Is $\int_0^{\infty} \frac{t^4}{1+t^6} dt$ convergent?

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Question: Is $\int_0^{\infty} \frac{t^4}{1+t^6} dt$ convergent?

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Hint. A potential problem is as $ t \to \infty$, but one may observe that $$ 0\le\frac{t^4}{1+t^6}\le \frac{1}{t^2}, \qquad t\ge1, $$ giving the convergence of the given integral by comparison to a Riemann integral $$ \int_1^\infty \frac{dt}{t^\alpha}<\infty,\qquad \alpha>1. $$