AP Calculus AB › Basic properties of definite integrals (additivity and linearity)
Given that and
, find the value of the following expression:
First, simplifying the given's gives us
And
Our goal is to get the given expression into terms of these two integrals. Our first step will be to try and get a from our expression.
First note,
And for the third term,
Putting these facts together, we can rewrite the original expression as
Rearranging,
The three terms in parentheses can all be brought together, as the top limit of the previous integral matches the bottom limit of the next integral. Thus, we now have
Substituting in our given's, this simplifies to