Quiz 8.7 Part B:


Question:

Determine if \( \int \limits _5 ^\infty \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}}dx \) converges or diverges.


Solution:

Using DCT:

\( \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}} \) and \( \frac{1}{x^3} \) are ctn. on \( [5,\infty) \)

And \( 0 \leq \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}} \leq \frac{1}{x^3} \) on \( [5,\infty) \)

And \( \int \limits _5 ^\infty \frac{1}{x^3}dx \) converges \( p=3 >1 \)

Therefore, \( \int \limits _5 ^\infty \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}} \) converges by DCT


Using LCT:

\( \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}} \) and \( \frac{1}{x^3} \) are ctn. and pos. \( [5,\infty) \)

And \( \lim \limits _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}}}{\frac{1}{x^3}} = \lim \limits _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{x^5}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}}=\lim \limits _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+\frac{5}{x^{10}}}}=1 \)

Since \( 0 < 1 < \infty \), and \( \int \limits _5 ^\infty \frac{1}{x^3}dx \) converges \( p=3 >1 \)

\( \int \limits _5 ^\infty \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^{10}+5}} \) converges by LCT

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