Calculus · real student question

Evaluate the iterated integral: the integral from x = 0 to 1 of x-differential, with the inner integral of y dy taken from y = x up to y = √(1 − x²) + 1.

Question

Evaluate

01 ⁣x1x2+1ydydx.\int_{0}^{1}\!\int_{x}^{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1} y\,dy\,dx.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Do the inner integral, where xx is a constant. The integrand is just yy, so

    x1x2+1ydy=[y22]x1x2+1=12((1x2+1)2x2).\int_{x}^{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1}y\,dy=\left[\frac{y^{2}}{2}\right]_{x}^{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1}=\frac12\Bigl(\bigl(\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1\bigr)^{2}-x^{2}\Bigr).

    Before expanding, note the limits are consistent on [0,1][0,1]: the upper limit 1x2+1\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1 is at least 11 while the lower limit xx is at most 11, so the region is non-degenerate.

  2. Expand the square — this is where the   \sqrt{\;} survives.

    (1x2+1)2=(1x2)+21x2+1=2x2+21x2.\bigl(\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1\bigr)^{2}=(1-x^{2})+2\sqrt{1-x^{2}}+1=2-x^{2}+2\sqrt{1-x^{2}}.

    The cross term 21x22\sqrt{1-x^{2}} is the only non-polynomial piece; everything else is elementary.

  3. Simplify the inner result.

    12(2x2+21x2x2)=12(22x2+21x2)=1x2+1x2.\frac12\Bigl(2-x^{2}+2\sqrt{1-x^{2}}-x^{2}\Bigr)=\frac12\Bigl(2-2x^{2}+2\sqrt{1-x^{2}}\Bigr)=1-x^{2}+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}.

    So the double integral has become the single integral 01(1x2+1x2)dx\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}\bigl(1-x^{2}+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}\bigr)dx.

  4. Split and evaluate each piece. The first two are immediate:

    011dx=1,01x2dx=13.\int_{0}^{1}1\,dx=1,\qquad \int_{0}^{1}x^{2}\,dx=\frac13.

    For the third, y=1x2y=\sqrt{1-x^{2}} on [0,1][0,1] traces the first-quadrant quarter of the unit circle, so its integral is the quarter-disc area π/4\pi/4 — no trigonometric substitution needed.

  5. Combine and check.

    113+π4=23+π4.1-\frac13+\frac{\pi}{4}=\frac23+\frac{\pi}{4}.

    Numerically 2/3+π/4=1.45206483012/3+\pi/4=1.4520648301, and adaptive quadrature of 1x2+1x21-x^{2}+\sqrt{1-x^{2}} over [0,1][0,1] returns 1.45206483011.4520648301 — the same to ten decimals.

Answer

23+π4\frac{2}{3}+\frac{\pi}{4}

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