi
used in different parts of the world. I list down the links with the syllabi I am
familiar with.

5.

Students are usually engrossed in solving questions, and miss out on the
connections between different questions. Compare pages puts the spotlight
on usually two, but sometimes more questions, the solution of which are
closely related. Contrast pages does the same, but with two or more
questions that look alike, but that require different approaches in its

Features of the Nail It Ebooks

solution. Spot the Pattern pages challenge students to spot the pattern
underlying the solution process.
6.

Essential to Know pages provides must-know facts about questions already

completed. I suggest committing the material presented in the Essential to
Know pages to memory.

About Learning

About Learning
Many teachers today like to tell their students that learning is enjoyable, and
that learning is fun. What students quickly realise is that learning is often
repetitive (and therefore boring), cognitively demanding (and therefore tiring),
and time-consuming (and therefore costly). Id like to point out seven things
that are needed for effective learning to take place. I suspect teachers dont
mention them any longer because they are unpopular.
1.

Learning takes hard work a lot of hard work. But Ive realised that all of
lifes worthwhile goals setting up a business, starting a family, etc. can
only be achieved with hard work.

2.

Learning takes dedication. There are no short cuts to learning. Learning is

an intense activity. Are you willing to learn at all cost?

3.

Learning takes commitment. There are thing that youve going to have to
give up, if you want to learn. The price for mastering a subject matter is
high. Are you willing to pay the price (e.g., reducing the amount of time
watching YouTube videos, or playing your favourite computer game)?

4.

Learning takes discipline. Closely tied to discipline is sacrifice, and a

conscious effort to minimise distractions. Are you willing to sacrifice (not
meeting your friends so often, watching less movies, etc.) in order to learn?

5.

Learning takes motivation. And here, you have decide what exactly,
motivates you. Are you after an A grade, or are you after complete

About Learning

mastery of the subject matter? In other words, are you happy with 75
marks, or would not be satisfied until you get 100 marks? A gulf separates
an A grade from complete mastery, and you have to decide what you are
after. This is because the game plan for each is different.
6.

Learning takes participation. There are no passengers in learning. It is

immersive, and requires you to be interested, and alert.

7.

Learning takes courage. It requires you ask people for help, step out of your
comfort zone, re-examine your assumptions, and make mistakes. All this
takes courage, and requires you to step out of your comfort zone. Are you
courageous enough to learn?

This begs the question: Did my teachers lie? Yes and no. What they were
probably referring to (as being fun and enjoyable) is the ecstasy one feels when
mastery of a topic has been achieved. When you work hard for something, and
you succeed, the feeling is simply indescribable. This is why I encourage you to
strive for mastery its fun when you can solve everything on a topic thats
thrown at you. The journey, however, is arduous and treacherous. Be prepared
to slog.

Syllabi Compatibility

Syllabi Compatibility
The contents of this Nail It ebook will benefit:

junior college students in Singapore, who are sitting for the GCE A Level H2
Mathematics (9740) Paper;

Sixth Form students in Malaysia, who are sitting for the STPM Mathematics T
(954) Paper;
students in India who are sitting for the IIT JEE (Main & Advanced)
Mathematics Paper;

students around the world, who are sitting for the Cambridge International
Examinations (CIE) Mathematics Paper.

Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 1
Find:

1
dx
94 x 2

Source: EWS399(83)

Questions compiled by Dr Lee Chu Keong

Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 2
Find:

x
dx
94 x 2

Source: EWS399(84)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 3
Find:

1
dx
x 94 x 2

Source: EWS399(85)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 4
Find:

1
dx
x 4 x 29

Source: EWS399(86)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 5
Find:

x
dx
25 x 2 +36

Source: EWS399(87)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 6
Find:

1
dx
25 x 2 +36

Source: EWS399(88)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 7
Find:

1
dx
x 2 +4

Source: EP492(10)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 8
Find:

x
dx
25+ x2

Source: EP493(11)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 9
Find:

1
dx
4x 2

Source: RIP203(35)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 10
Find:
1

1
dx
2x 2

Source: RIP203(36)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 11
Find:
1

19 x 2 d x
Source: RIP203(37)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 12
Find:

1
dx
116 x 2

Source: RIP203(38)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 13
Find:
1
2

1
dx
12 x 2

Source: RIP204(43)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 14
Find:

16( x3 )

dx

Source: RIP204(45)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 15
Find:

1
dx
3 x 21

Source: RIP208(7)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 16
Find:

1
dx
x 29

Source: RIP209(31)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 17
Find:

1
dx
x 2 +9

Source: RIP209(32)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 18
Find:
1

1
dx
4+ x 2

Source: RIP209(33)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 19
Find:
3

1
dx
x 22

Source: RIP209(34)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 20
Find:

1
dx
4 x 21

Source: RIP209(35)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 21
Find:
1

1
dx
2
1 9+ 4 x

Source: RIP209(36)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 22
Find:

1
dx
1+3 x 2

Source: RIP209(37)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 23
Find:
2

1
dx
9 x 24

Source: RIP209(38)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 24
Find:

1
dx
3 x 2 +2

Source: RIP209(39)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 25
Find:

( x +2 ) +4
2

dx

Source: RIP209(40)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 26
Find:
10

1
dx
5 x2 2

Source: RIP209(41)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 27
Find:

2 ( x3 ) +1
2

dx

Source: RIP209(42)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 28
Find:

1
dx
2 x 4 x+5
2

Source: RIP210(8i)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 29
Find:
2

2+3 x12 x 2 d x
1

Source: RIP210(8ii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 30
Find:

4( x1 )

dx

Source: RIP211(3)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 31
Find:

1
dx
x +2 x+7
2

Source: RIP211(4)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 32
Find:

1
dx
4xx 2

Source: RIP211(6)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 33
Find:

1
dx
x ( x1 )

Source: RIP211(8)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 34
Find:

1
dx
x ( x+1 )

Source: RIP211(9)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 35
Find:

1
dx
x ( 12 x )

Source: RIP211(11)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 36
Find:

1
dx
4+ x 2 x 2

Source: RIP211(12)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 37
Find:

1
dx
3 x 6 x +8
2

Source: RIP211(13)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 38
Find:

1
dx
x x +1
2

Source: RIP211(16)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 39
Find:

1
dx
1+2 x3 x 2

Source: RIP211(17)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 40
Find:

x +1
dx
x 2 +1

Source: RIP211(18)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 41
Find:

3 x2
dx
3+ 2 xx 2

Source: RIP211(19)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 42
Find:

x +2 x
dx
x 2 + x +1

Source: RIP211(20)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 43
Find:
1
2

x +1
dx
1x 2

Source: RIP212(22)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 44
Find:

2 x1
dx
x 21

Source: RIP212(23)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 45
Find:
1

dx
3 x2
2
0 x +4
Source: RIP212(24)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 46
Find:

x
dx
x 2 x3
2

Source: RIP212(26)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 47
Find:

3 x4
dx
2 x 2x +1

Source: RIP212(27)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 48
Find:
1
2

x +1
dx
14 x 2

Source: RIP212(10i)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 49
Find:
3

1
dx
4 x + x3
2

Source: RIP212(10iii)

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Question 50
Find:
0

1x
dx
2
1 2 x +2 x+ 3

Source: RIP212(10i)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 51
Find:

x +1
dx
2 xx 2

Source: RLR114(i)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 52
Find:

x1
dx
2 x +3

Source: RLR114(ii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 53
Find:

2 x+3
dx
x 2 +5 x+ 6

Source: RLR115(i)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 54
Find:

2 x1
dx
4x 2

Source: RLR115(ii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 55
Find:

x
dx
1+ x

Source: RLR115(iii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 56
Find:

x
dx
4+3 xx 2

Source: RLR115(iv)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 57
Find:

x1
dx
x +3 x+ 3
2

Source: RLR115(v)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 58
Find:

3 x1
dx
x 22 x3

Source: RLR115(vi)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 59
Find:

x+1
dx
54 xx 2

Source: RLR115(vii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 60
Find:

x 1
dx
2x

Source: RLR115(viii)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 61
Find:

1
dx
9 x 4 x 2

Source: AET341(1)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 62
Find:

x +1
dx
82 xx 2

Source: AET341(3)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 63
Find:

1
dx
x 5 x4
2

Source: AET341(4)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 64
Find:

x2
dx
6 x x2 5

Source: AET341(7)

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Integration of Functions with Quadratic Denominators

Question 65
Find:

x
dx
4 xx 2

Source: AET341(9)

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EP

Ayres, F., & Mendelson, E. (2000). Calculus (4th ed.). New York: McGrawHill.
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Gilbert, J. (1991). Guide to Mathematical Methods. Basingstoke, England:
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Smyrl, J.L. (1978). An Introduction to University Mathematics. London:
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Matthews, G. (1980). Calculus (2nd ed.). London: John Murray.
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Purcell, E.J., & Varberg, D. (1987). Calculus with Analytic Geometry (5th
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Porter, R.I. (1979). Further Elementary Analysis (4th ed.). London: G. Bell
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Grossman, S.I. (1988). Calculus (4th ed.). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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About Dr Lee Chu Keong

About Dr Lee Chu Keong

Dr Lee has been teaching for the past 25 years. He
has taught in the Nanyang Technological University,
Temasek Polytechnic, and Singapore Polytechnic. The
excellent feedback he obtained year after year is a
testament to his effective teaching methods, the clarity
with which he explains difficult concepts, and his genuine
concern for the students. In 2015, Dr Lee won the
Nanyang Teaching Award (School Level) for dedication to
his profession.
Dr Lee has a strange hobby he collects mathematics
textbooks. He visits bookstores when he goes to a city he
has never been to, to find textbooks he does not already
have. So far, he has textbooks from Singapore, China,
Taiwan, Japan, England, the United States, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, France, the Czech Republic, France, India and
Australia. The number of textbooks in his collection grows practically every
week!
For mathematics, Dr Lee believes the only way to better grades is practice,
more practice, and yet more practice. While excellent textbooks are a plenty,
compilations of questions are a lot harder to find. For this reason, he started the

About Dr Lee Chu Keong

Nail It Series, a series of ebooks containing questions on various topics

commonly tested in mathematic examinations around the world. Carefully
studying the questions and working their solutions out should improve the
grades of the students tremendously.