Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 13 - Section 13.1 - The Indefinite Integral - Exercises - Page 961: 93

Answer

What the student did is $\displaystyle \int f(x)\cdot g(x)dx=\int f(x)dx\cdot\int g(x)dx$, $(\quad f(x)=4,\quad g(x)=e^{x}-2x\quad)$ which is wrong (the integral of a product is NOT the product of integrals). Correct answer:$\qquad 4(e^{x}-x^{2})+C$

Work Step by Step

What the student did is $\displaystyle \int f(x)\cdot g(x)dx=\int f(x)dx\cdot\int g(x)dx$ which is wrong. $(\quad f(x)=4,\quad g(x)=e^{x}-x^{2}\quad)$ How it should have been done is: $\displaystyle \int 4(e^{x}-2x)dx=4\int e^{x}dx-4\int 2xdx$ $=4\displaystyle \int e^{x}dx-8\int xdx$ $=4e^{x}-8\displaystyle \cdot\frac{x^{2}}{2}+C$ $=4e^{x}-4x^{2}+C$ $=4(e^{x}-x^{2})+C$
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