Not that Snake!

Calculus Level 5

Let f ( x ) f(x) be a function satisfying f ( x ) = x x 2 f(x)= x-x^2 where 0 x 1 0\leq x \leq 1 , and f ( x + 1 ) = f ( x ) f(x+1) = f(x) for x R x\in \mathbb R .

If g ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t \displaystyle g(x)= \int_0^x f(t) \, dt , find g ( 6.3 ) g(6.3) .

Give your answer upto 3 decimal places.

Notation : R \mathbb R denotes the set of real numbers .

Bonus : Find the general expression for g ( x ) g(x) .


See its sister problem: Not that Snake again!


The answer is 1.036.

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2 solutions

Rachit Shukla
Jul 11, 2016

Here is the general expression for g ( x ) g(x) :

g ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t \displaystyle g(x)=\int_{0}^{x}f(t)dt

= 0 x f ( t ) d t + x x f ( t ) d t \displaystyle \int_{0}^{\lfloor x \rfloor}f(t)dt + \int_{\lfloor x \rfloor}^{x}f(t)dt

= x 0 1 f ( t ) d t + 0 { x } f ( t ) d t \displaystyle \lfloor x \rfloor\int_{0}^{1}f(t)dt + \int_{0}^{\{x\}}f(t)dt (where, f ( x ) = x x 2 f(x)=x-x^2 )

= x + { x } 2 ( 3 2 { x } ) 6 \displaystyle \frac{\lfloor x \rfloor+\{x\}^2(3-2\{x\})}{6}

Fiki Akbar
Aug 26, 2016

Condition f ( x + 1 ) = f ( x ) f(x+1) = f(x) for all x R x\in\mathbb{R} means the function f f is a periodic function with period 1. Since f ( x ) = x 2 x 3 f(x) = x^2 - x^3 for 0 x 1 0\leq x \leq 1 , then g ( 6.3 ) = 0 6.3 f ( x ) d x = 6 0 1 f ( x ) d x + 0 0.3 f ( x ) d x = 1.036 g(6.3) = \int_{0}^{6.3}\:f(x)\:dx = 6 \int_{0}^{1}\:f(x)\:dx + \int_{0}^{0.3}\:f(x)\:dx = 1.036

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