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Ch. 5 - Integration
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 5, Problema 5.R.109

Geometry of integrals Without evaluating the integrals, explain why the following statement is true for positive integers n:

∫₀¹ 𝓍ⁿd𝓍 + ∫₀¹ ⁿ√(𝓍d𝓍) = 1

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First, recognize that the problem involves two integrals over the interval from 0 to 1: \(\int_0^1 x^n \, dx\) and \(\int_0^1 \sqrt[n]{x} \, dx\), where \(n\) is a positive integer.
Recall the general formula for the integral of a power function: for any real number \(m > -1\), \(\int_0^1 x^m \, dx = \frac{1}{m+1}\).
Apply this formula to the first integral: since \(x^n\) is \(x\) raised to the power \(n\), we have \(\int_0^1 x^n \, dx = \frac{1}{n+1}\).
For the second integral, note that \(\sqrt[n]{x} = x^{1/n}\). Using the same formula, \(\int_0^1 x^{1/n} \, dx = \frac{1}{(1/n) + 1} = \frac{1}{\frac{n+1}{n}} = \frac{n}{n+1}\).
Add the two results together: \(\frac{1}{n+1} + \frac{n}{n+1} = \frac{1 + n}{n+1} = 1\). This shows why the sum of the two integrals equals 1 without evaluating the integrals explicitly.

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