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ivanradoszyce

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I came across this problem from the Cambridge Ex 2 book, the Mechanics section.

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Part (d) has me scratching my head. Obviously cannot be 1. This results in an improper integral.

From part (c)



I can't determine what the terminal would be if I performed the integration. I thought the upper
terminal could be 3/2 before applying a substitution of . However that doesn't achieve the desired result. So I'm confused. The answer indicates

Any help appreciated.
 

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Thanks tywebb, that's exactly what I got. I appears the answer at the end of the text is incorrect. Frustrating to say the least.
 

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