Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Integration Techniques - 7.8 Improper Integrals - 7.8 Exercises - Page 578: 3

Answer

$$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to {0^ + }} \int_b^1 {\frac{1}{{\sqrt x }}dx} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int_0^1 {{x^{ - 1/2}}dx} \cr & {\text{The integrand }}{x^{ - 1/2}}{\text{ can be written as }}\frac{1}{{{x^{1/2}}}},{\text{ it is not defined for}} \cr & x = 0,{\text{ then we must rewrite this value of the interval, note that}} \cr & {\text{the upper limit is 1, the values are approaching to 0 to the right, }} \cr & {\text{then }}\int_0^1 {{x^{ - 1/2}}dx} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to {0^ + }} \int_b^1 {\frac{1}{{{x^{1/2}}}}dx} \cr & {\text{ }} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{b \to {0^ + }} \int_b^1 {\frac{1}{{\sqrt x }}dx} \cr} $$
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