Balancing $du$ in $u$-substitution problem

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I am solving the following problem using $u$-substitution:

$$\int_0^1 \frac{t+1}{2t^2+4t+3}dt$$

So $u$ = $2t^2+4t+3$ and $du$ = $4(t+1)dt$. However this does not exist in the equation so it must be balanced out. I am fairly certain that the problem ends up being something like this:

$$\int_3^9 \frac{1}{u} \frac{du}{4}$$ but I get confused as to how exactly the $t+1$ on top gets cancelled out.

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The $t + 1$ goes away when you make the substitution $dt = \frac{du}{4(t+1)}$ in your integrand. So,

$$ \int_0^1\frac{t+1}{2t^2+4t+3}\,dt = \int_3^9\frac{t+1}{u}\frac{du}{4(t+1)} = \int_3^9\frac{du}{4u}. $$