Numerical Integration Part 2
Numerical Integration Part 2
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A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
There are 8 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 90.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to
spend on each question.
Calculators must not be used for questions marked with a * sign.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and any working
underneath.
1.
Figure 1
The finite region R, bounded by the lines x = 1, the x-axis and the curve, is shown shaded in
Figure 1. The curve crosses the x-axis at the point (4, 0).
(a) Complete the table with the values of y corresponding to x = 2 and 2.5.
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2. y=
3x 2
2
(a) Copy and complete the table below, giving the values of y to 2 decimal places.
(4)
Figure 2
The region S is bounded by the curve, the straight line through B and (2, 0), and the line
through A parallel to the y-axis. The region S is shown shaded in Figure 2.
(c) Use your answer to part (b) to find an approximate value for the area of S.
(3)
(Total 9 marks)
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3. y=
(a) Complete the table below, giving the values of y to 3 decimal places.
(2)
(b) Use the trapezium rule with all the values of y from your table to find an approximation
for the value of
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4.
Figure 3
The finite region R, as shown in Figure 3, is bounded by the x-axis and the curve with
equation
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y = 27 − 2x − 9√x − , x > 0.
x2
The curve crosses the x-axis at the points (1, 0) and (4, 0).
(a) Copy and complete the table below, by giving your values of y to 3 decimal places.
(b) Use the trapezium rule with all the values in the completed table to find an approximate
value for the area of R, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
(4)
(c) Use integration to find the exact value for the area of R.
(6)
(Total 12 marks)
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5.
Figure 4
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 4, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the
line x = 2.
The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for y = x3 ln (x2 + 2).
2 2 3 2
x 0 2
4 2 4
y 0 0.3240 3.9210
(a) Complete the table above giving the missing values of y to 4 decimal places.
(2)
(b) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an
estimate for the area of R, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
(3)
(c) Use the substitution u = x2 + 2 to show that the area of R is
4
1
(u 2) ln u du .
2
2
(4)
(d) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact area of R.
(6)
(Total 15 marks)
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6.
Figure 5
2 sin 2 x
Figure 5 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = , 0x .
(1 cos x) 2
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 5, is bounded by the curve and the x-axis.
2 sin 2 x
The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for y = .
(1 cos x)
3
x 0
8 4 8 2
y 0 1.17157 1.02280 0
(a) Complete the table above giving the missing value of y to 5 decimal places.
(1)
(b) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an
estimate for the area of R, giving your answer to 4 decimal places.
(3)
(c) Using the substitution u = 1 + cos x, or otherwise, show that
2 sin 2 x
dx = 4 ln (1 + cos x) – 4 cos x + k,
(1 cos x)
where k is a constant.
(5)
(d) Hence calculate the error of the estimate in part (b), giving your answer to 2 significant
figures.
(3)
(Total 12 marks)
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Figure 6
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Figure 6 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = x 2 ln 2x.
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 6, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the
lines x = 1 and x = 4.
(a) Use the trapezium rule, with 3 strips of equal width, to find an estimate for the area of R,
giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
(4)
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(b) Find x 2 ln 2 x dx .
(4)
(c) Hence find the exact area of R, giving your answer in the form a ln 2 + b, where a and b
are exact constants.
(3)
(Total 11 marks)
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1
8. I= dx .
2 4 ( x 1)
1
(a) Given that y = , copy and complete the table below with values of y
4 ( x 1)
corresponding to x = 3 and x = 5 . Give your values to 4 decimal places.
x 2 3 4 5
y 0.2 0.1745
(2)
(b) Use the trapezium rule, with all of the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an
estimate of I, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.
(4)
(c) Using the substitution x = (u − 4)2 + 1, or otherwise, and integrating, find the exact value
of I.
(8)
(Total 14 marks)
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