Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.8 - Improper Integrals - 7.8 Exercises - Page 536: 76

Answer

Suppose that $a\lt b$ $$ \begin{aligned} & \int_{-\infty}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty} \int_{a}^{u} f(x) d x \\ & \quad=\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty}\left[\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{u} f(x) d x\right] \\ &\quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty} \int_{b}^{u} f(x) d x \\ &\quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty}\left[\int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x\right]+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad=\int_{-\infty}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \end{aligned} $$ Therefore, $$ \int_{-\infty}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{\infty} f(x) d x =\int_{-\infty}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x $$

Work Step by Step

Suppose that $a\lt b$ $$ \begin{aligned} & \int_{-\infty}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty} \int_{a}^{u} f(x) d x \\ & \quad=\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty}\left[\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{u} f(x) d x\right] \\ &\quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x+\lim _{u \rightarrow \infty} \int_{b}^{u} f(x) d x \\ &\quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty}\left[\int_{t}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{b} f(x) d x\right]+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad =\lim _{t \rightarrow-\infty} \int_{t}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \\ & \quad=\int_{-\infty}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x \end{aligned} $$ Therefore, $$ \int_{-\infty}^{a} f(x) d x+\int_{a}^{\infty} f(x) d x =\int_{-\infty}^{b} f(x) d x+\int_{b}^{\infty} f(x) d x $$
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