What values of p make \frac{1}{x^\alpha + x^\beta} integrable on (0,\infty)?

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I'm working through some old prelim problems, and one of them has me stumped:

"For [itex]0 < \alpha < \beta < \infty[/itex], for which positive real numbers [itex]p[/itex] do we have

[tex] \frac{1}{x^\alpha + x^\beta} \in L^p (0,\infty)[/tex]
 
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Analyze separately how it behaves near 0 and near infinity.