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#1 2012-07-27 05:48:06
- William F
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Definite Integration
Hi All,
I'm working on an integration problem and I'm not certain how to approach it:
What I've been attempting so far is to distribute the x squared:
I end up with:
Is this correct? If not how should I approach this?
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#2 2012-07-27 06:02:56
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Definite Integration
You integrated correctly, but you didn't subse -1 correctly into the expression you got. It should be 0-(-1/3+1/4) which is 0-(-1/12)=1/12.
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#3 2012-07-27 06:12:10
- William F
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Re: Definite Integration
Excellent. A second set of eyes paid off. Thanks!
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#4 2012-07-27 06:17:09
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Definite Integration
You're welcome.
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