The partial fraction of decomposition rational expression is
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The degree of the numerator is greater than that of the denominator, hence divide the numerator by denominator.
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The expression can be written as
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Rewrite the expression into partial fraction
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Find the values of
and
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Multiple each side by the denominator fraction.
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Equate the coefficient of
and constants.
and 
and
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Substitute
in
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Substitute
in
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and
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Substistute the
and
values in equation
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The partial decomposed function is
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Graph :
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and
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Observe the graph
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The partial decomposed function is
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