Problem 47874. Compute an integral of an exponential function

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Dyuman Joshi on 7 Aug 2021

This should work right? I tried simplifying this as well but not sure why it fails

ChrisR on 4 Sep 2021

Dyuman, I have a different set of arguments for the first function in your code. I will need to dig into it to figure out the differences.

Dyuman Joshi on 4 Sep 2021

Yeah I noticed that too in Tim's answer. If you find any differences, please let me know, it will be very helpful, Thank you!

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