Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - The Definite Integral - 5.2 Exercises - Page 390: 63

Answer

$0 \leq \int_{0}^{2} x~e^{-x}~dx \leq \frac{2}{e}$

Work Step by Step

On the interval $0 \leq x \leq 2$: $0 \leq x~e^{-x} \leq \frac{1}{e}$ Therefore, by Property 8: $0(2-0) \leq \int_{0}^{2} x~e^{-x}~dx \leq \frac{1}{e}(2-0)$ $0 \leq \int_{0}^{2} x~e^{-x}~dx \leq \frac{2}{e}$
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