Concepts and Vocabulary
\(\dfrac{d}{dx}\left[\int f(x)\, dx\right] =\) _________
True or False If \(k\) is a constant, then \[\int kf(x)\, dx = \left[ \int kdx \right] \left[ \int f(x)\, dx\right]\]
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If \(a\) is a number, then \(\int x^{a}\, dx=\)_________, provided \(a \neq -1\).
True or False When integrating a function \(f\), aconstant of integration \(C\) is added to the result because \(\intf(x)\, dx\) denotes all the antiderivatives of \(f\).
Skill Building
In Problems 5–38, find each indefinite integral.
\(\int x^{2/3}{\,dx} \)
\(\int {t^{-4}\,dt} \)
\(\int \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}\,dx \)
\(\int \dfrac{1}{1+x^{2}}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{5x^{2}+2x-1}{x} \,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{x+1}{x} \,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{4}{3t}\,dt \)
\(\int 2{e}^{u}{du} \)
\(\int {(4x^{3}-3x^{2}+5x-2)\,dx}\)
\(\int {(3x^{5}-2x^{4}-x^{2}-1)\,dx}\)
\(\int \left( \dfrac{1}{x^{3}}+1\right) dx \)
\(\int \left( {x-{\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}}} \right)\, dx \)
\(\int {(3\sqrt{z}+z)\,dz} \)
\(\int {(4\sqrt{x}+1)\,dx}\)
\(\int {(4t^{3/2}+t^{1/2})\,dt}\)
\(\int \left({3x^{2/3}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}} \right)\, dx\)
\(\int {u(u-1)\,du} \)
\(\int {t^{2}(t+1)\,dt}\)
\(\int {{\dfrac{{3x^{5}+1}}{{x^{2}}}}\,dx} \)
\(\int \dfrac{x^{2}+2x+1}{x^{4}}\,dx \)
\(\int \dfrac{t^{2}-4}{t-2}\,dt \)
\(\int {{\dfrac{{z^{2}-16}}{{z+4}}}dz}\)
\(\int {(2x+1)^{2}\,dx} \)
\(\int 3{(x^{2}\,{+}\,1)^{2}\,dx}\)
\(\int (x+e^{x})\, dx \)
\(\int (2e^{x}-x^{3})\, dx\)
\(\int 8(1+x^{2}) ^{-1}dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{-7}{1+x^{2}}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{x^{2}-1}{2x^{3}}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{x^{2}+4x-1}{x^{2}}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{\tan x}{\cos x}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{1}{\sin ^{2}x}\,dx\)
\(\int \dfrac{2}{5\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}\,dx \)
\(\int -\dfrac{4}{x\sqrt{x^{2}-1}}\,dx\)
In Problems 39–50, solve each differential equation using the given boundary condition.
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=e^{x}\), \(y=4\) when \(x=0\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{x}\), \(y=0\) when \(x=1\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{x^{2}+x+1}{x}\), \(y=0\) when \(x=1\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=x+e^{x}\), \(y=4\) when \(x=0\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=xy^{1/2}\), \(y=1\) when \(x=2\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=x^{1/2}y\), \(y=1\) when \(x=0\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{y-1}{x-1} \), \(y=2\) when \(x=2 \)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{y}{x}\), \(y=2\) when \(x=1\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{x}{\cos y},\) \(y=\pi \) when \(x=2\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y\sin x,\) \(y=e\) when \(x=0\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{4e^{x}}{y},\) \(y=2\) when \(x=0\)
\(\dfrac{dy}{dx}=5ye^{x},\) \(y=1\) when \(x=0\)
Applications and Extensions
Uninhibited Growth The population of a colony of mosquitoes obeys the uninhibited growth equation \(\dfrac{dN}{dt}=kN\).If there are \(1500\) mosquitoes initially, and there are \(2500\) mosquitoes after 24 h, what is the mosquito population after 3 days?
Radioactive Decay A radioactive substance follows the decay equation \(\dfrac{{\it dA}}{dt}=kA.\) If 25% of the substance disappears in 10 years, what is its half-life?
Population Growth The population of a suburb grows at a rate proportional to the population. Suppose the population doubles insize from \(4000\) to \(8000\) in an \(18\)-month period and continues at the current rate of growth.
Uninhibited Growth At any time \(t\) in hours, the rate of increase in the area, in millimeters squared (mm2), of a culture of bacteria is twice the area \(A\) of the culture.
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Radioactive Decay The amount \(A\) of the radioactive element radium in a sample decays at a rate proportional to the amount of radiumpresent. The half-life of radium is \(1690\) years.
Radioactive Decay Carbon-14 is a radioactive element present in living organisms. After an organism dies, the amount \(A\) ofcarbon-14 present begins to decline at a rate proportional to the amountpresent at the time of death. The half-life of carbon-14 is \(5730\) years.
World Population Growth Barring disasters (human-made or natural), the population \(P\) of humans grows at a rate proportional to itself current size. According to the U.N. World Population studies, from 2005 to 2010 the population of the more developed regions of the world (Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) grew at an annual rate of \(0.409\%\) per year.
source: U.N. World Population Prospects, 2010 update.
National Population Growth Barring disasters (human-made or natural), the population \(P\) of humans grows at a rate proportional to itscurrent size. According to the U.N. World Population studies, from 2005 to 2010 the population of Ecuador grew at an annual rate of \(1.490\%\) per year. Assuming this growth rate continues:
source: U.N. World Population Prospects, 2010 update.
Oetzi the Iceman was found in 1991 by a German couple who were hiking in the Alps near the border of Austria and Italy. Carbon-14 testing determined that Oetzi died 5300 years ago. Assuming the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years, what percent of carbon-14 was left in his body? (An interesting note: In September 2010 the complete genome mapping of Oetzi was completed.)
Uninhibited Decay Radioactive beryllium is sometimes used to date fossils found in deep-sea sediments. (Carbon-14 dating cannot beused for fossils that lived underwater.) The decay of beryllium satisfiesthe equation \(\dfrac{{\it dA}}{dt}=-\alpha A\), where \(\alpha =1.5\times 10^{-7}\) and \(t\) is measured in years. What is the half-life of beryllium?
Decomposition of Sucrose Reacting with water in anacidic solution at \(35{}^{\circ}{\rm C}\), sucrose (C\(_{12}\)H\(_{22}\)O\(_{11})\) decomposes into glucose (C\(_{6}\)H\(_{12}\)O\(_{6}\)) and fructose (C\(_{6}\)H\(_{12}\)O\(_{6}\)) according to the law ofuninhibited decay. An initial amount of 0.4mol of sucrosedecomposes to 0.36 mol in \(30\) min. How much sucrose will remainafter 2h? How long will it take until 0.10 mol of sucrose remains?
Chemical Dissociation Salt (NaCl) dissociates in water into sodium (Na\(^{+}\)) and chloride (Cl\(^{-}\)) ions at a rate proportional to its mass. The initial amount of salt is 25 kg, and after 10 h, 15 kg are left.
Voltage Drop The voltage of a certain condenser decreases at a rate proportional to the voltage. If the initial voltage is 20, and 2 s later it is 10, what is the voltage at time \(t\)? When will the voltage be 5?
Uninhibited Growth The rate of change in the number ofbacteria in a culture is proportional to the number present. In a certainlaboratory experiment, a culture has 10,000 bacteria initially, 20,000bacteria at time \(t_{1}\) minutes, and 100,000 bacteria at\((t_{1}+10)\) minutes.
Verify that \(\int x\sqrt{x}\,dx\,\neq \,\big(\int {x\,dx}\big)\big(\int \sqrt{x}\,dx\big) \).
Verify that \(\int x(x^{2} + 1)\,dx\,\neq \,x\int\, (x^{2}+1)\,dx \).
Verify that \(\int \dfrac{{x^{2} - 1}}{x - 1}\,dx\,\neq \dfrac{\int( x^{2}-1) dx}{\int (x-1) ~dx}\).
Prove that \(\int\, [f(x)+g(x)]\,dx=\int f(x)\,dx+\int g(x)\,dx.\)
Derive the integration formula \(\int a^{x}\,dx=\dfrac{a^{x}}{\ln a}+C\), \(a>0,\) \(a\neq 1.\) (Hint: Begin with the derivative of \(y=a^{x} \).)
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Use the formula from Problem 69 to find:
Challenge Problems
Gudermannian Function
The formula \(\dfrac{d}{dx}\int f(x)\,dx=f(x)\) says that if afunction is integrated and the result is differentiated, the original function is returned. What about the other way around? Is the formula\(\int {f^\prime (x) dx=f(x)}\) correct? Be sure to justify your answer.