Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 6 - Review - Exercises - Page 467: 31

Answer

$$\frac{4}{\pi }$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let }}f\left( t \right) = {\sec ^2}t,{\text{ on }}\underbrace {\left[ {0,\frac{\pi }{4}} \right]}_{\left[ {a,b} \right]} \cr & {\text{The average value of }}f{\text{ on the interval }}\left[ {a,b} \right]{\text{ is}} \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{1}{{b - a}}\int_a^b {f\left( t \right)} dt \cr & {\text{Therefore,}} \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{1}{{\pi /4 - 0}}\int_0^{\pi /4} {{{\sec }^2}t} dt \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{4}{\pi }\int_0^{\pi /4} {{{\sec }^2}t} dt \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{4}{\pi }\left[ {\tan t} \right]_0^{\pi /4} \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{4}{\pi }\left[ {\tan \left( {\frac{\pi }{4}} \right) - 0} \right] \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{4}{\pi }\left( {1 - 0} \right) \cr & {f_{{\text{ave}}}} = \frac{4}{\pi } \cr} $$
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