Integrate

Calculus Level 2

If f ( x ) f(x) is a continuous function for all real values of x x and f ( x ) + f ( x + 1 ) = 1 f(x) + f(x+1) =1 for 0 x 1 0 \le x \le 1 , find 0 2 f ( x ) d x \displaystyle \int_{0}^{2}{f(x)}\ dx .


The answer is 1.

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3 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 29, 2019

0 2 f ( x ) d x = 0 1 f ( x ) d x + 1 2 f ( x ) d x Let x = u + 1 d x = d u = 0 1 f ( x ) d x + 0 1 f ( u + 1 ) d u Since f ( x ) + f ( x + 1 ) = 1 = 0 1 f ( x ) d x + 0 1 ( 1 f ( u ) ) d u = 0 1 d u = 1 \begin{aligned} \int_0^2 f(x) \ dx & = \int_0^1 f(x) \ dx + \color{#3D99F6} \int_1^2 f(x) \ dx & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Let }x = u+1 \implies dx = du \\ & = \int_0^1 f(x) \ dx + \color{#3D99F6} \int_0^1 f(u+1) \ du & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Since }f(x) + f(x+1) = 1 \\ & = \int_0^1 f(x) \ dx + \color{#3D99F6} \int_0^1 (1-f(u)) \ du \\ & = \int_0^1 du = \boxed 1 \end{aligned}

Richard Costen
Jan 29, 2019

If we treat this integral as the area under the curve between 0 and 2, then for each x x in [0,1], x + 1 x+1 is in [1,2] . The sums of the heights of the curve at these two points is 1, from the problem statement. For example, f ( x ) f(x) could be 0.2 and f ( x + 1 ) f(x+1) could be 0.8. The average height at the 2 points is 0.5. Each of the x x heights can be replaced with 0.5 for every x x in [0,1]. This produces a rectangle on [0,2] with height 0.5. The area is 2 × 0.5 = 1 2 \times 0.5 = \boxed{1}

Adam Insall
Feb 21, 2019

a solution which would work for f(x) + f(x+1) = 1 would be f(x) = 0.5

Integrating 0.5 between 0 and 2 gets you the answer of 1.

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