Chapter 5
Applied Calculus · 409 exercises
Problem 38
Find each indefinite integral. [Hint: Use some algebra first. \(\int \frac{(t+2)(t-4)}{t^{2}} d t\)
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Problem 38
Find the derivative of each function. $$ e^{x^{4}} $$
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Problem 38
Find the area between the curve \(y=x^{2}+3\) and the line \(y=2 x\) (shown below) from \(x=0\) to \(x=3\).
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Problem 38
Use a definite integral to find the area under each curve between the given \(x\) -values. For Exercises \(19-24\) also make a sketch of the curve showing the region. $$ f(x)=e^{-x} \text { from } x=0 \text { to } x=1 $$
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Problem 38
Find each indefinite integral. \(\int \frac{x^{2}-1}{x-1} d x\)
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Problem 39
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int(2 x-3)^{7} d x $$
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Problem 39
Find each indefinite integral. [Hint: Use some algebra first. \(\int \frac{(x-2)^{3}}{x} d x\)
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Problem 39
Suppose that for a demand function \(d(x)\) we have \(d(0)=1000 .\) Describe in everyday language what this means about the number 1000 .
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Problem 39
Find the area between the curves \(y=e^{x}\) and \(y=e^{2 x} \quad\) (shown below) from \(x=0\) to \(x=2\). (Leave the answer in its exact form.)
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Problem 39
Use a definite integral to find the area under each curve between the given \(x\) -values. For Exercises \(19-24\) also make a sketch of the curve showing the region. $$ f(x)=e^{x / 2} \text { from } x=0 \text { to } x=2 $$
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Problem 39
Find each indefinite integral. \(\int(t+1)^{3} d t\)
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Problem 40
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int(5 x+9)^{9} d x $$
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Problem 40
Find each indefinite integral. [Hint: Use some algebra first. \(\int \frac{(x+2)^{3}}{x} d x\)
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Problem 40
Suppose that for a demand function \(d(x)\) we have \(d(1000)=0 .\) Describe in everyday language what this means about the number \(1000 .\)
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Problem 40
Find the area between the curves \(y=e^{x}\) and \(y=e^{-x}\) (shown below) from \(x=0\) to \(x=1\). (Leave the answer in its exact form.)
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Problem 40
Find each indefinite integral. \(\int(t-1)^{3} d t\)
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Problem 40
Use a definite integral to find the area under each curve between the given \(x\) -values. For Exercises \(19-24\) also make a sketch of the curve showing the region. $$ f(x)=e^{x / 3} \text { from } x=0 \text { to } x=3 $$
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Problem 41
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{e^{2 x}}{e^{2 x}+1} d x $$
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Problem 41
41-42. A flu epidemic hits a college community, beginning with five cases on day \(t=0\). The rate of growth of the epidemic (new cases per day) is given by the following function \(r(t),\) where \(t\) is the number of days since the epidemic began. a. Find a formula for the total number of cases of flu in the first \(t\) days. b. Use your answer to part (a) to find the total number of cases in the first 20 days. \(r(t)=18 e^{0.05 t}\)
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Problem 41
Sketch each parabola and line on the same graph and find the area between them from \(x=0\) to \(x=3\). \(y=x^{2}+4\) and \(y=2 x+1\)
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Problem 41
If \(d(x)\) is the demand function for a product, what would it mean about the product if \(d(0)=0 ?\)
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Problem 41
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=12-3 x^{2} \text { from } x=1 \text { to } x=2 $$
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Problem 41
a. Verify that \(\int x^{2} d x=\frac{1}{3} x^{3}+C\). b. Graph the five functions \(\frac{1}{3} x^{3}-2, \frac{1}{3} x^{3}-1\), \(\frac{1}{3} x^{3}, \frac{1}{3} x^{3}+1,\) and \(\frac{1}{3} x^{3}+2\) (the solutions for five different values of \(C\) ) on the window [-3,3] by \([-5,5] .\) Use TRACE to see how the constant shifts the curve vertically. c. Find the slopes (using NDERIV or \(d y / d x\) ) of several of the curves at a particular \(x\) -value and check that in each case the slope is the square of the \(x\) -value. This verifies that the derivative of each curve is \(x^{2}\), and so each is an integral of \(x^{2}\).
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Problem 42
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{e^{3 x}}{e^{3 x}-1} d x $$
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Problem 42
A flu epidemic hits a college community, beginning with five cases on day \(t=0\). The rate of growth of the epidemic (new cases per day) is given by the following function \(r(t),\) where \(t\) is the number of days since the epidemic began. a. Find a formula for the total number of cases of flu in the first \(t\) days. b. Use your answer to part (a) to find the total number of cases in the first 20 days. \(r(t)=20 e^{0.04 t}\)
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Problem 42
Sketch each parabola and line on the same graph and find the area between them from \(x=0\) to \(x=3\). \(y=x^{2}+5\) and \(y=2 x+3\)
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Problem 42
Should demand curves slope upward or downward? Why?
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Problem 42
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=9 x^{2}-6 x+1 \text { from } x=1 \text { to } x=2 $$
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Problem 42
a. Graph the five functions \(\ln x-2, \ln x-1, \ln x\) \(\ln x+1,\) and \(\ln x+2\) on the window [0,4] by [-3,3] b. Find the slope (using NDERIV or \(d y / d x\) ) of several of the curves at a particular \(x\) -value and check that in each case the slope is the reciprocal of the \(x\) -value. This suggests that the derivative of each function is \(1 / x\) c. Based on part (b), conjecture what is the indefinite integral of the function \(1 / x\) (for \(x>0\) ).
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Problem 43
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{\ln x}{x} d x \quad[\text { Hint: Let } u=\ln x .] $$
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Problem 43
In an effort to reduce its inventory, a warehouse runs a sale on its least popular Blu-ray discs. The sales rate (discs sold per day) on day \(t\) of the sale is predicted to be \(50 / t\) (for \(t \geq 1),\) where \(t=1\) corresponds to the beginning of the sale, at which time none of the inventory of 200 discs had been sold. a. Find a formula for the total number of discs sold up to day \(t\) b. Will the store have sold its inventory of 200 discs by day \(t=30 ?\)
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Problem 43
Should supply curves slope upward or downward? Why?
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Problem 43
Sketch each parabola and line on the same graph and find the area between them from \(x=0\) to \(x=3\). \(y=3 x^{2}-3\) and \(y=2 x+5\)
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Problem 43
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=\frac{1}{x^{3}} \text { from } x=1 \text { to } x=4 $$
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Problem 44
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{(\ln x)^{2}}{x} d x \quad[\text { Hint: Let } u=\ln x .] $$
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Problem 44
In an effort to make room for new inventory, a college bookstore runs a sale on its least popular mathematics books. The sales rate (books sold per day) on day \(t\) of the sale is predicted to be \(60 / t\) (for \(t \geq 1\) ), where \(t=1\) corresponds to the beginning of the sale, at which time none of the inventory of 350 books had been sold. a. Find a formula for the number of books sold up to day \(t\) b. Will the store have sold its inventory of 350 books by day \(t=30 ?\)
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Problem 44
For a Lorenz curve \(L(x)\), what must be the values of \(L(0)\) and \(L(1) ?\)
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Problem 44
Sketch each parabola and line on the same graph and find the area between them from \(x=0\) to \(x=3\). \(y=3 x^{2}-12\) and \(y=2 x-11\)
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Problem 44
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{x}} \text { from } x=8 \text { to } x=27 $$
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Problem 45
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{e^{\sqrt{x}}}{\sqrt{x}} d x \quad[\text { Hint: Let } u=\sqrt{x} .] $$
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Problem 45
World consumption of tin is running at the rate of \(342 e^{0.02 t}\) thousand metric tons per year, where \(t\) is measured in years and \(t=0\) corresponds to 2014 a. Find a formula for the total amount of tin that will be consumed within \(t\) years of 2014 b. When will the known world resources of 4900 thousand metric tons of tin be exhausted? [Tin is used mainly for coating steel (a "tin" can is actually a steel can with a thin protective coating of tin to prevent rust).
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Problem 45
Find the area bounded by the given curves. \(y=x^{2}-1\) and \(y=2-2 x^{2}\)
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Problem 45
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=2 x+1+x^{-1} \text {from } x=1 \text { to } x=2 $$
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Problem 46
Find each indefinite integral by the substitution method or state that it cannot be found by our substitution formulas. $$ \int \frac{e^{1 / x}}{x^{2}} d x \quad\left[\text { Hint: Let } u=\frac{1}{x} .\right] $$
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Problem 46
World consumption of copper is running at the rate of \(18.8 e^{0.04 t}\) million metric tons per year, where \(t\) is measured in years and \(t=0\) corresponds to 2014 a. Find a formula for the total amount of copper that will be used within \(t\) years of 2014 . b. When will the known world resources of 680 million metric tons of copper be exhausted? Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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Problem 46
Find the area bounded by the given curves. \(y=x^{2}-4\) and \(y=8-2 x^{2}\)
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Problem 46
For each function: a. Integrate ("by hand") to find the area under the curve between the given \(x\) -values. b. Verify your answer to part (a) by having your calculator graph the function and find the area (using a command like FnInt or \(\int \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{x}\) ). $$ f(x)=e^{x} \text { from } x=0 \text { to } x=3 $$
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Problem 47
47-50. Find each integral. [Hint: Try some algebra.] $$ \int(x+1) x^{2} d x $$
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Problem 47
The cost of maintaining a home generally increases as the home becomes older. Suppose that the maintenance costs increase at the rate of \(1800 e^{0.05 x}\) (dollars per year) when the home is \(x\) years old. a. Find a formula for the total maintenance cost during the first \(x\) years. (Total maintenance should be zero at \(x=0 .)\) b. Use your answer to part (a) to find the total maintenance cost during the first 5 years.
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Problem 47
Find the area bounded by the given curves. \(y=6 x^{2}-10 x-8\) and \(y=3 x^{2}+8 x-23\)
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