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posted by  thatguy on 7/23/2008 4:34:15 PM  |  status: Live  

improper integral, will rate

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Calculus N/A 7.8 N/A
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State whether the integral is convergent or divergent and evaluate.
 

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posted by jfross2 on 7/23/2008 4:49:33 PM  |  status: Live
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Now to evaluate the integral we use integration by parts and let
 
 
 
  
 
∴  
 
 
 
∴  The integral diverges.
 
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Jonathan
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