Yui Zojo

MTH 252
HW Set 1
Section 4.9 Problem 13
Consider the function whose second derivative is .
If and , what is ?

In order to get solve f(2), we are given the second derivative so we must find the antiderivative of its
antiderivative, then solve for x=2.

By reversing the rules of differentiation, we get the following rules for calculating antiderivatives:
If F(x) is an antiderivative for f(x) and G(x) is an antiderivative for g(x), then
1. cF(x) is an antiderivative for cf(x) where c is any constant.
2. F(x) + G(x) is an antiderivative for f(x) + g(x).

Now we can use some common integral rules to first find f(x)
Using the sum rule: we know that we can separate the function into
f(x)=5x and g(x)=4sin(x) then add them back together in the end
Now we use the constant rule: and the power rule:
(where in this case n=1) to get:
f(x)=5(

+C
To find g(x) we use the constant rule again and the trig rule: to get
g(x)=-4cos(x)+C
Then we use our sum rule to put it all back together so we get:
f(x)=

-4cos(x)+C
Now to find C we use the formula given in the question
f(0)=

-4cos(0)+C=4
=0-4+C=4 (adding 4 to each side we get)
C=8
Now we replace the C and we end up with
f(x)=

-4cos(x)+8
Now we will do the same thing again to find f(x)
Apply constant and power rule to get that
f(x)=

is the antiderivative of f(x)=

Then the constant and trig rule: to get that
f(x)=4sin(x) is the antiderivative of f(x)= 4cos(x)
Then the constant and polynomial rule: to get that
f(x)=8x is the antiderivative of f(x)=8
Put it all back together using the sum rule and we get:
f(x)=

-4sin(x)+8x+C
=

-4sin(x)+8x+C
To find C we use the formula given in the question
f(0)=

-4sin(0)+8(0)+C=4
0=0+0+C=4
C=4
Now we replace the C and we end up with
f(x)=

-4sin(x)+8x+4
Now all we have to do is find f(2)
f(2)=

-4sin(2)+8(2)+4
=

f(2)

23.0295

Section 5.1 Problem 5
Your task is to estimate how far an object traveled during the time interval , but you only
have the following data about the velocity of the object.

To get an idea of what the velocity function might look like, you pick up a black pen, plot the data points,
and connect them by curves. Your sketch looks something like the black curve in the graph below.

You decide to use a left endpoint Riemann sum to estimate the total displacement. So, you pick up a
blue pen and draw rectangles whose height is determined by the velocity measurement at the left
endpoint of each one-second interval. By using the left endpoint Riemann sum as an approximation, you
are assuming that the actual velocity is approximately constant on each one-second interval (or,
equivalently, that the actual acceleration is approximately zero on each one-second interval), and that
the velocity and acceleration have discontinuous jumps every second. This assumption is probably
incorrect because it is likely that the velocity and acceleration change continuously over time. However,
you decide to use this approximation anyway since it seems like a reasonable approximation to the
actual velocity given the limited amount of data.

(A) Using the left endpoint Riemann sum, find approximately how far the object traveled. Your answers
must include the correct units.
Total displacement = Using the left endpoint Riemann sum, the total displacement
is the net area of the light blue shaded rectangles which will also be:

Which using Riemann Sum would look like:

This can be calculated by first finding t= on the interval [a,b]. We know and n=#
subdivisions=8 so t=1 which leaves us with:

So now we solve the equation knowing that for a left-hand sum, the last endpoint you use is x
n 1
and
using the table from above or by adding the areas (L*h) for each rectangle in the graph you get:


=(-3)+(-2)+(-4)+(-1)+(-4)+(-1)+(2)+(4)
Total Displacement=-9ft

Total distance traveled = Using the left endpoint Riemann sum, the total distance traveled is the
absolute area of the light blue shaded rectangles.
=I-3I+I-2I+I-4I+I-1I+I-4I+I-1I+I2I+I4I
Total Distance=21ft

Using the same data, you also decide to estimate how far the object traveled using a right endpoint
Riemann sum. So, you sketch the curve again with a black pen, and draw rectangles whose height is
determined by the velocity measurement at the right endpoint of each one-second interval.

(B) Using the right endpoint Riemann sum, find approximately how far the object traveled. Your answers
must include the correct units.
Total displacement = Using the right endpoint Riemann sum, the total displacement
is the net area of the light blue shaded rectangles which will also be:
right-hand sum=

Which using Riemann Sum would look like:

This can be calculated by first finding t= on the interval [a,b]. We know and n=#
subdivisions=8 so t=1 which leaves us with:

So now we solve the equation knowing that for a right-hand sum, the last endpoint you use is x
n
and
using the table from above or by adding the areas (L*h) for each rectangle in the graph you get:

RHS(n)
=(-2)+(-4)+(-1)+(-4)+(-1)+(2)+(4)+(3)
Total Displacement=-3ft

Total distance traveled = Using the right endpoint Riemann sum, the total distance traveled is the
absolute area of the light blue shaded rectangles.
=I-2I+I-4I+I-1I+I-4I+I-1I+I2I+I4I+I3I
Total Distance=21ft


Section 5.2 Problem 3
Approximate the definite integral using midpoint Riemann sums with the following partitions:
Then midpoint Riemann sum =
We will start with the equation for midpoint Riemann sum to approximate the area under the curve:

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To get the sum, we first need to find the area of each rectangle. Because the difference between each partition
is different on our interval [7,11] we must find the area of the first rectangle by taking the width (the
difference between the first 2 values) and multiplying it by the height (which you plug the midpoint which is
7.5 into my formula I8-tI
A1=(8-7) | |
=1(0.5)=0.5
Then we find the area of the second rectangle in the same way
A2=(11-8) | |
=3(1.5)=4.5
Now we will add the two areas to get the midpoint sum
=4.5+0.5
midpoint Riemann sum=5
(b) Using 4 subintervals of equal length. Then midpoint Riemann sum =
So we will use the same Riemann Sum equation but this time n=4
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In this case for interval [7,11] would be equal lengths so we use the formula

So now our partitions are P={7,8,9,10,11} and we use our equation for area like above to find each area
A1=(8-7) | |
A2=(9-8) | |
A3=(10-9) | |
A4=(11-10) | |
Finally, we add all of our areas to find the midpoint sum
A1+ A2+ A3+ A4=0.5+0.5+1.5+2.5
midpoint Riemann sum=5