Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Answer
The integrand is a constant multiple of the function . We know that
diverges because 0.2 < 1,
and we know that
diverges because changing the lower limit of integration doesn't change whether the integral converges or diverges.
This means the integral
diverges.
Example 2
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Answer
Since -1 < sin x < 1, we know
Since
diverges, the integral
also diverges. Since the original integrand
is greater than , the original integral
also diverges.
Example 3
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Answer
If we make the denominator smaller we make the fraction bigger, so
Since we know
converges, the integral with smaller integrand,
also converges.
Example 4
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Hint
for x > 1, we know sin x < x and )
Answer
Since the integrand looks sort of like , we're going to guess this integral diverges. To show divergence for certain, we need to find a function that is less than
whose integral diverges. Following the first hint, let's make the denominator bigger (and the function smaller) by replacing sin x with x:
Now following the second hint, make the denominator bigger again (and the function smaller again) by replacing square root with x:
We know that
diverges. Since
is a constant multiple of , this means
diverges also. Finally, we conclude
diverges.
Example 5
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Answer
For x > 1 we know that sin x < x2. This means
0 <
Since
converges, so does
and therefore so does
Example 6
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?
Answer
While we can't integrate this integral exactly, for x > 1 we know that x2 > x. This means
0 <
Since
converges, so does
Example 7
Determine if the integral converges or diverges. What integral are you using for comparison in each case?