Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 7 - Principles Of Integral Evaluation - Chapter 7 Review Exercises - Page 559: 73

Answer

$$\frac{1}{{2\left( {{a^2} + 1} \right)}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int_a^{ + \infty } {\frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{using the definition 7}}{\text{.8}}{\text{.1 of improper integrals}} \cr & \,\,\,\int_a^{ + \infty } {f\left( x \right)} dx = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to + \infty } \int_a^b {f\left( x \right)} dx \cr & \cr & {\text{then}} \cr & \,\,\int_a^{ + \infty } {\frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to + \infty } \int_a^b {\frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & = \frac{1}{2}\mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to + \infty } \int_a^b {\frac{{2x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & = \frac{1}{2}\mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to + \infty } \left[ { - \frac{1}{{{x^2} + 1}}} \right]_a^b \cr & = - \frac{1}{2}\mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to + \infty } \left[ {\frac{1}{{{b^2} + 1}} - \frac{1}{{{a^2} + 1}}} \right] \cr & \cr & {\text{calculate the limit when }}b \to + \infty \cr & = - \frac{1}{2}\left[ {\frac{1}{{{{\left( \infty \right)}^2} + 1}} - \frac{1}{{{a^2} + 1}}} \right] \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & = - \frac{1}{2}\left[ {\frac{1}{\infty } - \frac{1}{{{a^2} + 1}}} \right] \cr & = - \frac{1}{2}\left( { - \frac{1}{{{a^2} + 1}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{{2\left( {{a^2} + 1} \right)}} \cr & \cr & {\text{then}}{\text{,}} \cr & {\text{The integral converges to }}\frac{1}{{2\left( {{a^2} + 1} \right)}} \cr} $$
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