Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Integration Techniques - 7.8 Improper Integrals - 7.8 Exercises - Page 579: 58

Answer

\[2000\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & \text{Let }W\text{ the water drained, then} \\ & \text{The water drained is given by} \\ & W=\int_{0}^{\infty }{R\left( t \right)}dt \\ & W=\int_{0}^{\infty }{100{{e}^{-0.05t}}}dt \\ & \text{Use the definition of improper integrals} \\ & W=\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\int_{0}^{a}{100{{e}^{-0.05t}}}dt \\ & \text{Integrating} \\ & W=\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ \frac{1}{-0.05}\left( 100{{e}^{-0.05t}} \right) \right]_{0}^{a} \\ & W=\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ -2000{{e}^{-0.05t}} \right]_{0}^{a} \\ & W=-2000\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ {{e}^{-0.05t}} \right]_{0}^{a} \\ & W=-2000\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ {{e}^{-0.05a}}-{{e}^{0}} \right] \\ & W=-2000\underset{a\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ {{e}^{-0.05a}}-1 \right] \\ & \text{Evaluate the limit} \\ & W=-2000\left[ {{e}^{-\infty }}-1 \right] \\ & W=-2000\left( 0-1 \right) \\ & W=2000 \\ \end{align}\]
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