HP 50g calculator's answer is correct or author's answer is correct?

In summary, we need to evaluate the double integral ##\iint\limits_R e^{\frac{x-y}{x+y}} dA##, where ##R## is the region bounded by ##x \geq 0##, ##y \geq 0##, and ##x+y \leq 1##. The author's answer of ##\frac{e^2 -1}{4e} =0.587600596824## is incorrect because the limits of integration given are for the wrong region. The correct answer, obtained after more than 11 minutes, is ##1.11888345561##.
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Summary: Evaluate ##\displaystyle\iint\limits_R e^{\frac{x-y}{x+y}} dA ## where ##R {(x,y): x \geq 0, y \geq 0, x+y \leq 1}##

Author has given the answer to this question as ## \frac{e^2 -1}{4e} =0.587600596824 ## But hp 50g pc emulator gave the answer after more than 11 minutes of time 1.11888345561.
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Now, How to decide which answer is correct?
 
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Your limits of integration are wrong on the inner integral. The integral you entered into the simulator has the region R being ##\{(x, y) | 0 \le x \le 1, 0 \le y \le 1 \}##. IOW, the square bounded by the lines x = 0, y = 0, x = 1, and y = 1. This is incorrect, since the region of integration is a triangle.

Integrating with respect to y first, your integral should look like this:
$$\int_{x=0}^1\int_{y=0}^{1 - x} e^{\frac{x-y}{x+y}}dy dx$$
 
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