Ans: \[ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x - 1}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} - \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} {\text{ }}\left[ {eq.1} \right]\]
For \[\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} \],
Let \[{x^2} - 1 = t\],
Now differentiate both sides,
$2xdx = dt $
$xdx = \dfrac{{dt}}{2} $
Now,
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt t }}\left( {\dfrac{{dt}}{2}} \right)} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {{t^{ - \dfrac{1}{2}}}dt} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\left( {\dfrac{{{t^{ - \dfrac{1}{2} + 1}}}}{{ - \dfrac{1}{2} + 1}}} \right) + C $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\left( {2\sqrt t } \right) + C $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \sqrt t + C $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \sqrt {{x^2} - 1} + C $
Now, from equation \[1\],
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x - 1}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} - \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} {\text{ }} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x - 1}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}dx} = \sqrt {{x^2} - 1} - \log |x + \sqrt {{x^2} - 1} | + C{\text{ }}\left[ {\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - {a^2}} }}dx} = \log |x + \sqrt {{x^2} - {a^2}} |} \right] $
Where C is an arbitrary constant.