Third Problem for Floors

Calculus Level 3

Evaluate the definite integral:

0 36 t d t \large \int_{0}^{36} \left \lfloor \sqrt{t} \right \rfloor \, dt


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The answer is 125.

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1 solution

Christian Daang
Mar 9, 2017

First, let's generalize:

0 n 2 t d t let t = u 2 d t = 2 u d u = 2 0 n u u d u = 2 k = 0 n 1 k k k + 1 u d u = k = 0 n 1 ( k ( ( k + 1 ) 2 k 2 ) ) = 1 6 n ( n 1 ) ( 4 n + 1 ) . \begin{aligned} \int_0^{n^2}\lfloor\sqrt{t}\rfloor \ dt \hspace{0.5 cm} \text{let t = } \ u^2 \implies dt = 2u \ du \\ & = 2\int_0^{n}\lfloor u \rfloor u \ du \\ & = 2\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}k\int_{k}^{k+1} u \, du \\ & = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} \Big( k \big( (k+1)^2 - k^2 \big) \Big ) \\ & = \cfrac{1}{6}n(n-1)(4n+1). \end{aligned}

Substituting n = 6 0 6 2 t d t = 1 6 ( 6 ) ( 6 1 ) ( 4 ( 6 ) + 1 ) = 125 \begin{aligned} \implies \int_0^{6^2}\lfloor\sqrt{t}\rfloor \ dt \ & = \cfrac{1}{6}(6)(6-1)\big( 4(6)+1 \big ) \\ & = \boxed{125} \end{aligned}

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