5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus/25

${\begin{aligned}\int _{1}^{2}\left({\frac {3}{t^{4}}}\right)dt=\int _{1}^{2}\left(3t^{-4}\right)\,dt\\\end{aligned}}$

\int_{1}^{2}\left(\frac{3}{t^4}\right)dt = \int_{1}^{2}\left(\{3t^-4}\right) \\

&= \frac{3t^-4}{-3}\bigg|_{1}^{2} = -t^-3 \bigg|_{1}^{2} \\

&= \left[-(2)^-3\right]-\left[-(1)^-3\right] \\[2ex]

&= 1+\frac{-1}{8} = \frac{7}{8}