Consider the function \( f(x) = 3x^2 - 7 \). (a) Determine \( \frac{d}{dx}[\ln|f(x)|] \), simplifying your answer. (b) Hence find \( \int \frac{6x}{3x^2 - 7} \, dx \).
Specialist Mathematics ยท Unit 4 ยท Integration techniques ยท Integration techniques
Establish and use the formula โซ 1 ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ = ln|๐ฅ| + ๐ for ๐ฅ โ 0 and โซ ๐โฒ(๐ฅ) ๐(๐ฅ) ๐๐ฅ = ln|๐(๐ฅ)| + ๐ for ๐(๐ฅ) โ 0.
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