Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.8 Exercises - Page 575: 10

Answer

Improper, diverges.

Work Step by Step

The integral has finite bounds so we look at the Definition of Improper Integrals with Infinite Discontinuities. $f(x)=\displaystyle \frac{1}{(x-3)^{3/2}}$ has an infinite discontinuity at $x=3$, so the case 2 applies: 2. If $f$ is continuous on the interval $(a, b]$ and has an infinite discontinuity at $a$, then$ \displaystyle \int_{a}^{b}f(x)dx=\lim_{c\rightarrow a^{+}}\int_{c}^{b}f(x)dx$. This is an improper integral. $\displaystyle \int_{3}^{4}\frac{1}{(x-3)^{3/2}}dx=\lim_{c\rightarrow 3^{+}}\int_{c}^{4}(x-3)^{-3/2}dx$ $=\displaystyle \lim_{c\rightarrow 3^{+}}[\frac{1}{-1/2}(x-3)^{-1/2}]_{c}^{4}$ $=\displaystyle \lim_{c\rightarrow 3^{+}}[-2(x-3)^{-1/2}]_{c}^{4}$ $=-2\displaystyle \lim_{c\rightarrow 3^{+}}[1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{c-3}}]$ $($the second term diverges, as the denominator $\rightarrow$ 0) $=\infty$ Diverges.
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