Christmas Streak 83/88: Calculus Rush #1

Calculus Level 5

A function f ( x ) = { x x ln x + k ( x 1 ) f ( 2 x ) ( x < 1 ) f(x)=\begin{cases}x^x \ln x + k & (x\ge 1) \\ \\ f(2-x) & (x<1)\end{cases} satisfies 0 1 f ( x ) d x = 5. \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} f(x)dx=5. Let g ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t . \displaystyle g(x)=\int_{0}^{x}f(t)dt.

Find the value of 0 4 g ( x ) d x . \displaystyle \int_{0}^{4} g'(\sqrt{x})dx.


This problem is a part of <Christmas Streak 2017> series .


The answer is 20.0.

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Boi (보이)
Dec 23, 2017

Note that f ( x ) f(x) is symmetrical to x = 1. x=1.

Then we can see that 0 2 f ( x ) d x = 10 g ( 2 ) = 10. \displaystyle \int_{0}^{2}f(x)dx=10~\Leftrightarrow~g(2)=10.

Since g ( x ) g(x) is an indefinite integral of f ( x ) , f(x), we get that g ( x ) g(x) is symmetrical to a point ( 1 , g ( 1 ) ) = ( 1 , 5 ) . (1,~g(1))=(1,~5).

Therefore we conclude that 0 2 g ( x ) = 10. \displaystyle \int_{0}^{2}g(x)=10.

Now look at the thing we're trying to find the value of.

0 4 g ( x ) d x x = t 2 = 0 2 2 t g ( t ) d t = 2 ( [ t g ( t ) ] 0 2 0 2 g ( t ) d t ) = 2 ( 2 g ( 2 ) 10 ) = 20 . \begin{aligned} &\int_{0}^{4}g'(\sqrt{x})dx ~\Rightarrow~x=t^2 \\ \\ &=\int_{0}^{2}2tg'(t)dt \\ \\ &=2\left(\left[tg(t)\right]_0^2 - \int_{0}^{2}g(t)dt\right) \\ \\ &=2(2g(2)-10) \\ \\ &=\boxed{20}. \end{aligned}

How could you conclude integral of g(x) from 0 to 2 just by symmetry?Please answer.

Rachit Aggarwal - 2 years, 4 months ago

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