TITLE: Evaluate $\int \frac{\left(x^2+x+3\right)\left(x^3+7\right)}{x+1}dx$.
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Evaluate:
$$\int \frac{\left(x^2+x+3\right)\left(x^3+7\right)}{x+1}dx$$

The only thing I can think of doing here is long division to simplify the integral down and see if I can work with some easier sections. Here's my attempt:
\begin{align}
\int \frac{\left(x^2+x+3\right)\left(x^3+7\right)}{x+1}dx &= \int \left(\:x^4+3x^2+4x+3+\frac{18}{x+1} \right )dx \\
&= \int \:x^4dx+\int \:3x^2dx+\int \:4xdx+\int \:3dx+\int \frac{18}{x+1}dx \\
&= \frac{x^5}{5}+x^3+2x^2+3x+18\ln \left|x+1\right|+ c, c \in \mathbb{R}
\end{align}
The only issue I had is that the polynomial long division took quite some time. Is there another way to do this that is less time consuming? The reason I ask this is that, this kind of question can come in an exam where time is of the essence so anything that I can do to speed up the process will benefit me greatly.

REPLY [3 votes]: As substitution by parts goes nowhere It simply do what you did but skip the step of multiplying out the polynomial $ \frac{\left(x^2+x+3\right)\left(x^3+7\right)}{x+1}=\frac {(x(x+1) + 3)(x^3+7)}{x+1}= x(x^3 +7) + \frac 3{x+1}(x^3 + 7)=$
$x(x^3 +7) +\frac 3{x+1}(x^2(x+1) -x(x+1) + x+1 + 6)=x(x^3 +7) + 3(x^2-x+1) + \frac {18}{x+1} $
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