Calculus 10th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.3 Exercises - Page 609: 12

Answer

Function satisfies conditions for integral test Series diverges

Work Step by Step

$\dfrac {1}{4}+\dfrac {2}{7}+\dfrac {3}{12}+\ldots \dfrac {n}{n^{2}+3}=\sum ^{\infty }_{1}\dfrac {n}{n^{2}+3}$ In order integral test can be applied $f\left( x\right) =\dfrac {x}{x^{2}+3} $ must be positive continuous and decreasing for $x>1$ We see that function is positive and continuous $f'\left( x\right) =\dfrac {x^{2}+3-2x^{2}}{\left( x^{2}+3\right) ^{2}}=\dfrac {3-x^{2}}{\left( x^{2}+1\right) } $ the function is decreasing So integral test can be applied $$ \int ^{\infty }_{1}\dfrac {x}{x^{2}+3}=\dfrac {1}{2}\ln \left( x^{2}+3\right) ]^{\infty }_{1}=\infty $$ So the series diverges
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