Definite Integrals

Ian McPherson

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Ok i have it where it's the integral sign with 3 on top, 1 on bottom (i think integral of one to three) with (2x + 1/x + 1)dx inside
the given answer is 10 + ln 3. I found the antiderivative of the function and got 2x/x^2 + x^0/0 + x.
Then plugging the numbers in, i got 12. Which is definitely not right? I'm pretty sure i'm not anywhere close to on the right track. Can you explain how to get the correct answer?
 
You do seem to be a little confused

\(\displaystyle \int 2x\;dx = x^{2} + C\)

\(\displaystyle \int \frac{1}{x}\;dx = ln|x| + C\)

You had better review a couple of rules.
 
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