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Improper Integrals

I'm trying to evaluate the integral:

o1(x+3)3dx[br] \int_o^\infty \frac{1}{(x+3)^3} dx[br]

So I get that the integration itself is reverse chain rule and very simple, however I'm not sure how to express the result of the integral as x x tends to infinity. Please could someone give me some pointers? Thanks.
Reply 1
Original post by Texx
I'm trying to evaluate the integral:

o1(x+3)3dx[br] \int_o^\infty \frac{1}{(x+3)^3} dx[br]

So I get that the integration itself is reverse chain rule and very simple, however I'm not sure how to express the result of the integral as x x tends to infinity. Please could someone give me some pointers? Thanks.


replace the infinity with a leter say k
carry the integration with limits
get answer in terms of k
let k tend to infinity


look at 3 examples to see my notation for this type of work

improper_integrals.pdf
(edited 9 years ago)
Reply 2
Original post by TeeEm
replace the infinity with a leter say k
carry the integration with limits
get answer in terms of k
let k tend to infinity


look at 3 examples to see my notation for this type of work

improper_integrals.pdf


Okay so I replaced infinity with k and integrated to get:

[br]limk[12(k+3)2+118][br][br][br]\displaystyle\lim_{k\to \infty} \left[\frac{-1}{2}(k+3)^{-2} + \frac{1}{18}\right][br][br]

What would I write for my final answer for this? Would I just say that it tends to infinity?
Reply 3
Original post by Texx
Okay so I replaced infinity with k and integrated to get:

[br]limk[12(k+3)2+118][br][br][br]\displaystyle\lim_{k\to \infty} \left[\frac{-1}{2}(k+3)^{-2} + \frac{1}{18}\right][br][br]

What would I write for my final answer for this? Would I just say that it tends to infinity?


write it as 1/(x+3)2
then as k tens to infinity 1/(x+3)2 tends to zero
so 1/18
Reply 4
Original post by TeeEm
write it as 1/(x+3)2
then as k tens to infinity 1/(x+3)2 tends to zero
so 1/18

Sorry, I was half asleep when I wrote that. Yeah, that makes sense, thanks for helping. :smile:
Reply 5
Original post by Texx
Sorry, I was half asleep when I wrote that. Yeah, that makes sense, thanks for helping. :smile:


no worries

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