Exercise · ZW-FUNDAMENTAL-THEOREM-OF-CALCULUS-011 · ★☆☆ Basic

Compute \(\displaystyle\frac{d}{dx}\int_0^x t^2\,dt\).

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  • A. \(x^2\)

Explanation

By the fundamental theorem, the derivative of \(\int_0^x f\) is \(f(x)\), here \(x^2\). Integrating \(t^2\) without differentiating would give \(x^3/3\).

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\[\begin{gathered}\int_a^b f(x)\,dx=F(b)-F(a)\\ \frac{d}{dx}\int_a^x f(t)\,dt=f(x)\end{gathered}\]

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