Can You Solve This Harvard Calculus Problem In 5 Seconds?
I think most of you can!
This is a problem on the Introduction to functions and calculus Oliver Knill, Spring 2020 Exam. The integrand might look somewhat monstrous, but all it takes is a simple substitution.
Let’s try a u-substitution.
Do you see how this is actually an extremely straighforward problem? In fact, we can simplify the integral into the following form.
With our fundamental knowledge of anti-derivatives, we will get the following as our answer.
And that’s our answer. How amazing!
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