Integral of \( \displaystyle \frac{9 x^{2} + 1}{3 x \left(3 x - 1\right)} \)
Problem 4.460 · medium
Find \( \displaystyle \int \frac{9 x^{2} + 1}{3 x \left(3 x - 1\right)} \, dx \). (Omit the constant of integration.)
- \[ \int \frac{9 x^{2} + 1}{3 x \left(3 x - 1\right)}\, dx \]integralStart with the integral of the given function.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int \frac{9 x^{2} + 1}{9 x^{2} - 3 x}\, dx \]algebra algebraExpand the denominator. Rewrite the numerator to facilitate long division.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int \left(\frac{3 x + 1}{9 x^{2} - 3 x} + 1\right)\, dx \]long-divisionPerform polynomial long division.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int 1\, dx + \int \frac{3 x + 1}{3 x \left(3 x - 1\right)}\, dx \]linearitySplit the integral into two parts.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int 1\, dx + \int \left(\frac{2}{3 x - 1} - \frac{1}{3 x}\right)\, dx \]partial-fractionsApply partial fraction decomposition to the second term.✓ Proved
- \[ = \int 1\, dx - \int \frac{1}{3 x}\, dx + \int \frac{2}{3 x - 1}\, dx \]linearitySplit the integral into three separate terms.≈ Checked numerically
- \[ = x - \frac{\ln{\left(x \right)}}{3} + \frac{2 \ln{\left(3 x - 1 \right)}}{3} \]antiderivativeCompute the antiderivative of each term.✓ Proved
Answer \( x - \frac{\ln{\left(x \right)}}{3} + \frac{2 \ln{\left(x - \frac{1}{3} \right)}}{3} + C \)
✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 7 proved, 2 checked numerically. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.
The full receipt
| Line | Status | Checked by | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | line 1 is the problem as stated |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 3*x - 1 = 0 undefined where x = 0 undefined where 9*x**2 - 3*x = 0 |
| 3 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 9*x**2 - 3*x = 0 |
| 4 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 9*x**2 - 3*x = 0 |
| 5 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 9*x**2 - 3*x = 0 undefined where 3*x - 1 = 0 undefined where x = 0 |
| 6 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 3*x - 1 = 0 undefined where x = 0 |
| 7 | ≈ Checked numerically | sympy 1.14.0 | sympy 1.14.0: simplify left 2*log(x - 1/3)/3 - 2*log(3*x - 1)/3; numeric agreement only, at 24 of 24 sampled points undefined where 3*x - 1 = 0 undefined where x = 0 |
| 8 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 undefined where 3*x - 1 = 0 undefined where x = 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments |
| answer | ≈ Checked numerically | sympy 1.14.0 | sympy 1.14.0: final line against the stated answer: simplify left -2*log(x - 1/3)/3 + 2*log(3*x - 1)/3; numeric agreement only, at 24 of 24 sampled points log is undefined for non-positive arguments |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | SymPy differentiated the stated antiderivative back to the integrand |
Reviewers
gpt-oss:20b: passqwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly applies algebraic manipulation, long division, partial fractions, and antiderivative rules. The final answer is algebraically equivalent to the stated answer, as log(3x-1) differs from log(x-1/3) only by a constant, which is omitted per instructions.
Every verdict on record (4)
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-06qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-06 — The solution correctly applies algebraic manipulation, long division, partial fractions, and antiderivative rules. The final answer is algebraically equivalent to the stated answer, as log(3x-1) differs from log(x-1/3) only by a constant, which is omitted per instructions.qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-06 — The solution correctly applies polynomial long division and partial fraction decomposition. The final antiderivative is algebraically equivalent to the stated answer, as log(3x-1) differs from log(x-1/3) only by a constant, which is omitted per the problem statement.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-06
Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate
method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence,
not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by
gemma4:26b, checked 2026-10-06 with SymPy 1.14.0.