# Determine the mass of the lamina in the first quadrant bounded by the coordinate axes and the...

## Question:

Determine the mass of the lamina in the first quadrant bounded by the coordinate axes and the curve {eq}y=e^{-8x} {/eq} if the density function {eq}\delta(x,y)=xy {/eq}.

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Integration:

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Given Data:

• The curve is: {eq}y = {e^{ - 8x}} {/eq}
• The density function is: {eq}\delta \left( {x,y} \right) = xy {/eq}

The expression for mass of lamina is

{eq}dM = \delta \left( {x,y} \right)dydx {/eq}

Integrate the above expression with following limits

{eq}\begin{align*} 0 &\le y \le {e^{ - 8x}}\\ 0 &\le x \le \infty \end{align*} {/eq}

{eq}\begin{align*} \int {dM} &= \int_0^\infty {\int_0^{{e^{ - 8x}}} {xydydx} } \\ M &= \int_0^\infty {\left[ {\dfrac{{{y^2}}}{2}} \right]_0^{{e^{ - 8x}}}x} dx\\ &= \int_0^\infty {\left[ {\dfrac{{{{\left( {{e^{ - 8x}}} \right)}^2}}}{2} - 0} \right]} xdx\\ &= \dfrac{1}{2}\int_0^\infty {{e^{ - 16x}}} xdx \cdots\cdots\cdots{\rm(I)} \end{align*} {/eq}

The definition of gamma function the expression

{eq}\int_0^\infty {{e^{ - cx}}{x^{n - 1}}dx} = \dfrac{{n!}}{{{c^n}}} {/eq}

Solve the expression (I) by gamma function

{eq}\begin{align*} M &= \dfrac{1}{2}\int_0^\infty {{e^{ - 16x}}} xdx\\ &= \dfrac{1}{2}\dfrac{{2!}}{{{{\left( {16} \right)}^2}}}\\ &= \dfrac{2}{{2\left( {256} \right)}}\\ &= \dfrac{1}{{256}} \end{align*} {/eq}

Thus the mass of lamina is {eq}\dfrac{1}{{256}} {/eq}