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The document discusses the application of the Integral Test to determine the convergence of a specific series. It verifies the necessary conditions for the test, showing that the series terms are positive and decreasing. The integral computed is convergent, leading to the conclusion that the series is also convergent.

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3 Solved Problem No. 3 - Integral Test

The document discusses the application of the Integral Test to determine the convergence of a specific series. It verifies the necessary conditions for the test, showing that the series terms are positive and decreasing. The integral computed is convergent, leading to the conclusion that the series is also convergent.

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2/10/25, 9:05 PM Calculus II - Integral Test

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Section 10.6 : Integral Test - Practice Problems Solutions


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SOLVED PROBLEMS - INTEGRAL TEST
3. Determine if the following series converges or diverges.
∞
1
∑
3
n=2
(2n + 7)

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Okay, prior to using the Integral Test on this series we first need to verify that we can in fact
use the Integral Test!

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The series terms are,

1
an =
3
(2n + 7)

We can clearly see that for the range of n in the series the terms are positive and so that
condition is met.

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In this case because there is only one n in the denominator and because all the terms in the
denominator are positive it is (hopefully) clear that,

1 1
an = > = an+1
3 3
(2n + 7) (2 (n + 1) + 7)

and so the series terms are decreasing.

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Okay, we now know that both of the conditions required for us to use the Integral Test have
been verified we can proceed with the Integral Test.

It is very important to always check the conditions for a particular series test prior to actually
using the test. One of the biggest mistakes that many students make with the series test is
using a test on a series that don’t meet the conditions for the test and getting the wrong
answer because of that!

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Now, let’s compute the integral for the test.

t
∞ t ∣
1 1 1 1
∣
∫ dx = lim ∫ dx = lim (− )∣
3 3 2
t→∞ t→∞ 4
2 (2x + 7) 2 (2x + 7) (2x + 7) ∣
2

1 1 1 1 1
= lim (− + ) =
2 2
t→∞ 4 4 484
(2t + 7) (11)

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Okay, the integral from the last step is a convergent integral and so by the Integral Test the
series must also be a convergent series.

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