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

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The discussion centers on evaluating the double integral of the function e^{(x-y)/(x+y)} over the triangular region defined by x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, and x+y ≤ 1. The author claims the correct answer is (e^2 - 1)/(4e) ≈ 0.5876, while the HP 50g emulator provides a different result of approximately 1.1189. The discrepancy arises from incorrect limits of integration used in the emulator, which assumes a square region instead of the specified triangular region. The correct setup for the integral should integrate y first, leading to the proper limits of integration. This highlights the importance of accurately defining the region of integration in double integrals.
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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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