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Calculus Early Transcendentals

James Stewart

Chapter 6

Applications of Integration - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Areas Between Curves

08:08

Problem 1

Use the given graph of $f$ to find the Riemann sum with six subintervals. Take the sample points to be (a) left endpoints and (b) midpoints. In each case draw a diagram and explain what the Riemann sum represents.

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Problem 2

(a) Evaluate the Riemann sum for
$$f(x)=x^{2}-x \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2$$
with four subintervals, taking the sample points to be right endpoints. Explain, with the aid of a diagram, what the Rie- mann sum represents.
(b) Use the definition of a definite integral (with right end-points) to calculate the value of the integral
$$\int_{0}^{2}\left(x^{2}-x\right) d x$$
(c) Use the Fundamental Theorem to check your answer to part (b).
(d) Draw a diagram to explain the geometric meaning of the integral in part (b).

Suzanne W.
Suzanne W.
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05:49

Problem 3

Evaluate
$$\int_{0}^{1}\left(x+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}\right) d x$$
by interpreting it in terms of areas.

Vipender Yadav
Vipender Yadav
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02:26

Problem 4

Express
$$\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{i=1}^{n} \sin x_{i} \Delta x$$
as a definite integral on the interval $[0, \pi]$ and then evaluate the integral.

William Semus
William Semus
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02:13

Problem 5

If $\int_{0}^{6} f(x) d x=10$ and $\int_{0}^{4} f(x) d x=7,$ find $\int_{4}^{8} f(x) d x$

Gregory Higby
Gregory Higby
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Problem 6

(a) Write $\int_{1}^{5}\left(x+2 x^{5}\right) d x$ as a limit of Riemann sums, taking the sample points to be right endpoints. Use a computer algebra system to evaluate the sum and to compute the limit.
(b) Use the Fundamental Theorem to check your answer to part (a).

Suzanne W.
Suzanne W.
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00:55

Problem 7

The following figure shows the graphs of $f, f^{\prime},$ and $\int_{0}^{x} f(t) d t$ Identify each graph, and explain your choices.

R M
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Problem 8

Evaluate:
(a) $\int_{0}^{1} \frac{d}{d x}\left(e^{\arctan x}\right) d x$ (b) $\frac{d}{d x} \int_{0}^{1} e^{\arctan x} d x$ (c) $\frac{d}{d x} \int_{0}^{x} e^{\arctan t} d t$

Victor Salazar
Victor Salazar
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03:44

Problem 9

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{1}^{2}\left(8 x^{3}+3 x^{2}\right) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:31

Problem 10

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{T}\left(x^{4}-8 x+7\right) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:57

Problem 11

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1}\left(1-x^{9}\right) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:39

Problem 12

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1}(1-x)^{9} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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05:15

Problem 13

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{1}^{9} \frac{\sqrt{u}-2 u^{2}}{u} d u$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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08:29

Problem 14

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1}(\sqrt[4]{u}+1)^{2} d u$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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05:19

Problem 15

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1} y\left(y^{2}+1\right)^{5} d y$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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06:43

Problem 16

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{2} y^{2} \sqrt{1+y^{3}} d y$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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00:49

Problem 17

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{1}^{5} \frac{d t}{(t-4)^{2}}$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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05:20

Problem 18

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1} \sin (3 \pi t) d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:11

Problem 19

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1} v^{2} \cos \left(v^{3}\right) d v$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:34

Problem 20

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{-1}^{1} \frac{\sin x}{1+x^{2}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:25

Problem 21

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{-\pi / 4}^{\pi / 4} \frac{t^{4} \tan t}{2+\cos t} d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:43

Problem 22

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{e^{x}}{1+e^{2 x}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:09

Problem 23

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int\left(\frac{1-x}{x}\right)^{2} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:09

Problem 24

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{1}^{10} \frac{x}{x^{2}-4} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:10

Problem 25

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{x+2}{\sqrt{x^{2}+4 x}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:45

Problem 26

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{\csc ^{2} x}{1+\cot x} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:31

Problem 27

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \sin \pi t \cos \pi t d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:42

Problem 28

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \sin x \cos (\cos x) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:12

Problem 29

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{e^{\sqrt{x}}}{\sqrt{x}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:12

Problem 30

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{\cos (\ln x)}{x} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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04:47

Problem 31

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \tan x \ln (\cos x) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:07

Problem 32

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x^{4}}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:26

Problem 33

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{x^{3}}{1+x^{4}} d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:23

Problem 34

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \sinh (1+4 x) d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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01:50

Problem 35

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int \frac{\sec \theta \tan \theta}{1+\sec \theta} d \theta$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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03:36

Problem 36

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{\pi / 4}(1+\tan t)^{3} \sec ^{2} t d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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05:28

Problem 37

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{3}\left|x^{2}-4\right| d x$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:26

Problem 38

$9-38$ Evaluate the integral.
$$\int_{0}^{4}|\sqrt{x}-1| d x$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:12

Problem 39

$39-40$ Evaluate the indefinite integral. Illustrate and check that your answer is reasonable by graphing both the function and its antiderivative (take $C=0 )$
$$\int \frac{\cos x}{\sqrt{1+\sin x}} d x$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:36

Problem 40

$39-40$ Evaluate the indefinite integral. Illustrate and check that your answer is reasonable by graphing both the function and its antiderivative (take $C=0 )$
$$\int \frac{x^{3}}{\sqrt{x^{2}+1}} d$$

Linda Hand
Linda Hand
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05:15

Problem 41

Use a graph to give a rough estimate of the area of the region that lies under the curve $y=x \sqrt{x}, 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 4 .$ Then find the exact area.

Jackson Henningfield
Jackson Henningfield
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03:17

Problem 42

Graph the function $f(x)=\cos ^{2} x \sin x$ and use the graph to guess the value of the integral $\int_{0}^{2 \pi} f(x) d x .$ Then evaluate the integral to confirm your guess.

Uma Kumari
Uma Kumari
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01:25

Problem 43

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$F(x)=\int_{0}^{x} \frac{t^{2}}{1+t^{3}} d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:12

Problem 44

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$F(x)=\int_{x}^{1} \sqrt{t+\sin t} d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:09

Problem 45

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$g(x)=\int_{0}^{x^{4}} \cos \left(t^{2}\right) d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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02:00

Problem 46

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$g(x)=\int_{1}^{\sin x} \frac{1-t^{2}}{1+t^{4}} d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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05:42

Problem 47

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$y=\int_{\sqrt{x}}^{x} \frac{e^{t}}{t} d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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05:36

Problem 48

$43-48$ Find the derivative of the function.
$$y=\int_{2 x}^{3 x+1} \sin \left(t^{4}\right) d t$$

Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
Kumareshwaran Rathinasabapathy
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01:58

Problem 49

$49-50$ Use Property 8 of integrals to estimate the value of the integral.
$$\int_{1}^{3} \sqrt{x^{2}+3} d x$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:58

Problem 50

$49-50$ Use Property 8 of integrals to estimate the value of the integral.
$$\int_{3}^{5} \frac{1}{x+1} d x$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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00:53

Problem 51

$51-54$ Use the properties of integrals to verify the inequality.
$$\int_{0}^{1} x^{2} \cos x d x \leqslant \frac{1}{3}$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:15

Problem 52

$51-54$ Use the properties of integrals to verify the inequality.
$$\int_{\pi / 4}^{\pi / 2} \frac{\sin x}{x} d x \leqslant \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:18

Problem 53

$51-54$ Use the properties of integrals to verify the inequality.
$$\int_{0}^{1} e^{x} \cos x d x \leqslant e-1$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:15

Problem 54

$51-54$ Use the properties of integrals to verify the inequality.
$$\int_{0}^{1} x \sin ^{-1} x d x \leqslant \pi / 4$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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06:01

Problem 55

Use the Midpoint Rule with $n=6$ to approximate $\int_{0}^{3} \sin \left(x^{3}\right) d x$

Gabrielle Lee
Gabrielle Lee
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02:25

Problem 56

A particle moves along a line with velocity function $v(t)=t^{2}-t,$ where $v$ is measured in meters per second. Find (a) the displacement and (b) the distance traveled by the particle during the time interval $[0,5] .$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:42

Problem 57

Let $r(t)$ be the rate at which the world's oil is consumed, where $t$ is measured in years starting at $t=0$ on January $1,2000,$ and $r(t)$ is measured in barrels per year. What does $\int_{0}^{8} r(t) d t$ represent?

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:12

Problem 58

A radar gun was used to record the speed of a runner at the times given in the table. Use the Midpoint Rule to estimate the distance the runner covered during those 5 seconds.

Yuou Sun
Yuou Sun
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03:24

Problem 59

A population of honeybees increased at a rate of $r(t)$ bees per week, where the graph of $r$ is as shown. Use the Midpoint Rule with six subintervals to estimate the increase in the bee population during the first 24 weeks.

Harmender Singh Yadav
Harmender Singh Yadav
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01:57

Problem 60

Let
$$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{-x-1} & {\text { if }-3 \leq x \leqslant 0} \\ {-\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} & {\text { if } 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1}\end{array}\right.$$
Evaluate $\int_{-3}^{1} f(x) d x$ by interpreting the integral as a difference of areas.

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:09

Problem 61

If $f$ is continuous and $\int_{0}^{2} f(x) d x=6,$ evaluate $\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(2 \sin \theta) \cos \theta d \theta.$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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03:22

Problem 62

The Fresnel function $S(x)=\int_{0}^{x} \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \pi t^{2}\right) d t$ was introduced in Section $5.3 .$ Fresnel also used the function
$$C(x)=\int_{0}^{x} \cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \pi t^{2}\right) d t$$
in his theory of the diffraction of light waves.
(a) On what intervals is $C$ increasing?
(b) On what intervals is $C$ concreave upward?
(c) Use a graph to solve the following equation correct to two decimal places:
$$\int_{0}^{x} \cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \pi t^{2}\right) d t=0.7$$
(d) Plot the graphs of $C$ and $S$ on the same screen. How are these graphs related?

Amany Waheeb
Amany Waheeb
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01:43

Problem 63

Estimate the value of the number $c$ such that the area under the curve $y=\sinh c x$ between $x=0$ and $x=1$ is equal to $1 .$

Eric Mockensturm
Eric Mockensturm
Numerade Educator
01:17

Problem 64

Suppose that the temperature in a long, thin rod placed along the $x$ -axis is initially $C /(2 a)$ if $|x| \leqslant a$ and 0 if $|x|>a$ . It can be shown that if the heat diffusivity of the rod is $k$ , then the temperature of the rod at the point $x$ at time $t$ is
$$T(x, t)=\frac{C}{a \sqrt{4 \pi k t}} \int_{0}^{a} e^{-(x-w)^{2} /(4 k n} d u$$
To find the temperature distribution that results from an initial hot spot concentrated at the origin, we need to compute
$$\lim _{a \rightarrow 0} T(x, t)$$
Use l'Hospital's Rule to find this limit.

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:26

Problem 65

If $f$ is a continuous function such that
$$\int_{1}^{x} f(t) d t=(x-1) e^{2 x}+\int_{1}^{x} e^{-t} f(t) d t$$
for all $x,$ find an explicit formula for $f(x)$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
Numerade Educator
01:01

Problem 66

Suppose $h$ is a function such that $h(1)=-2, h^{\prime}(1)=2$ $h^{\prime \prime}(1)=3, h(2)=6, h^{\prime}(2)=5, h^{\prime \prime}(2)=13,$ and $h^{\prime \prime}$ is continuous everywhere. Evaluate $\int_{1}^{2} h^{\prime \prime}(u) d u$

Anurag Kumar
Anurag Kumar
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01:03

Problem 67

If $f^{\prime}$ is continuous on $[a, b],$ show that
$$2 \int_{a}^{b} f(x) f^{\prime}(x) d x=[f(b)]^{2}-[f(a)]^{2}$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
Numerade Educator
01:08

Problem 68

Find $\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{h} \int_{2}^{2+h} \sqrt{1+t^{3}} d t.$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:14

Problem 69

If $f$ is continuous on $[0,1],$ prove that
$$\int_{0}^{1} f(x) d x=\int_{0}^{1} f(1-x) d x$$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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01:54

Problem 70

Evaluate
$$\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{n}\left[\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)^{9}+\left(\frac{2}{n}\right)^{9}+\left(\frac{3}{n}\right)^{9}+\cdots+\left(\frac{n}{n}\right)^{9}\right]$$

Lucas Finney
Lucas Finney
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01:43

Problem 71

Suppose $f$ is continuous, $f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f^{\prime}(x)>0,$ and $\int_{0}^{1} f(x) d x=\frac{1}{3} .$ Find the value of the integral $\int_{0}^{1} f^{-1}(y) d y$

Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta
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