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Exponentiate Negatively, Get Value (Posted on 2007-12-24) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Given that:
     y
   (g(p))-2 dp = g(y), 
    0
and:
     4
   (g(p))-2 dp = (12)1/3.
    0
Find the value of g(72)

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complete solution | Comment 1 of 6

merry christmas everyone :-)

let h(x)= (1/g(x))^2 then from the first equation we have

Integral h(t) dt from 0 to x  = g(x)

from the fundamental theorem of calculus we have that

d/dx Integral h(t) dt from 0 to x = h(x)

thus h(x)=g'(x)

thus we end up with the differential equation, whose solution is g(x)

dy/dx = (1/y)^2

y^2 dy = dx

integrating we get

y^3/3=x+c

thus y=(3x+c)^(1/3)

from the second equation given we get that

g(4)=12^(1/3)

thus

(12+c)^(1/3)=12^(1/3)

12+c=12

c=0

thus

g(x)=(3x)^(1/3)

QED


  Posted by Daniel on 2007-12-25 02:14:37
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