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Simple Calculus Question...
Replies: 8Last Post May 11 10:12pm by HellHound
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( Meep123 )


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Im pretty sure my teacher made a mistake cause ive done this problem over and over and i don't see the answer im getting as one of the options, and I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right.

What do you get?

Someone solve my potential brain fart.

(yes that's an integral sign)

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1/100(x^2+5)^100

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Quote: from Bzoink at 10:07 pm on May 11, 2008

1/100(x^2+5)^100

yeah, this must be a typo. thanks.

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Quote: from Meep123 at 7:06 pm on May 11, 2008

Im pretty sure my teacher made a mistake cause ive done this problem over and over and i don't see the answer im getting as one of the options, and I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right.

What do you get?

Someone solve my potential brain fart.

(yes that's an integral sign)


Alright well, this is quite a simple question. We notice that if we differentiate x^2 + 5, then we will end up getting 2x + 0 or just 2x. We don't need to worry about the exponent just yet. So, we can substitute u = x^2+5, so du = 2xdx and we get:
Int[u^99 du
This is quite easy to solve and so we get:
[(u^100) / 100] + C, C = constant we don't know
Recall, u = x^2 + 5,
(x^2 + 5)^100 / 100 + C

We can check to ensure our answer is correct:
CHECK:
If we differentiate (x^2+5)^100 / 100, we should get 2x(x^2+5)^99. We quickly realize that we will need to know the Chain Rule and Power Rule. By the Power Rule, the exponent of 100 comes "down", cancelling out with 1/100, yielding (x^2+5)^99. To finish our differentiation, we must differentiate x^2+5, which is 2x. So, by the Chain Rule we will end up getting 2x(x^2+5)^99.

Therefore, our solution is correct.  

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7:34 pm on May 11, 2008 | Joined Feb. 2008 | 57 Days Active
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Jeezus christ Hell Hound you made that way more complicated than it needed to be.

And oops forgot that +C on mine, my calculus teacher would be ashamed.


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Yes, it probably is over-complicated, however, that was not the intention. I wanted to explain how I got the answer and why, not just posting the answer. The OP said they're struggling endlessly with it, so giving the final answer may not always help. I intended to have the OP read it and understand step-by-step what to do in order to reach the final answer.

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Thanks bro.

I was only struggling with it because my teacher made a typo and the correct answer isn't listed. I thought I may have been missing something, but I wasn't.

Thanks both.

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Ah well, glad you understand it now.

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