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Geo
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Geo asked in Science & MathematicsEngineering · 8 years ago

vector calculus question?

The thickness of the frosting at a point on a rectangular piece of brownie is equal to one

twentieth of the square of the horizontal distance from that point to the bottom left corner of

the brownie when seen from above. If the brownie is three inches wide by two inches across,

what is the average thickness of frosting on the brownie?

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    f(x,y) = (x² + y²)/20

    2 3

    (1/A)∫ ∫ f(x,y) dx dy = ⅙∫∫(x² + y²) dx dy /20

    0 0

    = (1/120) ∫(9 + 3y²)dy

    = (1/120) (18 + 2³)

    = 26/120

    = 13/60

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