University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Section 15.2 - Vector Fields and Line Integrals: Work, Circulation, and Flux - Exercises - Page 838: 13

Answer

$\dfrac{-15}{2}$

Work Step by Step

As we are given that $x=t$ thus, $dx=dt$ Now, $\int_C (x-y) dx=\int_0^3 [t-(2t+1) ] dt=\int_0^3 [t-2t-1) ] dt$ or, $=[\dfrac{-t^2}{2}-t]_0^3$ or, $=\dfrac{-9}{2}-3$ or, $=\dfrac{-15}{2}$
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