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posted by  Stussy on 7/23/2008 9:43:08 PM  |  status: Live  

8.8#6 explain

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Calculus Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions (4th) by Edwards, Hostetler, Larson 8.8 6E
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Explain why the integral is improper and determine whether it diverges or converges.  Evaluate the integral if it converges.
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posted by Hongliang Zhang on 7/23/2008 10:26:34 PM  |  status: Live
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This integral is improper because the lower limit of 3 turns the function into a 1/0.
This function diverges because the limit of the function as x approaches 3 would be infinity
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