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Posted by char5059 at Apr 10, 2007 9:08:10 PM
Intregal to derivitive
I have the integral sqrt(x)*tan(x) the intregal goes from x^4 to x^2 and I am supposed to find the derivitive. thanks.

Posted by pskinner at Apr 10, 2007 11:05:04 PM
applause   Re: Intregal to derivitive
 
I have the integral sqrt(x)*tan(x) the intregal goes from x^4 to x^2 and I am supposed to find the derivitive. thanks.


You can split your integral into two integrals, the integral from 0 to x^2 minus the integral from 0 to x^4.

The tricky part is that each integral is a composition of two function. So, the derivative of the integral from 0 to x^2 is:

sqrt(x)*tan(x)*(d/dx)(x^2)=2*x*sqrt(x)*tan(x).

Similarly the derivative of the other integral is:

4x^3*sqrt(x)*tan(x).

So, the answer is to subtract this expression from the former expression.
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