Evaluate the integral by making an appropriate change of variables.

By inspecting the integrand, the "obvious" choice for substitution would be

u = y + x

v = y - x

Solving for x and y, we would have

x = (u - v)/2

y = (u + v)/2

in which case the Jacobian and its determinant are

The trapezoid R has two of its edges on the lines x + y = 8 and x + y = 9, so right away, we have 8 ≤ u ≤ 9.

Then for v, we observe that when x = 0 (the lowest edge of R), v = y ; similarly, when y = 0 (the leftmost edge of R), v = -x. So

-x ≤ v ≤ y

-(u - v)/2 ≤ v ≤ (u + v)/2

-u + v ≤ 2v ≤ u + v

-u ≤ v ≤ u

So, the integral becomes