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Step-by-step Step-by-step explanation:

We are going to solve this problem using integration by parts. We can write the integrand as


(4x)/(x^2+4x+3) = (4x)/((x+3)(x+1))


\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:= (A)/(x+3) + (B)/(x+1)


\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:= (Ax + A + Bx + 3B)/(x^2+4x+3)


\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=((A+B)x + (A+3B))/(x^2+4x+3)

Comparing the above term to the left hand side, we can see that

(A + B)x = 4x

A + 3B = 0

Solving for A and B, we find that A = 6 and B = -2 so our integrand becomes


(4x)/(x^2+4x+3) = (6)/(x+3) - (2)/(x+1)

We can now easily integrate this expression as follows:


\displaystyle \int{(4x)/(x^2+4x+3)}dx = 6\int{(dx)/(x+3)} - 2\int{(dx)/(x+1)}


\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:= 6\ln|x+3| - 2\ln|x+1| + C

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