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P8 Pure: Integration

EDEXCEL 9MA0 · Calculator allowed · about 140 minutes
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1
This question tests integration of expressions with fractional and negative indices.
(a)Find integral of (3x2 - 4x-1/2 + 5) dx, giving your answer in simplified form.(3)
(b)Show that integral of (2x - 3)/x dx = (4/3)x3/2 - 6x1/2 + c(3)
(c)Hence evaluate the definite integral, from x = 1 to x = 4, of (2x - 3)/x dx, giving your answer as an exact value.(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 8 marks)
2
This question tests integration of ekx and 1/x, and finding a particular solution using a given point.
(a)Find integral of (e2x + 3/x) dx, for x > 0.(2)
(b)A curve C has dy/dx = 6x2 - e-x, and C passes through the point (0, 5). Find y in terms of x.(4)
(c)Hence find the gradient of C at the point where x = 0.(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 8 marks)
3
This question tests integration by inspection (reverse chain rule).
(a)Find integral of (2x + 1)5 dx.(3)
(b)Find integral of x/(x2 + 4) dx.(3)
(c)Find integral of cos(3x - 1) dx.(3)
(Total for Question 3 is 9 marks)
4
The curve C has equation y = x3 - 4x.
(a)Show that the definite integral, from x = 0 to x = 2, of (x3 - 4x) dx equals -4.(2)
(b)Explain why the value found in part (a) is not the area of the region bounded by C and the x-axis between x = 0 and x = 2, and state the area of this region.(2)
(c)Find the total area enclosed between the curve C and the x-axis for 0 ≤ x ≤ 3.(5)
(Total for Question 4 is 9 marks)
5
The curve C has equation y = 6x - x2, and the line l has equation y = 2x.
(a)Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of C and l.(3)
(b)Find the area of the region enclosed by C and l.(4)
(Total for Question 5 is 7 marks)
6
The table shows values of y = 1 + x3, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2.
x : 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
y : 1, 1.0607, ?, 2.0917, 3
(a)Complete the table by finding the value of y at x = 1, giving your answer to 4 decimal places.(2)
(b)Using the trapezium rule with all five values in the table (strip width h = 0.5), find an estimate for the definite integral, from x = 0 to x = 2, of 1 + x3 dx, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.(3)
(c)State, with a reason, whether the trapezium rule estimate found in part (b) is an overestimate or an underestimate of the true value of the integral.(2)
(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)
7
This question tests integration by substitution.
(a)Using the substitution u = 2x - 1, find integral of x*2x - 1 dx.(5)
(b)Hence evaluate the definite integral, from x = 1 to x = 5, of x*2x - 1 dx, giving your answer as an exact fraction.(3)
(Total for Question 7 is 8 marks)
8
This question tests integration of trigonometric functions using double angle identities.
(a)Using the identity cos(2A) = 1 - 2sin2(A), or otherwise, find integral of sin2(x) dx.(3)
(b)Find integral of cos2(3x) dx.(4)
(c)Hence evaluate the definite integral, from x = 0 to x = π/6, of cos2(3x) dx, giving your answer in terms of π.(3)
(Total for Question 8 is 10 marks)
9
This question tests integration by parts.
(a)Find integral of x*sin(2x) dx, using integration by parts.(5)
(b)Find integral of x2 * ln(x) dx, for x > 0, using integration by parts.(5)
(Total for Question 9 is 10 marks)
10
f(x) = (5x - 14) / ((x - 1)(x - 4)), for x > 4.
(a)Express f(x) in the form A/(x - 1) + B/(x - 4), where A and B are integers to be found.(4)
(b)Hence find integral of f(x) dx.(4)
(c)Hence show that the definite integral, from x = 5 to x = 6, of f(x) dx equals ln(k), and find the exact value of k.(4)
(Total for Question 10 is 12 marks)
11
The region R is bounded by the curve y = ex, the x-axis, and the lines x = 0 and x = 1.
(a)Find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated 2*π radians about the x-axis, giving your answer as an exact multiple of π.(5)
(b)Give your answer to part (a) as a decimal, correct to 3 significant figures.(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 8 marks)
12
The temperature, θ degrees Celsius, of a cup of tea t minutes after it is made satisfies the differential equation dtheta/dt = -k(θ - 18), where k is a positive constant and 18 is the room temperature. When t = 0, θ = 90.
(a)Using separation of variables, show that θ = 18 + 72*e-kt.(5)
(b)Given that θ = 60 when t = 5, show that k = (1/5) ln(12/7).(3)
(c)Find the time taken, in minutes, for the temperature of the tea to fall to 25 degrees Celsius, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.(3)
(Total for Question 12 is 11 marks)
13
A curve C has parametric equations x = t2, y = 3 - t, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 3.
(a)Find dx/dt.(1)
(b)Show that C crosses the x-axis at the point where t = 3, and find the coordinates of this point.(2)
(c)Use the formula Area = integral of y*(dx/dt) dt to find the area of the region bounded by the curve C, the x-axis and the y-axis.(5)
(d)Verify your answer to part (c) by finding the Cartesian equation of C in the form y = f(x), and evaluating the appropriate definite integral in x.(4)
(Total for Question 13 is 12 marks)
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