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SammyS
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What's the variable of integration???
I keep seeing posts like this:
Shouldn't we all ask, right off the bat, "What's the variable of integration?"
Probably what was meant was:
[tex] \int xe^{-ax}\, dx \,. [/tex]
But maybe the problem actually was:
[tex] \int xe^{-ax}\, da \,. [/tex]
Does this bother any of you?
I keep seeing posts like this:
Help me do this integral
[tex]
\int xe^{-ax}
[/tex]
Shouldn't we all ask, right off the bat, "What's the variable of integration?"
Probably what was meant was:
[tex] \int xe^{-ax}\, dx \,. [/tex]
But maybe the problem actually was:
[tex] \int xe^{-ax}\, da \,. [/tex]
Does this bother any of you?