# Thread: Upper and lower bounds of integration.

1. ## Upper and lower bounds of integration.

Suppose that we know that 1 is greater than or equal to g(x)dx with bounds 0 to 4 and is equal or greater to 8. Determine the best possible upper and lower bound for x g(x^2)dx with bounds 0 to 2 that can be deduced from this information.

2. Hello,

Originally Posted by Hibijibi
Suppose that we know that 1 is greater than or equal to g(x)dx with bounds 0 to 4 and is equal or greater to 8. Determine the best possible upper and lower bound for x g(x^2)dx with bounds 0 to 2 that can be deduced from this information.
Do a substitution t=x²

3. Originally Posted by Hibijibi
Suppose that we know that 1 is greater than or equal to g(x)dx with bounds 0 to 4 and is equal or greater to 8. Determine the best possible upper and lower bound for x g(x^2)dx with bounds 0 to 2 that can be deduced from this information.
This is just a glorified integration by substitution problem.

Consider $\int_0^2 x g(x^2)~dx$

Let $u = x^2$

$\Rightarrow du = 2x~dx$

$\Rightarrow \frac 12 ~du = x~dx$

Changing the limits we find:

when $x = 2$, $u = 2^2 = 4$
when $x = 0$, $u = 0^2 = 0$

So our integral becomes:

$\frac 12 \int_0^4 g(u)~du$

I leave the easy part to you

EDIT: Well thanks for making me type all this, Moo