University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.7 - Improper Integrals - Exercises - Page 471: 12

Answer

$\ln 3$

Work Step by Step

Since, we have $ \int_2^{\infty} \dfrac{2 dt}{t^2-1}=\int_2^{\infty} \dfrac{2 dt}{(t-1)(t+1)}$ or, $=\int_2^{\infty} \dfrac{1}{(t-1)}-\int_2^{\infty} \dfrac{1t}{(t+1)} dt$ or, $=\lim\limits_{a \to \infty} [\ln |\dfrac{t-1}{t+1}|]_2^{\infty} $ and $ \lim\limits_{a \to \infty} [\ln |\dfrac{t-1}{t+1}|]_2^{\infty}=\lim\limits_{a \to \infty} [\ln |\dfrac{1-1/t}{1+1/t}|]_2^{\infty}-\ln (1/3) $ or, $=\ln 3$
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