W wassupman New member Joined Jul 2, 2020 Messages 8 Oct 29, 2020 #1 Can anyone wal me through the steps for this? I set the equation so I solved for a and b but i get values that are not even close to correct. Last edited by a moderator: Oct 29, 2020
Can anyone wal me through the steps for this? I set the equation so I solved for a and b but i get values that are not even close to correct.
skeeter Elite Member Joined Dec 15, 2005 Messages 3,204 Oct 29, 2020 #2 [MATH]1 \bigg[\dfrac{x^3}{3} + \dfrac{ax^2}{2} +bx \bigg]_0^1 = \dfrac{1}{3} + \dfrac{a}{2} + b = \dfrac{49}{3} \implies \dfrac{a}{2}+b = 16[/MATH] [MATH]\dfrac{1}{4}\bigg[\dfrac{x^3}{3} + \dfrac{ax^2}{2} +bx \bigg]_0^4 = \dfrac{82}{3} \implies \dfrac{16}{3}+ 2a + b = \dfrac{82}{3}[/MATH] solve the system of equations
[MATH]1 \bigg[\dfrac{x^3}{3} + \dfrac{ax^2}{2} +bx \bigg]_0^1 = \dfrac{1}{3} + \dfrac{a}{2} + b = \dfrac{49}{3} \implies \dfrac{a}{2}+b = 16[/MATH] [MATH]\dfrac{1}{4}\bigg[\dfrac{x^3}{3} + \dfrac{ax^2}{2} +bx \bigg]_0^4 = \dfrac{82}{3} \implies \dfrac{16}{3}+ 2a + b = \dfrac{82}{3}[/MATH] solve the system of equations
W wassupman New member Joined Jul 2, 2020 Messages 8 Oct 29, 2020 #3 Ahh I see, thank you for the help skeeter