Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Integration - 5.4 Working with Integrals - 5.4 Exercises - Page 382: 37

Answer

\[x=\frac{a}{\sqrt{3}}\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & f\left( x \right)=1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\text{ on }\left[ 0,a \right],\text{ }a\text{ is a positive real number} \\ & \text{The average is given by} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{b-a}\int_{a}^{b}{f\left( x \right)dx} \\ & \text{Therefore,} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{a-0}\int_{0}^{a}{\left( 1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}} \right)dx} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{a}\int_{0}^{a}{\left( 1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}} \right)dx} \\ & \text{Integrating} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{a}\left[ x-\frac{{{x}^{3}}}{3{{a}^{2}}} \right]_{0}^{a} \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{a}\left[ a-\frac{{{a}^{3}}}{3{{a}^{2}}} \right]-\frac{1}{a}\left[ 0-\frac{{{0}^{3}}}{3{{a}^{2}}} \right] \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{1}{a}\left[ a-\frac{a}{3} \right] \\ & {{f}_{avg}}=\frac{2}{3} \\ & \text{The point at which the given function equals its average value is} \\ & 1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{2}{3} \\ & \text{Solve for }x \\ & \frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=1-\frac{2}{3} \\ & \frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{1}{3} \\ & {{x}^{2}}=\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{3} \\ & x=\pm \frac{a}{\sqrt{3}} \\ & a\text{ is a positive real number},\text{ then} \\ & x=\frac{a}{\sqrt{3}} \\ \end{align}\]
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