Find a function f such that f'(x) = x^3 and the line x + y = 0 is tangent to the graph of f.
Follow steps below to solve (C is the unknown constant):
| Use x + y = 0 and solve for y we get y=-x: | |
| Take the derivative of y and we see that y' = -1. | |
| Since f'(x) = y', we can use y' = -1 to solve for x by saying -1 = x^3 and solving for x we get x = -1: | |
| Using x = -1 in x + y = 0 we can find that y = 1: | |
| Take the antiderivative of f'(x) and we get f(x) = (1/4)x^4 + C | |
| Because we know x and y, we can use those to solve for C: | |
| Using C and the antiderivative gives us our final answer for our function f: | |









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