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Example Questions
Example Question #51 : Interpretations And Properties Of Definite Integrals
Given that and , find the value of the following expression:
First, simplifying the given's gives us
And
Our goal is to get the given expression into terms of these two integrals. Our first step will be to try and get a from our expression.
First note,
And for the third term,
Putting these facts together, we can rewrite the original expression as
Rearranging,
The three terms in parentheses can all be brought together, as the top limit of the previous integral matches the bottom limit of the next integral. Thus, we now have
Substituting in our given's, this simplifies to
Example Question #171 : Integrals
Evaluate the definite integral
Here we are using several basic properties of definite integrals as well as the fundamental theorem of calculus.
First, you can pull coefficients out to the front of integrals.
Second, we notice that our lower bound is bigger than our upper bound. You can switch the upper and lower bounds if you also switch the sign.
Lastly, our integral "distributes" over addition and subtraction. That means you can split the integral by each term and integrate each term separately.
Now we integrate and calculate using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Example Question #821 : Ap Calculus Ab
Solve:
None of the other answers
Rather than solve each integral independently, we can use the property of linearity to add the integrals together:
The integrals were solved using the following rule:
Finally, we evaluate the definite integral by evaluating the answer at the upper bound and subtracting the answer evaluated at the lower bound:
Example Question #1 : Finding Specific Antiderivatives Using Initial Conditions, Including Applications To Motion Along A Line
A particle is moving in a straight path with a constant initial velocity. The particle is then subjected to a force causing a time-dependent acceleration given as a function of time:
After 10 seconds, the particle has a velocity equal to meters-per-second. Find the initial velocity in terms of the constants , and
Units are all in S.I. (meters, seconds, meters-per-second, etc.)
Begin by finding the velocity function by integrating the acceleration function.
We use as the constant of integration since the function is a velocity and at initially, at , the velocity is equals the constant of integration.
At seconds we are told the velocity is equal to .
Example Question #1 : Finding Specific Antiderivatives Using Initial Conditions, Including Applications To Motion Along A Line
Find the average value of the function on the interval
The average value of a function on a given interval is given by the following function:
Now, let's simply input our values and function in:
Example Question #1 : Finding Specific Antiderivatives Using Initial Conditions, Including Applications To Motion Along A Line
Determine the position function for a particle whose velocity is given by the equation
and whose initial position is 10.
The position function describing any object is the antiderivative of the velocity function (in other words, velocity is the derivative of position).
So, we first integrate the velocity function:
The following rule was used for integration:
Now, to determine the constant of integration, we use our initial condition given,
Plugging this into our function, we get
Our final answer is
Example Question #171 : Integrals
The function describing the acceleration of a spacecraft with respect to time is
Determine the function describing the position of a spacecraft given that the initial acceleration is 0, the initial velocity is 3, and the initial position is 9.
To find the position function from the acceleration function, we integrate the acceleration function to find the velocity function, and integrate again to get the position function:
The integral was found using the following rule:
To find the constant of integration, we use the initial velocity condition given:
Now, after replacing C with the known value, we integrate the velocity function to get the position function:
The same rule of integration was used as above.
We use the same procedure to solve for C, too, only this time using the initial position condition:
Our final answer is
Example Question #4 : Finding Specific Antiderivatives Using Initial Conditions, Including Applications To Motion Along A Line
Given a particle with an acceleration at time to be . With initial conditions and where is the velocity at time , and is position of the particle at time .
Find the position at time .
We first must establish the following relationship
and
We now may note that
or
Since
We must plug in our initial condition
Therefore our new velocity equation is
We now may similarly integrate the velocity equation to find position.
Plugging in our second initial condition
We find our final equation to be:
Example Question #881 : Ap Calculus Ab
Find the velocity function given the following information:
The acceleration function is ;
To find the velocity function, we integrate the acceleration function (the acceleration is the antiderivative of the velocity):
The rules of integration used were
,
To solve for the integration constant, we plug in the given initial condition:
Our final answer is
Example Question #881 : Ap Calculus Ab
What is the position function if the initial position is 0 and the velocity function is given by ?
To find the position function, we must integrate the velocity function, as velocity is the antiderivative of position:
The following rule of integration was used:
Finally, we use the initial condition to solve for the integration constant:
Our final answer is