Upside down box integral

Calculus Level 2

Evaluate 0 10 x x d x \int_0^{10} \lceil x \rceil \lfloor x \rfloor \,dx


The answer is 330.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Dec 10, 2020

I = 0 10 x x d x = k = 0 9 k k + 1 x x d x = k = 1 9 ( k + 1 ) k = k = 1 9 ( k 2 + k ) = 9 ( 10 ) ( 19 ) 6 + 9 ( 10 ) 2 = 330 \begin{aligned} I & = \int_0^{10} \lceil x \rceil \lfloor x \rfloor \ dx = \sum_{k=0}^9 \int_k^{k+1} \lceil x \rceil \lfloor x \rfloor \ dx = \sum_{k=1}^9 (k+1)k = \sum_{k=1}^9 (k^2+k) = \frac {9(10)(19)}6 + \frac {9(10)}2 = \boxed{330} \end{aligned}

Tom Engelsman
Dec 10, 2020

The above integral is just a series of rectangles (each of width 1), which the sum of areas can be computed per:

Σ k = 1 10 k 2 k = ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 21 ) 6 ( 10 ) ( 11 ) 2 = 330 . \Sigma_{k=1}^{10} k^2-k = \frac{(10)(11)(21)}{6} - \frac{(10)(11)}{2} = \boxed{330}.

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