You've established that

so all you need to do is compute the integral. Rewrite the integrand as

and replace

, so that

. Then

By the fundamental theorem of calculus, this evaluates to

and so the series converges.
You also could have used the fact that the series is geometric with common ratio less than 1 to arrive at the same conclusion, with the added perk of being able to find the exact value of the sum to corroborate this.
Answer:
-51/4 is greater
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm guessing you mean f(x)=15,000(9/8)^x. If this is what you mean, the population would increase by about 12,000 (12030.4870605 to be exact).
Step-by-step explanation:
Starting equation: f(x)=15,000(9/8)^x
You can clean up the 9/8 to be 1.125
Now what you want to do is find the answer to (9/8)^5 which is 1.8020324707
Next multiply 1.8020324707 by 15,000 and you get 27030.4870605
Finally 27,030.4870605 - 15,000 gives you 12030.4870605. Which means that the population increased by about 12,000.
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The answer would be 2n^2+3n+ 8n-1