Posted by: Slackdemic March 2, 2009
Simple(?) Math Problem
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[Update: Please do not work on this problem. I overlooked something, and now it's fixed. The premise of the question now is false, so do not attempt it!]

The following is the part of a bigger problem I am working on. At one point I've to integrate [5/(3*e^x - 2), x]. Upon integrating, I get the following solution:


 

integrate[5/(3*E^x - 2), x] ==
(-5*(x - Log[-2 + 3*E^x]))/2


However, is it not, by applying the basic mathematics rule, possible to manipulate the above function and get this rather simpler solution?

integrate[(5 * E^(-x))/((3*E^x - 2) *E^(-x)), x]==

(-5*(x - Log[-2 + 3*E^x]))/2

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