document.write( "Question 1179691: The area of the region under the curve of the function f(x) = 5x + 7 on the interval [1, b] is 88 square units, where b > 1.\r
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We need to find the integral of the function \"f%28x%29+=+5x+%2B+7+\"with the limits \"1\" and \"b+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"int%28%285+x+%2B+7%29%2Cdx%2C1%2Cb%29+=+%285+b%5E2%29%2F2+%2B+7+b+-+19%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%5E2%2F2%2B7b-19%2F2=88\"........both sides multiply by \"2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%5E2%2B14b-19=176\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%5E2%2B14b-19-176=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%5E2%2B14b-195=0\"...factor\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%5E2-25b%2B39b-195=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285b%5E2-25b%29%2B%2839b-195%29=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5b%28b-5%29%2B39%28b-5%29=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28b+-+5%29+%285b+%2B+39%29+=+0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>since given that \"b+%3E+1\" , use solution \"b=5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in interval [\"1\", \"5\"] the area of the region under the curve will be \"88\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"int%28+%285+x+%2B+7%29%2C+dx%2C1%2C5%29+=+88\"\r
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