Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

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I am working on some problems with the fundamental theorem. I need to refresh my memory though, because I have forgotten exactly how to do these problems. I actually am not even sure if I use part 1 or part 2 of the FTC for these problems, so if you could help me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. Here is one of them

f(x) = ∫ from 1 to 2x of cube root(1+t^3)dt



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Joe_K said:

Homework Statement



I am working on some problems with the fundamental theorem. I need to refresh my memory though, because I have forgotten exactly how to do these problems. I actually am not even sure if I use part 1 or part 2 of the FTC for these problems, so if you could help me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. Here is one of them

f(x) = ∫ from 1 to 2x of cube root(1+t^3)dt
So, are you to find f(x)?
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or find f '(x) ?
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or what is the rest of the problem ?
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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