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# Integrate the function $\frac{x^2-1}{x-1}$ from $3$ to $2$

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## Step-by-step Solution

Problem to solve:

$\int_{3}^{2}\frac{x^2-1}{x-1}dx$

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Since the upper limit of the integral is less than the lower one, we can rewrite the limits by applying the inverse property of integration limits: If we invert the limits of an integral, it changes sign: $\int_a^bf(x)dx=-\int_b^af(x)dx$

$-\int_{2}^{3}\frac{x^2-1}{x-1}dx$

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$-\int_{2}^{3}\frac{x^2-1}{x-1}dx$

Learn how to solve definite integrals problems step by step online. Integrate the function (x^2-1)/(x-1) from 3 to 2. Since the upper limit of the integral is less than the lower one, we can rewrite the limits by applying the inverse property of integration limits: If we invert the limits of an integral, it changes sign: \int_a^bf(x)dx=-\int_b^af(x)dx. Rewrite the expression \frac{x^2-1}{x-1} inside the integral in factored form. Expand the integral \int\left(x+1\right)dx into 2 integrals using the sum rule for integrals, to then solve each integral separately. The integral of a constant is equal to the constant times the integral's variable.

$-\frac{7}{2}$
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$\int_{3}^{2}\frac{x^2-1}{x-1}dx$

### Main topic:

Definite Integrals

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