Calculus Examples

$\int_{0}^{1} e^{- x} d x$

Step 1

Let $u = - x$ . Then $d u = - d x$ , so $- d u = d x$ . Rewrite using $u$ and $d$ $u$ .

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Step 1.1

Let $u = - x$ . Find $\frac{d u}{d x}$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Differentiate $- x$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [- x]$

Step 1.1.2

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- x$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$- \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 1.1.3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 1.1.4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$

Step 1.2

Substitute the lower limit in for $x$ in $u = - x$ .

$u_{lower} = - 0$

Step 1.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $0$ .

$u_{lower} = 0$

Step 1.4

Substitute the upper limit in for $x$ in $u = - x$ .

$u_{upper} = - 1 \cdot 1$

Step 1.5

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$u_{upper} = - 1$

Step 1.6

The values found for $u_{lower}$ and $u_{upper}$ will be used to evaluate the definite integral.

$u_{lower} = 0$

$u_{upper} = - 1$

Step 1.7

Rewrite the problem using $u$ , $d u$ , and the new limits of integration.

$\int_{0}^{- 1} - e^{u} d u$

Step 2

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $u$ , move $- 1$ out of the integral.

$- \int_{0}^{- 1} e^{u} d u$

Step 3

The integral of $e^{u}$ with respect to $u$ is $e^{u}$ .

$- (e^{u}]_{0}^{- 1})$

Step 4

Substitute and simplify.

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Step 4.1

Evaluate $e^{u}$ at $- 1$ and at $0$ .

$- ((e^{- 1}) - e^{0})$

Step 4.2

Simplify.

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Step 4.2.1

Anything raised to $0$ is $1$ .

$- (e^{- 1} - 1 \cdot 1)$

Step 4.2.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- (e^{- 1} - 1)$

Step 5

Simplify.

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Step 5.1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$- (\frac{1}{e} - 1)$

Step 5.2

Apply the distributive property.

$- \frac{1}{e} - - 1$

Step 5.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$- \frac{1}{e} + 1$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{e} + 1$

Decimal Form:

$0.63212055 \dots$

Step 7