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Ch. 5 - Integration
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.2.55d

Properties of integrals Consider two functions ƒ and g on [1,6] such that ∫₁⁶ƒ(𝓍) d𝓍 = 10 and ∫₁⁶g(𝓍) d𝓍 = 5, ∫₄⁶ƒ(𝓍) d𝓍 = 5 , and ∫₁⁴g(𝓍) d𝓍 = 2. Evaluate the following integrals.


(d) ∫₄⁶ (g(𝓍) ― f(𝓍) d𝓍

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Step 1: Recall the linearity property of definite integrals, which states that the integral of a difference of two functions is the difference of their integrals. Mathematically, ∫ₐᵇ (g(𝓍) - f(𝓍)) d𝓍 = ∫ₐᵇ g(𝓍) d𝓍 - ∫ₐᵇ f(𝓍) d𝓍.
Step 2: Identify the interval of integration for the given problem, which is [4,6]. This means we need to compute ∫₄⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 and ∫₄⁶ f(𝓍) d𝓍 separately.
Step 3: Use the additive property of integrals to find ∫₄⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍. Since ∫₁⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 = 5 and ∫₁⁴ g(𝓍) d𝓍 = 2, we can calculate ∫₄⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 as ∫₁⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 - ∫₁⁴ g(𝓍) d𝓍. Substitute the given values: ∫₄⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 = 5 - 2.
Step 4: The value of ∫₄⁶ f(𝓍) d𝓍 is already provided in the problem as 5. This simplifies the computation.
Step 5: Substitute the results into the formula from Step 1: ∫₄⁶ (g(𝓍) - f(𝓍)) d𝓍 = ∫₄⁶ g(𝓍) d𝓍 - ∫₄⁶ f(𝓍) d𝓍. Use the values obtained in Steps 3 and 4 to complete the calculation.

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