5.8 Assess Your Understanding

Concepts and Vocabulary

Question 5.191

True or False  \(\int_{2}^{3} (x^{2}+x)\,dx=\int_{2}^{3} x^{2}dx+\int_{2}^{3} x\, dx\)

Question 5.192

True or False \(\int_{0}^{3}5e^{x^{2}}dx=\int_{0}^{3}5\, dx\cdot \int_{0}^{3}e^{x^{2}}dx\)

Question 5.193

True or False \(\int_{0}^{5} (x^{3}+1) dx=\int_{0}^{-3}( x^{3}+1)dx\) \(+\int_{-3}^{5} (x^{3}+1) dx\)

Question 5.194

If \(f\) is continuous on an interval containing the numbers\(a,\) \(b\), and \(c,\) and if \(\int_{a}^{c}f(x)\, dx=3\) and\(\int_{c}^{b}f(x)\, dx=-5,\) then \(\int_{a}^{b}f(x) dx=\)_________.

Question 5.195

If a function \(f\) is continuous on the closed interval \([a,b],\) then \(\bar{y}=\dfrac{1}{b-a}\int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx\) is the ______ ______ of \(f\) over \([a,b].\)

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Question 5.196

True or False  If a function \(f\) is continuous on aclosed interval \([a,b]\) and if \(m\) and \(M\) denote the absolute minimum valueand the absolute maximum value, respectively, of \(f\) on \([a,b]\), then \[m\leq \int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx\leq M.\]

Skill Building

In Problems 7–12, find each definite integralgiven that \({\int_{1}^{3}{f(x)\,dx}}=5\), \({\int_{1}^{3}}\,g{(x)\,dx}={-}2\), \({\int_{3}^{5}{f(x)\,dx}}=2\),\({\int_{3}^{5}{g(x)\,dx}}=1.\)

Question 5.197

\(\int_{1}^{3} [f(x)-g(x)]\,dx \)

Question 5.198

\(\int_{1}^{3} [f(x)+g(x)]\,dx \)

Question 5.199

\(\int_{1}^{3} [5f(x)-3g(x)]\,dx \)

Question 5.200

\(\int_{1}^{3}[3f(x)+4g(x)]\,dx\)

Question 5.201

\(\int_{1}^{5}[2f(x)-3g(x)]\,dx \)

Question 5.202

\(\int_{1}^{5}[f(x)-g(x)]\,dx\)

In Problems 13–32, find each definite integral usingthe Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

Question 5.203

\(\int_{0}^{1}{({t^{2}-t^{3/2}})}\,dt \)

Question 5.204

\(\int_{-2}^{0}{({x+x^{2}})\, dx}\)

Question 5.205

\(\int_{\pi /2}^{\pi}{4\sin x\, dx}\)

Question 5.206

\(\int_{0}^{1}{3x^{2}} dx \)

Question 5.207

\(\int_{1}^{e}-\dfrac{3}{x}\,dx\)

Question 5.208

\(\int_{e}^{8}\dfrac{1}{2x}dx\)

Question 5.209

\(\int_{-\pi /4}^{\pi /4}(1+2\sec x\,\tan x)\,dx \)

Question 5.210

\(\int_{0}^{\pi /4}(1+\sec ^{2}x) \,dx\)

Question 5.211

\(\int_{1}^{4}(\sqrt{x}-4x)\,dx \)

Question 5.212

\(\int_{0}^{1}({\sqrt[5]{{t^{2}}}+1})\,dt \)

Question 5.213

\(\int_{-2}^{3}[({x-1})\,(x+3)] \,{dx} \)

Question 5.214

\(\int_{0}^{1}({z^{2}+1})^{2}dz\)

Question 5.215

\(\int_{1}^{2}{\dfrac{x^{2}-12}{x^{4}}}\,dx \)

Question 5.216

\(\int_{1}^{e}\dfrac{5s^{2}+s}{s^{2}}ds\)

Question 5.217

\(\int_{1}^{4}\dfrac{x+1}{\sqrt{x}} dx\)

Question 5.218

\(\int_{1}^{9}{\dfrac{\sqrt{x}+1}{x^{2}}} dx \)

Question 5.219

\(\int_{1}^{2}{\dfrac{2{x^{4}+1}}{x^{4}}} dx\)

Question 5.220

\(\int_{1}^{3}{\dfrac{2-x^{2}}{x^{4}}} dx \)

Question 5.221

\(\int_{0}^{1/2}\left( 5+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \right) dx\)

Question 5.222

\(\int_{0}^{1}\left(1+\dfrac{5}{1+x^{2}}\right) dx\)

In Problems 33–38, use properties of integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to find each integral.

Question 5.223

\(\int_{-2}^{1}\,f(x)\,dx\), where \(f(x)={{\left\{ \begin{array}{c@{ }c@{ }c}1 & \hbox{if} & x\lt0 \\ x^{2}+1 & \hbox{if} & x\geq 0\end{array}\right.}}\)

Question 5.224

\({{\int_{-1}^{-2}\,}}f(x)\,dx\), where \(f(x)={{\left\{ \begin{array}{c@{ }c@{ }c}x+1 & \hbox{if} & x\lt0 \\x^{2}+1 & \hbox{if} & x\geq 0\end{array}\right.}}\)

Question 5.225

\(\int_{-2}^{2}\,f(x)\,dx\), where \(f(x)={{\left\{ \begin{array}{c@{ }c@{ }c}3x & \hbox{if} & -2\leq x\lt0 \\2x^{2} & \hbox{if} & 0\leq x\leq 2\end{array}\right. }}\)

Question 5.226

\(\int_{0}^{4}h(x)\,dx\), where \(h(x)={{\left\{ \begin{array}{c@{ }c@{ }c}x-2 & \hbox{if} & 0\leq x\leq 2 \\2-x & \hbox{if} & 2\lt x\leq 4\end{array}\right. }}\)

Question 5.227

\(\int_{-2}^{1}H(x)\,dx\), where \(H(x)={{\left\{ \begin{array}{c@{ }c@{ }c}1+x^{2} & \hbox{if} & -2\leq x\lt0 \\1+3x & \hbox{if} & 0\leq x\leq 1\end{array}\right. }}\)

Question 5.228

\(\int_{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}f(x)\,dx\), where \(f(x)=\left\{ \begin{array}{@{}l@{ }l@{ }l}{x^{2}+x} & \hbox{{if}} & {\ -{\dfrac{{\pi }}{{2}}}\leq x\leq 0} \\{\sin x} & \hbox{{if}} & {0\lt x\lt{\dfrac{{\pi }}{{4}}}} \\\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2} & \hbox{{if}} & {{\dfrac{{\pi }}{{4}}}\leq x\leq {\dfrac{{\pi }}{{2}}}}\end{array}\right.\)

In Problems 39–42, the domain of \(f\) is a closedinterval \([a,b]\). Find \(\int_{a}^{b}f(x) \,dx\).

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Question 5.232

In Problems 43–46, use properties of definite integralsto verify each statement. Assume that all integrals involvedexist.

Question 5.233

\(\int_{3}^{11}{f(x)\,dx-{\int_{7}^{11}{f(x)\,dx}}}=\int_{3}^{7}{f(x)\,dx}{}\)

Question 5.234

\(\int_{-2}^{6}f(x)\,dx-{\int_{3}^{6}{f(x)\,dx}=\int_{-2}^{3}{f(x)\,dx}}\)

Question 5.235

\(\int_{0}^{4}{f(x)\,dx-{\int_{6}^{4}}}f(x)\,dx=\int_{0}^{6}f(x)\,dx \)

Question 5.236

\(\int_{-1}^{3}f(x)\,dx-{\int_{5}^{3}{f(x)\,dx=\int_{-1}^{5}{f(x)\,dx}}}\)

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In Problems 47–54, use the Bounds on an Integral Theorem to obtain a lower estimate and an upper estimate for each integral.

Question 5.237

\(\int_{1}^{3}{({5x+1})\,dx} \)

Question 5.238

\(\int_{0}^{1}{({1-x})\,dx} \)

Question 5.239

\(\int_{\pi /4}^{\pi /2}{\sin x\,dx} \)

Question 5.240

\(\int_{\pi /6}^{\pi /3}{\cos x\,dx}\)

Question 5.241

\(\int_{0}^{1}{\sqrt{1+x^{2}}\,dx }\)

Question 5.242

\(\int_{-1}^{1}{\sqrt{1+x^{4}}\,dx}\)

Question 5.243

\(\int_{0}^{1}e^{x}dx\)

Question 5.244

\(\int_{1}^{10}\dfrac{1}{x}dx \)

In Problems 55–60, for each integral find thenumber(s) \(u\) guaranteed by the Mean Value Theoremfor Integrals.

Question 5.245

\(\int_{0}^{3} (2{x^{2} + 1}) dx\)

Question 5.246

\(\int_{0}^{2} (2-x^{3}) \,dx \)

Question 5.247

\(\int_{0}^{4}x^{2}\,dx \)

Question 5.248

\(\int_{0}^{4}(-x)\,dx \)

Question 5.249

\(\int_{0}^{2\pi }\cos x\,dx \)

Question 5.250

\(\int_{-\pi/4}^{\pi /4}\sec x\tan x dx\)

In Problems 61–70, find the average value of eachfunction \(f\) over the given interval.

Question 5.251

\(f(x) =e^{x}\) over \([0,1]\)

Question 5.252

\(f(x) =\dfrac{1}{x}\) over \([1,e] \)

Question 5.253

\(f(x) =x^{2/3}\) over \([-1,1] \)

Question 5.254

\(f(x) =\sqrt{x}\) over \([0,4] \)

Question 5.255

\(f(x) =\sin x\) over \(\left[0,\dfrac{{\pi }}{2}\right] \)

Question 5.256

\(f(x) =\cos x\) over \(\left[ 0,\dfrac{{\pi }}{2}\right]\)

Question 5.257

\(f(x) =1-x^{2}\) over \([-1,1] \)

Question 5.258

\(f(x) =16-x^{2}\) over \([-4,\,4] \)

Question 5.259

\(f(x) =e^{x}-{\sin x}\) over \(\left[0,\dfrac{\pi}{2}\right] \)

Question 5.260

\(f(x) =x+\cos x\) over \(\left[0,\dfrac{{\pi }}{2}\right] \)

In Problems 71–74, find:

  1. The area under the graph of the function over the indicated interval.
  2. The average value of each function over the indicated interval.
  3. Interpret the results geometrically.

Question 5.261

\([-1, 2]\)

Question 5.262

\([-2, 1]\)

Question 5.263

\([-1, 2]\)

Question 5.264

\([0, \frac{3\pi}{4}]\)

Applications and Extensions

In Problems 75–78, find each definite integral using theFundamental Theorem of Calculus and properties of definiteintegrals.

Question 5.265

\(\int_{-2}^{3}{({x+{|x|}})\,dx}\)

Question 5.266

\(\int_{0}^{3}{{|x-1|}\,dx} \)

Question 5.267

\(\int_{0}^{2}{{|3x-1|}\,dx} \)

Question 5.268

\(\int_{0}^{2}\vert {2-x} \vert dx\)

Question 5.269

Average Temperature  A rod \(3\) meters long is heated to \(25x^{\circ}{\rm C}\), where \(x\) is the distance in meters from one end of the rod. Find the average temperature of the rod.

Question 5.270

Average Daily Rainfall The rainfall per day, \(x\) days after the beginning of the year, is modeled by the function \(r(x)=0.00002(6511+366x-x^{2}) \), measured in centimeters. Find the average daily rainfall for the first \(180\) days of the year.

Question 5.271

Structural Engineering  A structural engineer designing a member of a structure must consider the forces that will act on that member. Most often, natural forces like snow, wind, or rain distribute force over the entire member. For practical purposes, however, an engineer determines the distributed force as a single resultant force acting at one point on the member. If the distributed force is given by the function \(W=W(x)\), in newtons per meter (N/m), then the magnitude \(F_{R}\) of the resultant force is\[F_{R}=\int_{a}^{b}W(x)\, dx\]

The position \(\bar{x}\) of the resultant force measured in meters from the origin is given by\[\overline{x}=\dfrac{\int_{a}^{b}xW(x)\, dx}{\int_{a}^{b}W(x)\, dx}\]

If the distributed force is \(W(x) =0.75x^{3},\) \(0\leq x\leq 5,\)find:

  1. The magnitude of the resultant force.
  2. The position from the origin of the resultant force.

source: Problem contributed by the students at Trine University, Avalon, IN.

Question 5.272

Chemistry: Enthalpy  In chemistry, enthalpy is a measure of the total energy of a system. For a nonreactive process with no phase change, the change in enthalpy \(\Delta H\) is given by \(\DeltaH=\) \(\int_{T_{1}}^{T_{2}}C_{p}\, dT,\) where \(C_{p}\) is the specific heat of thesystem in question. The specific heat per mol of the chemical benzene is\[C_{p} =0.126+(2.34\times 10^{-6}) T, \]

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where \(C_{p}\) is in \(kJ/\left(mol {}^{\circ}{\rm C} \right)\), and \(T\) is in degrees Celsius.

  1. What are the units of the change in enthalpy \(\Delta H?\)
  2. What is the change in enthalpy \(\Delta H\) associated with increasing the temperature of 1.0 mol of benzene from \(20{}^{\circ}{\rm C}\) to \(40{}^{\circ}{\rm C}\)?
  3. What is the change in enthalpy \(\Delta H\) associated with increasing the temperature of 1.0 mol of benzene from \(20{}^{\circ}{\rm C}\) to \(60{}^{\circ}{\rm C}\)?
  4. Does the enthalpy of benzene increase, decrease, or remain constant as the temperature increases?

source: Problem contributed by the students at Trine University, Avalon, IN.

Question 5.273

Average Mass Density The mass density of a metal bar of length \(3\) meters is given by \(\rho (x) = 1000 + x - \sqrt{x}\) kilograms per cubic meter, where \(x\) is the distance in meters from one end of the bar. What is the average mass density over the length of the entire bar?

Question 5.274

Average Velocity The acceleration at time \(t\) of an object in rectilinear motion is given by \(a(t) =4\pi \cos t\). If the object's velocity is \(0\) at \(t = 0\), what is the average velocity of the object over the interval \(0\,\leq \,t\,\leq \,\pi \)?

Question 5.275

Average Area  What is the average area of all circles whose radii are between 1 and 3 m?

Question 5.276

Area

  1. Use properties of integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to find the area under the graph of \(y=3 - |x|\) from \(-3\) to \(3\).
  2. Check your answer by using elementary geometry.

Question 5.277

Area

  1. Use properties of integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to find the area under the graph of \(y=1-\left\vert \dfrac{1}{2}x\right\vert \) from \(-2\) to \(2.\)
  2. Check your answer by using elementary geometry. See the figure.

Question 5.278

Area  Let \(A\) bethe area in the first quadrant that is enclosed by the graphs of\(y=3x^{2},\) \(y=\dfrac{3}{x},\) the \(x\)-axis, and the line\(x=k\), where \(k>1\), as shown in the figure.

  1. Find the area \(A\) as a function of \(k\).
  2. When the area is \(7\), what is \(k\)?
  3. If the area \(A\) is increasing at the constant rate of \(5\)square units per second, at what rate is \(k\) increasing when \(k=15\)?

Question 5.279

Rectilinear Motion  A car starting from restaccelerates at the rate of \(3\) m./s\(^{2}\). Find its average speed over the first 8 seconds.

Question 5.280

Rectilinear Motion A car moving at a constant velocity of 80 miles per hour begins to decelerateat the rate of 10 mi/h\(^{2}\). Find its average speed over the next 10 minutes.

Question 5.281

Average Slope

  1. Use the definition of average value of a function to find the average slope of the graph of \(y=f(x)\), where \(a\leq x\leq b\). (Assume that \(f^\prime \) is continuous.)
  2. Give a geometric interpretation.

Question 5.282

What theorem guarantees that the average slope found in Problem 91 is equal to \(f^{\prime }(u)\) for some \(u\) in \([a,b]?\) What different theorem guarantees the same thing? (Do you see the connection between these theorems?)

Question 5.283

Prove that if a function \(f\) is continuous on a closed interval \([a,b]\) and if \(k\) is a constant, then \(\int_{a}^{b}kf(x)\,dx=k \int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx\).

Question 5.284

Prove that if the functions \(f_{{1}}\), \(f_{{2}} , \ldots ,f_{n}\) are continuous on a closed interval \([a,b]\)and if \(k_{{1}}\), \(k_{{2}}, \ldots , k_{n}\) are constants, then \[\begin{eqnarray*}&&\int_{a}^{b}[k_{{1}}f_{{1}}(x)+k_{{2}}f_{{2}}(x)+\cdots +k_{n}f_{n}(x)]\,dx \\&&\enspace =k_{{1}}\int_{a}^{b}f_{{1}}(x)\,dx+k_{{2}}\int_{a}^{b}f_{{2}}(x)\,dx+\cdots+ k_{n}\int_{a}^{b}f_{n}(x)\,dx \end{eqnarray*}\]

Question 5.285

Area The area underthe graph of \(y=\cos x\) from \(-\dfrac{\pi }{2}\) to \(\dfrac{\pi}{2}\) is separated into two parts by the line \(x=k\),\(\dfrac{-\pi}{2}\lt k \lt \dfrac{\pi}{2}\), as shown in the figure. Ifthe area under the graph of \(y\) from \(-\dfrac{\pi }{2}\) to\(k\) is three times the area under the graph of \(y\) from \(k\) to\(\dfrac{\pi }{2},\) find \(k.\)

Question 5.286

Displacement of a Damped Spring The displacement \(x\) in meters of a damped spring from its equilibrium position at time \(t\) seconds is given by \[x(t) =\dfrac{\sqrt{15}}{10}e^{-t}\sin \big(\sqrt{15}t\big) +\dfrac{3}{2}e^{-t}\cos \big(\sqrt{15}t\big)\]

  1. What is the displacement of the spring at \(t=0?\)
  2. Graph the displacement for the first \(2\) seconds of the springs' motion.
  3. Find the average displacement of the spring for the first 2 seconds of its motion.

Question 5.287

Area Let \[f(x) =\vert x^{4}+3.44x^{3}-0.5041x^{2}-5.0882x +\,1.1523 \vert \]

be defined on the interval \([-3,1] \). Find the area under the graph of \(f.\)

Question 5.288

If \(f\) is continuous on \([a,b]\), show that the functions defined by \[F(x)= \int_{c}^{x}{f(t)\,dt} \qquad G(x)= \int_{d}^{x}{f(t)\,dt}\]

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for any choice of \(c\) and \(d\) in \((a,b)\) alwaysdiffer by a constant. Also show that \[F(x)-G(x)={\int_{c}^{d}{f(t)\,dt}}\]

Question 5.289

Put It Together Suppose \(a\lt c\lt b\) and the function \(f\) is continuous on \([a,b]\) and differentiable on \((a,b)\). Which of the following is not necessarily true?

  1. \(\int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx=\int_{a}^{c}{f(x)\,dx}+\int_{c}^{b}f(x)\,dx\).
  2. There is a number \(d\) in \((a,b)\) for which\[f^\prime (d)= \dfrac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}\]
  3. \(\int_{a}^{b}{f(x)\,dx\geq 0}\).
  4. \(\lim\limits_{x\rightarrow c}\,f(x)=f(c)\).
  5. If \(k\) is a real number, then \(\int_{a}^{b}kf(x)\,dx=k \int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx.\)

Question 5.290

Minimizing Area Find \(b>0\) so that the area enclosed in the first quadrant by the graph of \(y=1+b-bx^2\) and the coordinate axes is a minimum.

Question 5.291

Area  Find thearea enclosed by the graph of \(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}=1\) and the coordinate axes.

Challenge Problems

Question 5.292

Average Speed  For a freely falling objectstarting from rest, \(v_{0}=0,\) find:

  1. The average speed \(\overline{v }_{t}\) with respect to the time \(t\) in seconds over theclosed interval \([0,5].\)
  2. The average speed \(\overline{v }_{s}\) with respect to the distance \(s\) of the object from its position at \(t=0\) over the closed interval \([0,s_{1}] \), where \(s_{1}\) is the distance the object falls from \(t=0\) to \(t=5\) seconds.

(Hint: The derivation of the formulas for freely falling objects is given in Section 4.8, pp. xx-xx.)

Question 5.293

Average Speed If an object falls from rest for 3 s, find:

  1. Its average speed with respect to time.
  2. Its average speed with respect to the distance it travels in 3 seconds.

Question 5.294

Free Fall  For a freely falling object starting fromrest, \(v_{0}=0\), find:

  1. The average velocity \(\overline{v }_{t}\) with respect to the time \(t\) over the closedinterval \([0,t_{1}].\)
  2. The average velocity \(\overline{v }_{s}\) with respect to the distance \(s\) of the object from its position at \(t=0\) over the closed interval \([0,s_{1}]\), where \(s_{1}\) is the distance the object falls in time \(t_{1}\). Assume \(s(0) =0.\)

Question 5.295

Put It Together

  1. What is the domain of \(f(x) =2 |x - 1| x^{2}\)?
  2. What is the range of \(f\)?
  3. For what values of \(x\) is \(f\) continuous?
  4. For what values of \(x\) is the derivative of \(f\) continuous?
  5. Find \(\int_{0}^{1}{f(x)\,dx.}\)

Question 5.296

Probability  A function \(f\) that is continuous on the closed interval \([a,b],\) and for which (i) \(f(x)\geq 0\) for numbers \(x\) in \([a,b]\) and 0 elsewhere and (ii) \(\int_{a}^{b} f (x)\,dx=1,\) is called a probability density function. If \(a\leq c\lt d\leq b\), the probability of obtaining a value between \(c\) and \(d\) is defined as \(\int_{c}^{d}f(x)\,dx\).

  1. Find a constant \(k\) so that \(f(x)=kx\) is a probability density function on \([0,2]\).
  2. Find the probability of obtaining a value between \(1\) and \(1.5\).

Question 5.297

Cumulative Probability Distribution  Refer to Problem 106. If \(f\) is a probability density function the cumulative distribution function \(F\) for \(f\) is defined as \[F(x)=\int_{a}^{x}f(t)\,dt \qquad a\leq x\leq b\]

Find the cumulative distribution function \(F\) for the probabilitydensity function \(f(x) =kx\) of Problem 106(a).

Question 5.298

For the cumulative distribution function \(F(x)=x-1\), on theinterval \([1,2]\):

  1. Find the probability density function \(f\) corresponding to \(F\).
  2. Find the probability of obtaining a value between \(1.5\) and \(1.7\).

Question 5.299

Let \(f(x)=x^{3}-6x^{2}+11x-6\). Find \(\int_{1}^{3}\vert f(x)\vertdx.\)

Question 5.300

Show that for \(x>1,\) \(\ln x\lt2 (\sqrt{x}-1).\)

(Hint: Use the result given on Problem 114.)

Question 5.301

Prove that the average value of a line segment \(y=m (x-x_{1} ) +y_{1}\) on the interval \([x_{1},x_{2}]\) equals the \(y\)-coordinate of the midpoint of the line segment from \(x_{1}\) to \(x_{2}.\)

Question 5.302

Prove that if a function \(f\) is continuous on a closed interval \([a,b]\) and if \(f(x)\geq 0\) on \([a,b]\), then \(\int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx \geq 0\).

Question 5.303

  1. Prove that if \(f\) is continuous on a closed interval \([a,b]\) and \({\int_{a}^{b}{f(x)\,dx=0}}\), there is at least one number \(c\) in \([a,b]\) for which \(f(c) = 0\).
  2. Give a counterexample to the statement above if \(f\) is not required to be continuous.

Question 5.304

Prove that if functions \(f\) and \(g\) are continuous on aclosed interval \([a,b]\) and if \(f(x)\geq \,g(x)\) on \([a,b]\), then\[\int_{a}^{b}f(x)\,dx\geq \int_{a}^{b}g(x)\,dx.\]

Question 5.305

Prove that if \(f\) is continuous on \([a,b]\), then \[\left\vert \int_{a}^{b} f(x)\,dx\right\vert \leq \int_{a}^{b}\vert {f(x)}\vert\, dx.\]

Give a geometric interpretation of the inequality.

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