A student has to find the indefinite integral
∫x4+5x2+1x2−1dx,x>0.
The denominator does not factor into real quadratics with rational coefficients, so partial fractions would be slow. There is a faster way. Divide the numerator and the denominator by x2, and look for a new variable whose derivative is exactly the new numerator. Then write the new denominator in terms of that variable; take care with the square of the new variable, because it does not give back x2+x21 on its own. In each option below, C is an arbitrary constant. Which of the following is the integral?