Technique for integration of following forms

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Recently, I've been facing a no. of problems that involve integral of the type: $\int f(x)dx/f'(x)$ and also of the type $f(x)/√f'(x)$. So, is there any special method for such type of questions? One such question was $$\int (x+sinx) \frac1{cosx+1} $$ Clearly this is of the first type. I could make out that such questions must involve the use of integration by parts but I'm unable to apply that. It makes the problem more complex.

Any help is appreciated.

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  1. $$\int\frac{f'(x)}{f(x)}\space\text{d}x=\ln|f(x)|+\text{C}$$

If you want to use integration by parts, you'll get:

$$\int y(x)z'(x)\space\text{d}x=y(x)z(x)-\int y'(x)z(x)\space\text{d}x$$

So, set $y(x)=f(x)$ and $z'(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{f'(x)}}$:

$$\int\frac{f(x)}{\sqrt{f'(x)}}\space\text{d}x=f(x)\cdot\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{f'(x)}}\space\text{d}x-\int\left[f'(x)\cdot\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{f'(x)}}\space\text{d}x\right]\space\text{d}x$$


Now, notice for $\frac{x+\sin(x)}{1+\cos(x)}$ that you cannot use (1) because:

$$\frac{x+\sin(x)}{1+\cos(x)}=\frac{x+\sin(x)}{\frac{\text{d}}{\text{d}x}\left(x+\sin(x)\right)}\ne\frac{\frac{\text{d}}{\text{d}x}\left(x+\sin(x)\right)}{x+\sin(x)}$$