The question:
"$f'(x)=6x^{4.3}+5x^{-4.5}+6x^{0.6}$ and $f(1)=-11$. What is $f(x)$?"
So I entered the problem in as $\int 6x^{4.3}+5x^{-4.5}+6x^{0.6}\,dx$ . This gave me $\frac{-1.42857}{x^(3.5)}+3.75x^{1.6}+1.13208x^{5.3}+c$
I then used $f(1)=-11$ and substituted it in as
$-11=\frac{-1.42857}{(1)^(3.5)}+3.75(1)^{1.6}+1.13208(1)^{5.3}+c$
And this gave me the constant to be $\frac{-1445351}{100000}$
The proper answer I am given however is
$\frac{6}{5.3}x^{5.3}-\frac{5}{3.5}x^{-3.5}+\frac{6}{1.6}x^{1.6}-11-\frac{6}{5.3}+\frac{5}{3.5}-\frac{6}{1.6}$
where did I go wrong and can someone show me how to do it correctly?
Both the answers are correct.The answer provided, didn't convert the fractions to their decimal expansions.
Also ,I read your statement "..So I entered the problem in as $∫6x4.3+5x−4.5+6x0.6dx$ . This gave me $−1.42857x(3.5)+3.75x1.6+1.13208x5.3+c$...".
Did you use calculator for it?If yes, then the answer provided hints that there was no use of it.