Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Further Techniques and Applications of Integration - 8.4 Improper Integrals - 8.4 Exercises - Page 452: 25

Answer

Divergent

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & \int_{0}^{\infty }{x{{e}^{4x}}}dx \\ & \text{By the definition of improper integrals} \\ & \int_{a}^{\infty }{f\left( x \right)}dx=\underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\int_{a}^{b}{f\left( x \right)}dx \\ & \text{We obtain,} \\ & \int_{0}^{\infty }{x{{e}^{4x}}}dx=\underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\int_{0}^{b}{x{{e}^{4x}}}dx \\ & \text{Integrating }\int{x{{e}^{4x}}dx}\text{ by parts we obtain }\frac{1}{4}x{{e}^{4x}}-\frac{1}{16}{{e}^{4x}}+C \\ & \underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\int_{0}^{b}{x{{e}^{4x}}}dx=\underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ \text{ }\frac{1}{4}x{{e}^{4x}}-\frac{1}{16}{{e}^{4x}} \right]_{0}^{b} \\ & =\underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ \left( \text{ }\frac{1}{4}b{{e}^{bx}}-\frac{1}{16}{{e}^{bx}} \right)-\left( \text{ }\frac{1}{4}0{{e}^{0}}-\frac{1}{16}{{e}^{0}} \right) \right] \\ & =\underset{b\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left[ \left( \text{ }\frac{1}{4}b{{e}^{bx}}-\frac{1}{16}{{e}^{bx}} \right)+\frac{1}{16} \right] \\ & \text{Evaluate when }b\to \infty \\ & =\frac{1}{4}e^{\infty}\left( \text{ } \infty-\frac{1}{4}{} \right)+\frac{1}{16} \\ & =\infty \\ & \text{The improper integral diverges.} \\ & \text{Divergent} \\ \end{align}\]
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