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11.1 Integrating Standard Functions

11.1 Integrating Standard Functions

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Question 27

Four biologists are modeling the mass distribution m m\,m of a bacterial culture relative to the radial distance r r\,r from the center of a petri dish. They determine that the rate of change is given by dmdr=1r\displaystyle \frac{dm}{dr} = \frac{1}{r}drdm​=r1​ for r>0r > 0r>0. Each biologist proposes a different expression for the indefinite integral ∫1r dr\displaystyle \int \frac{1}{r} \, dr∫r1​dr:

Dr. Aris: m=ln⁡rm = \ln rm=lnr

Dr. Bond: m=Aln⁡rm = A \ln rm=Alnr

Dr. Chen: m=ln⁡(kr)m = \ln (kr)m=ln(kr)

Dr. Dyani: m=ln⁡r+cm = \ln r + cm=lnr+c

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Explain the error in Dr. Aris's proposal.

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Explain the error in Dr. Bond's proposal.

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Demonstrate why the expressions provided by Dr. Chen and Dr. Dyani are equivalent for certain values of the constants k k\,k and ccc.

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11.1 Integrating Standard Functions Questions

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