Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Areas Between Curves - 6.1 Exercises - Page 435: 32

Answer

$\frac{1}{6}$

Work Step by Step

At first we need to calculate the intersection point. The area is indicated by the yellow line. Given that, $y=\frac{ln x}{x}$ $,$ $y=\frac{(ln x)^2}{x}$ So, $ \frac{ln x}{x} = \frac{(ln x)^{2}}{x} $ $ln x = (ln x)^2$ $ 0 = (ln x)^2 - ln x $ $ 0 = lnx(lnx -1) $ $ lnx =$ $0$ or $1 $ $x=$ $e^0$ $ $ or $e^1$ $ $ $[1 $ or $ e]$ Now, $A = \int_{1}^{e}[\frac{ln x}{x} - \frac{(lnx)^2}{x}]dx $ $ = [\frac{1}{2}(lnx)^2 - \frac{1}{3}(ln x)^3]_{1}^{e}$ $= (\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3})-(0-0)$ $=\frac{1}{6}$
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