Find the Average Value of the Function F Over the Given

question 396

Multiple Choice

Find the average value of the function f over the given region.
- $f ( x , y ) = \frac { 1 } { ( x y ) ^ { 2 } }$ over the square $1 \leq x \leq 4,1 \leq y \leq 4$ .

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\)
• B) \(\frac { \ln 4 } { 4 }\)
• C) \(\frac { \ln 4 } { 16 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 1 } { 16 }\)

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