Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.8 - Improper Integrals - Exercises 8.8 - Page 501: 15

Answer

$$\sqrt{3}$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{\theta+1}{\sqrt{\theta^{2}+2 \theta}} d \theta $$ Let $u=\theta^{2}+2 \theta \ \to d u=2(\theta+1) d \theta $ and at $\theta = 0\to u=0$, $\theta = 1\to u=3$, then \begin{align*} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{\theta+1}{\sqrt{\theta^{2}+2 \theta}} d \theta &=\int_{0}^{3} \frac{d u}{2 \sqrt{u}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 0^{+}} \int_{b}^{3} \frac{d u}{2 \sqrt{u}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 0^{+}}[\sqrt{u}]_{b}^{3}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 0^{+}}(\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{b})\\ &=\sqrt{3}-0=\sqrt{3} \end{align*}
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