Let be a positive integer and
and
and have common tangents at points and .
If is the area of the region bounded by and the line , find to seven decimal places.
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Let f ( x ) = x 2 n + 1 and g ( x ) = lo g b ( x ) = ln ( b ) ln ( x ) for x > 0
⟹ f ′ ( a ) = ( 2 n + 1 ) a 2 n = g ′ ( a ) = a ln ( b ) 1 ⟹ a 2 n + 1 = ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) 1 ⟹ a = ( ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) 1 ) 2 n + 1 1
and
a 2 n + 1 = ln ( b ) ln ( a ) ⟹ ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) 1 = ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) ln ( ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) 1 ) ⟹ ln ( ( 2 n + 1 ) ln ( b ) 1 ) = 1 ⟹ ln ( b ) = 2 n + 1 ) e 1 ⟹
b = e ( 2 n + 1 ) e 1 ⟹ a = e 2 n + 1 1 ⟹ a 2 n + 1 = e
⟹ A : ( e 2 n + 1 1 , e ) and using the symmetry about the origin we have A ′ : ( − e 2 n + 1 1 , − e )
⟹ m A A ′ = e 2 n + 1 2 n ⟹ y = e 2 n + 1 2 n x
⟹ A n = 2 ∫ 0 e 2 n + 1 1 ( e 2 n + 1 2 n x − x 2 n + 1 ) d x = ( n + 1 n ) e 2 n + 1 2 n + 2
⟹ lim n → ∞ A n = e lim n → ∞ ( 1 − n + 1 1 ) e 2 n + 1 1 = e ≈ 2 . 7 1 8 2 8 1 8 .