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Find the average value of f(x, y = over the region, r, the triangle with vertices (0, 0, (0, 1 and (1, 1.

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Can't be done without knowing what
f is...

But I can tell you that the average value of
f is given by


(\displaystyle\iint_Rf(x,y)\,\mathrm dx\,\mathrm dy)/(\displaystyle\iint_R\mathrm dx\,\mathrm dy)

At the very least, we can compute the denominator, which is just the area of
R. You have


\displaystyle\iint_R\mathrm dx\,\mathrm dy=\int_(x=0)^(x=1)\int_(y=x)^(y=1)\mathrm dy\,\mathrm dx=\int_0^1(1-x)\,\mathrm dx=\frac12

so the average value will be


2\displaystyle\iint_Rf(x,y)\,\mathrm dx\,\mathrm dy
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