Given a function defined as Then Find the value of .
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Let g ( x ) = ∫ 0 π / 2 ∣ x − t ∣ s i n ( t ) d t .
Setting s = x − t , we get the integral
∫ x − π / 2 x ∣ s ∣ s i n ( x − s ) d s
which can be evaluated by naturally considering the cases x < 0 , 0 ≤ x ≤ π / 2 , and x > π / 2 to simplify the ∣ s ∣ function. This yields the piecewise function
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ − ∫ x − π / 2 x s ⋅ s i n ( x − s ) d s ∫ 0 x s ⋅ s i n ( x − s ) d s − ∫ x − π / 2 0 s ⋅ s i n ( x − s ) d s ∫ x − π / 2 x s ⋅ s i n ( x − s ) d s x < 0 0 ≤ x ≤ π / 2 x > π / 2
which simplifies to
\left\{ \begin{array}{11} 1-x & x < 0 \\ x+1-2sin(x) & 0\leq x\leq \pi/2 \\ x-1 & x > \pi/2 \end{array} \right. .
Now since we know f ( x ) = a ⋅ g ( x ) + b x + c , we end up needing to solve the equations a + b = 0 , c − a = 1 , a + c = 0 , b − a = 1 , and − 2 a = 1 , which has the solution a = − 1 / 2 , b = 1 / 2 , and c = 1 / 2 , yielding an answer of 8 .