#Help with Double Integrals - trying to use Fubini's Theorem

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young cypress
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Hi there,

So I'm trying to do a definite double integral, then broke it up using integral properties and Fubini's Theorem:

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young cypress
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Here's how I went about it:

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,tex $\int_1^4 1/x dx$

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,tex $\int_1^4 1/x dx = 2 ln(2)$

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Arsalan Zahid

young cypress
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So I thought I could just substitute that into the original equation:

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However, this changes the answer.

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,tex $2 ln(2) \int_1^2 y dy = 3 ln (2)$

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Arsalan Zahid

young cypress
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However, when I compute the integral from beforehand,