# Math Help - 1st Fundamental Theorem of Calc

1. ## 1st Fundamental Theorem of Calc

Ok I know the first fundamental theorem of Calc but this question is confusing me because both of the bounds are varibles with exponents. Please help

Find the derivative of

2. $F'(x)=(2x^7-1)^3\cdot 7x^6-(2x^5-1)^3\cdot 5x^4$

Fernando Revilla

3. You can fix the problem that the lower limit of integration is a variable by breaking it into to integrals:
$\int_{x^5}^{x^7}(2t- 1)^3 dt= \int_a^{x^7}(2t- 1)^3 dt- \int_a^{x^5} (2t- 1)dt$
where "a" is any fixed number- the lower limit won't be relevant to the derivative.

To fix the problem that the upper limit is not just "x", make a change of variable. If we let $u= t^{1/7}$, then when [tex]t= x^7[tex], u will be equal to x. $t= u^7$, of course, and $dt= 7t^6 dt$ so the first integral becomes
$7\int_{a^{1/7}}^x(2u^7- 1)^3t^6 du$.

For the second integral let $v= t^{1/5}$ so that when $t= x^5$, $v= x$. $t= v^5$ and $dt= 5v^4dv$ so the integral becomes
$5\int_{a^{1/5}}^x (2v^5- 1)^3t^4dt$

That is, $\int_{x^5}^{x^7}(2x-1)^2dt= 7\int_{a^{1/7}}^x (2u^7- 1)^3u^6du- 5\int_{a^{1/5}}^x (2v^5- 1)v^4 dv$
and now you can easily apply the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to the two integrals on the right. The derivative with respect to x is, modulo any careless errors,
$7(2x- 1)^3x^6- 5(2x^5-1)x^4$

In fact, that can be generalized to "Leibniz' formula":
$\frac{d}{dx}\left(\int_{\phi(x)}^{\psi(x)} f(x,t)dt= f(x, \psi(x))\frac{d\psi(x)}{dx}- f(x,\phi(x))\frac{d\phi(x)}{dx}+ \int_{\phi(x)}^{\psi(x)}\frac{\partial f(x,t)}{\partial x}dt$

which is, I suspect, how FernandoRevilla got his answer so quickly!

4. Originally Posted by HallsofIvy
... which is, I suspect, how FernandoRevilla got his answer so quickly!
I got it in the following way:

$F(x)=\displaystyle\int_{g(x)}^{h(x)}f(t)dt=\displa ystyle\int_{0}^{h(x)}f(t)dt-\displatytyle\int_{0}^{g(x)}f(t)dt$

Using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Chain's Rule we inmediately obtain:

$F'(x)=f(h(x))h'(x)-f(g(x))g'(x)$

(of course $g,h$ differentiable, etc)

Fernando Revilla