Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.8 - Improper Integrals - Exercises 8.8 - Page 501: 18

Answer

$$\frac{\pi}{2} $$

Work Step by Step

\begin{align*} \int_{1}^{\infty} \frac{d x}{x \sqrt{x^{2}-1}}&=\int_{1}^{2} \frac{d x}{x \sqrt{x^{2}-1}}+\int_{2}^{\infty} \frac{d x}{x \sqrt{x^{2}-1}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{+}} \int_{b}^{2} \frac{d x}{x \sqrt{x^{2}-1}}+\lim _{c \rightarrow \infty} \int_{2}^{c} \frac{d x}{x \sqrt{x^{2}-1}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{+}}\left[\sec ^{-1}|x|\right]_{b}^{2}+\left.\lim _{c \rightarrow \infty}\left[\sec ^{-1} | x\right]\right|_{2} ^{c}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{+}}\left(\sec ^{-1} 2-\sec ^{-1} b\right)+\lim _{c \rightarrow \infty}\left(\sec ^{-1} c-\sec ^{-1} 2\right)\\ &=\left(\frac{\pi}{3}-0\right)+\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\pi}{3}\right)\\ &=\frac{\pi}{2} \end{align*}
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