Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 5 - Accumulating Change: Limits of Sums and the Definite Integral - 5.4 Activities - Page 364: 27

Answer

a) $\int f(x)dx= -\frac{25}{3} x^{-3}+C$ b) $\frac{d (\int f(x)dx)}{dx}= \frac{25}{x^4}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=\frac{25}{x^4}$ $(a)\int f(x)dx= \int \frac{25}{x^4}dx$ $\int f(x)dx= 25\int x^{-4}dx$ $\int f(x)dx= 25(\frac{x^{-4+1}}{-4+1})+C$ $\int f(x)dx= 25(\frac{x^{-3}}{-3})+C$ $\int f(x)dx= -\frac{25}{3} x^{-3}+C$ (b) $\frac{d (\int f(x)dx)}{dx}$ = $\frac{d( -\frac{25}{3}x^{-3}+C)}{dx}$ = $\frac{d(-\frac{25}{3}x^{-3})}{dx}+\frac{d(C)}{dx}$ =$ -\frac{25}{3} \frac{d( x^{-3})}{dx}+0$ =$-\frac{25}{3}(-3x^{-4})$ = $25x^{-4}=\frac{25}{x^{4}}$
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