Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.1 - Integration by Parts - 7.1 Exercises - Page 478: 71

Answer

Using integration by parts and the conditions $f(1)=2 , f(4)=7, f'(1)=5 , f'(4)=3$ we find that $$\int_1^4{xf''(x)dx}=2$$

Work Step by Step

Since $f''(x)$ is continuous we can solve $\int_1^4{xf''(x)dx}$ by parts using the formula $$A=uv-\int{vdu}$$ Putting $u=x$ and $dv=f''(x)dx$ then $$A=[xf'(x)]_{1}^{4}-\int_1^4{f'(x)dx}$$ solving the second term $$A=[xf'(x)]_{1}^{4}-[f(x)]_{1}^{4}$$ since $f(1)=2 , f(4)=7, f'(1)=5 , f'(4)=3$ then $$A=4*3-1*5-(7-2)=2$$
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