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8-59.
No calculator! Integrate.
You could rewrite the integrand as a piecewise function and then integrate each piece separately, or...
You could think about the shape of the graph of
and evaluate this integral geometrically.
Before integrating, distribute the
.
Before integrating, think about the shape of the graph of
. Evaluate this integral geometrically. Careful: Will the area be positive or negative?
Evaluate this integral geometrically.