oo / | | 2*x - 1 | ------- dx | x | 3 | / 1
Integral((2*x - 1)/3^x, (x, 1, oo))
Rewrite the integrand:
Integrate term-by-term:
The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:
Don't know the steps in finding this integral.
But the integral is
So, the result is:
The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:
Let .
Then let and substitute :
The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:
The integral of an exponential function is itself divided by the natural logarithm of the base.
So, the result is:
Now substitute back in:
So, the result is:
The result is:
Now simplify:
Add the constant of integration:
The answer is:
/ | -x -x | 2*x - 1 3 2*3 *(-1 - x*log(3)) | ------- dx = C + ------ + --------------------- | x log(3) 2 | 3 log (3) | /
-(-2 - log(3))
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2
3*log (3)
=
-(-2 - log(3))
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2
3*log (3)
-(-2 - log(3))/(3*log(3)^2)
Use the examples entering the upper and lower limits of integration.