Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.8 - Improper Integrals - Exercises 8.8 - Page 501: 21

Answer

$$-1$$

Work Step by Step

$$\int_{-\infty}^{0} \theta e^{\theta} d \theta$$ Let \begin{align*} u&=\theta \ \ \ \ \ \ dv= e^{\theta }d\theta\\ u&=d\theta \ \ \ \ \ \ v= e^{\theta } \end{align*} Then by parts, we get \begin{align*} \int_{-\infty}^{0} \theta e^{\theta} d \theta&=\lim _{b \rightarrow-\infty}\left[\theta e^{\theta}-e^{\theta}\right]_{b}^{0}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow-\infty}\left[\left(0 \cdot e^{0}-e^{0}\right)-\left(b e^{b}-e^{b}\right)\right]\\ &=-1-\lim _{b \rightarrow-\infty}\left(\frac{b-1}{e^{-b}}\right)\\ &=-1-\lim _{b \rightarrow-\infty}\left(\frac{1}{-e^{-b}}\right)\\ &=-1 \end{align*}
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