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 365: 30

Answer

(a)$\frac{df}{dx}=28x -1 $ (b)$\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= \int df= f(x)=14{x^2}-x+C$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=14x^2-x+15$ (a) $\frac{df}{dx}=\frac{d(14x^2-x+15)}{dx}$ $\frac{df}{dx}=\frac{d(14x^2)}{dx} -\frac{d(x)}{dx}+\frac{d(15)}{dx} $ $\frac{df}{dx}=14\frac{d(x^2)}{dx} -\frac{d(x)}{dx}+\frac{d(15)}{dx} $ $\frac{df}{dx}=14(2x) -1+0 $ $\frac{df}{dx}=28x -1 $ (b) $\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= \int (28x-1)dx$ $\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= 28\int x dx-\int dx$ $\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= 28 (\frac{x^2}{2})-x+C$ $\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= 14{x^2}-x+C$ $\int \frac{df}{dx} dx= \int df= f(x)=14{x^2}-x+C$
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