Calculating Absolute Value: FTC Method vs. Book Method vs. Calculator Method

  • Thread starter Thread starter nameVoid
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Value
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
1 reply · 1K views
nameVoid
Messages
238
Reaction score
0
latex2png.2.php?z=100&eq=%5Cint_%7B-3%7D%5E%7B6%7D%7Cx-4%7Cdx%20.jpg

2png.2.php?z=100&eq=%5Cint_%7B-3%7D%5E%7B0%7D(-x-4)dx%20%20%20%2B%5Cint_%7B0%7D%5E%7B6%7D(x-4)dx.jpg


im getting -27/2
book is giving 53/2
calc is giving 21/2

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution






 
Physics news on Phys.org
|x-4| is only equal to x-4 for x greater than or equal to 4. What is it if x<4?