Problem

Evaluate the integral.
\[
\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x-1}{x^{2}-2 x+5} d x
\]
$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x-1}{x^{2}-2 x+5} d x \approx$
(Type an integer or decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.)

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The approximate value of the integral \(\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x-1}{x^{2}-2 x+5} d x\) is \(\boxed{-0.112}\).

Steps

Step 1 :The integral is a definite integral from 0 to 1. The integrand is a rational function.

Step 2 :We can use numerical methods to approximate the value of the integral. One common method is Simpson's rule, which approximates the area under the curve by dividing it into a number of equal-width intervals and approximating the area of each interval with a parabola.

Step 3 :We set n = 1000 and h = 0.001.

Step 4 :We calculate the x values from 0 to 1 with a step of 0.001, and the corresponding y values using the function \(\frac{x-1}{x^{2}-2 x+5}\).

Step 5 :We then calculate the integral using Simpson's rule and get an approximate value of -0.11157177565710732.

Step 6 :The approximate value of the integral \(\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x-1}{x^{2}-2 x+5} d x\) is \(\boxed{-0.112}\).

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