Find the integration of \[\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}\].
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$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} + 2\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} + 2\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x + 2 - 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} + 2\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx - } \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} + 2\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx + } \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} {\text{ [eq}}{\text{.1]}} $
Now, for \[\dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} \]
Let \[{x^2} + 2x + 3 = t\],
Now, differentiate both sides,
\[\left( {2x + 2} \right)dx = dt\]
Now, from eq. \[1\]
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{2x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx + } \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt t }}dt + } \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 1 + 2} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt t }}dt + } \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{1}{{\sqrt {{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {\sqrt 2 } \right)}^2}} }}dx} $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \dfrac{1}{2}\left( {2\sqrt t } \right) + \log |\left( {x + 1} \right) + \sqrt {{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^2} + 2} | + C $
$ \displaystyle \int {\dfrac{{x + 2}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} }}dx} = \sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} + \log |\left( {x + 1} \right) + \sqrt {{x^2} + 2x + 3} | + C $
Where C is an arbitrary constant.