Question: 4 . A geometric integral ( a ) Consider the function g ( x ) = Z x 0 p 1 t 2 dt .

4. A geometric integral (a) Consider the function g(x)= Z x 0 p 1 t 2 dt. Suppose 0 x 1. Use geometry to find a formula for g(x).(Hint: partition the area under the curve into a sector of a circle and a triangle, as in the image below (Hint 2: your answer may involve an inverse trig function)). Show your work carefully. (b) Briefly explain why the formula you found in a) also works if 1 x 0, so in fact it is true for all x in the domain of g.(c) What does the fundamental theorem tell you (without doing any calculation) about g (x)?(d) Now calculate g (x) by directly differentiating the answer you found in (a) and check that it matches your answer from (c). Congratulations! You used geometry to find an interesting antiderivative.

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