Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.8 - Improper Integrals - Exercises 8.8 - Page 501: 32

Answer

$$4$$

Work Step by Step

\begin{align*} \int_{0}^{2} \frac{d x}{\sqrt{|x-1|}}&=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{d x}{\sqrt{1-x}}+\int_{1}^{2} \frac{d x}{\sqrt{x-1}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{-}}\int_{0}^{b} \frac{d x}{\sqrt{1-x}}+\lim _{c \rightarrow 1^{+}}\int_{b}^{2} \frac{d x}{\sqrt{x-1}}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{-}}[-2 \sqrt{1-x}]\bigg|_{0}^{b}+\lim _{c \rightarrow 1^{+}}[2 \sqrt{x-1}]\bigg|_{c}^{2}\\ &=\lim _{b \rightarrow 1^{-}}[(-2 \sqrt{1-b})-(-2 \sqrt{1-0})]+\lim _{c \rightarrow 1^{+}}[2 \sqrt{2-1}-(2 \sqrt{c-1})]\\ &=0+2+2-0=4 \end{align*}
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