Integration & its Application

1. Integrate the following functions with respect to x.

(a) ⅓√x
2
 2
(b)  x  
 x

1 x
(c)
x3

2. Integrate the following functions with respect to x.

2
(a)
 3x  4 5
1
(b)
5  3x

6
(c) 
3x  2

(d) 5 cos 2x

 
(e) 3 sin  2 x  
 4

(f) sec2 ½x

4
(g) 2x
 3e 3 x
e

3. Given  f  x  dx  5 , find
2

(a)  2 f  x  dx , and
2

(b)   f  x   x  dx .
6


6
4. Evaluate  2 2 
0  1  sin 2 x  1  sin 2 x  dx , giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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 d  x  2  x3
5. Show that dx  
 3 .
 1  x  2 1  x 3 
3

2
4  2x3
Hence, or otherwise, evaluate  dx .
0 1  x 
3 3

6. The curve (y – 1)2 = x + 4 meets the y-axis at A and B. Calculate the area of the region
bounded by the curve and the y-axis.
y
(y – 1)2 = x + 4
A

x
0
B

7. A particle starts from a point O and moves in a straight line with a velocity, v m/s, is
given by v = 3t2 – 12t + 5, where t is the time in seconds after leaving O.

Calculate
(a) the velocity when the particle is again at O, and

(b) the distance travelled by the particle during its 3rd second of motion.

  kx 
3 0

8. Given that  f  x  dx  8 , find the value of k for which 2

 f  x  dx  26 .
0 3

6
9x  6
9. Differentiate y   3 x  5 x  2 with respect to x. Hence, find 2
1 x2
dx , giving

your answer in the form a√2 + b.

10. y
Q y2 = 16 + 8x

x
P O

R
S
The diagram shows two perpendicular straight lines PQ and PS which intersects the
curve y2 = 16 + 8x at the points P, Q and S. Find

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 (a) the gradient of the line PQ,

(b) the equation of the line PS,

(c) the coordinates of the point S, and

(d) the area bounded by the curve PRS and the line PS.

11. A particle moves in a straight line so that, at time t seconds after leaving a fixed point O,
its velocity, v m/s, is given by v = ½ – 2e–½t.

(a) Find
(i) the initial acceleration of the particle,

(ii) the value of t when the particle is instantaneously at rest, and

(iii) the distance of the particle from O when t = 2.

(b) Sketch the velocity-time curve for t ≥ 0, indicating the coordinates of the points of
intersection with the axes.

12. (a) Functions f and g are such that

5

 f  x  dx  3 ,
0
5

 g  x  dx  10 ,
0
10

 f  x  dx  1 , and
0
10

  g  x   f  x   dx  2 .
0

Find the values of

10

(i)  f  x  dx , and
5

10

(ii)  g  x  dx .
5

(b)The diagram below shows the graphs of functions g and h, where h (x) = 5x – x2.
Using the above information and the answers obtained, find the area of the shaded
region. y y = g (x)

x
0 5 10
y = h (x)

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13. A particle P moves in a straight line such that its velocity, v m/s, is given by v = 12 – 3t2,
where t is the time in seconds measured from the start of motion at O.

(a) Show that P comes to instantaneous rest at t = 2 s.

(b) Find the total distance travelled in the first 3 seconds.

On reaching 3 seconds, the particle decelerates at a constant rate of a m/s2 and comes to
rest at O. Find the time taken to reach O. Sketch the velocity-time graph for this whole
journey.

dy
14. A curve for which  kx  3 , where k is a constant, passes through the point (1, 9). At
dx
the point at which x = 5, the gradient of the normal to the curve is –1/13.

Find
(a) the value of k, and

(b) the equation of the curve.

15. (a) Evaluate

1
1
(i)   x  2
0
2
dx , and


2
 
(ii)  cos 2 x  4  dx .

4

sec   cos ec

(b) Prove that sin   cos   . Hence, or otherwise, evaluate
tan   cot 

2
cos ecx  sec x
 dx .
0
cot x  tan x

16. A particle moves in a straight line so that, at time t seconds after leaving a fixed point O,
its velocity, V m/s, is given by V = 18 cos ⅓t. Find

(a) the time when the velocity of the particle first has a speed of 9 m/s,

(b) the acceleration of the particle when t = π/2, and

(c) the distance travelled by the particle after π seconds.

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17. Given that y = e2x (a cos x + b sin x), where a and b are constants, find the values of a and

dy 2
b for which  e 2 x cos x . Hence, use your result to evaluate cos x dx , giving
e
2x
dx
0

your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

3
18. (a) The diagram shows part of the curves y = x2 + 2, y 
 2 x  1 2 and straight line
3
y = ⅓(x – 1). The curve y  2
 2 x  1 2 intersects the curve y = x + 2 at A(1, 3) and the
line y = ⅓(x – 1) at B(2, ⅓). Find the area of the shaded region.
y
y = x2 + 2

A(1, 3) 3
y
 2 x  1 2 x
0
y = ⅓(x – 1) B(2, ⅓)

6 6 4
 3 
(b) Given that  f  x  dx  12
1
and  f  x  dx  5 , evaluate  3  2 f  x   dx .
4 1

d2y
19. The curve y = f (x) has a gradient of 11 at the point (2, 5). If  6 x  2 , find the
dx 2
equation of the curve.

x2
20. The gradient of the normal to a curve, at the point (x, y) on the curve is , where k
4  kx 3
is a constant. Given that the curve has a stationary point at (–1, 3), find

(a) the value of k, and

(b) the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where x = 2.

x5
21. Express
 x  1 x  2  in partial fractions.
5
x5
Hence, evaluate   x  1 x  2
3
dx .

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 d 1  1
22. Prove that  x sin 2 x   sin 2 x  x cos 2 x .
dx  2  2

2
Hence, evaluate
 x cos 2 x dx .
0

23. The figure shows the part of the line y + x = 3 which cuts the curve x = y(3 – y). Calculate
the ratio of the area of region A to that of region B.
y

x = y(3 – y)

A
B y+x=3
x
0

3x  5
24. Express in partial fractions.
x  x  12
2

3x  5
Hence, find  2 dx .
x  x  12

4
3
25. Evaluate   x  1 x  2 dx .
1

26. Evaluate

2

(a)
3
 x 
 tan    2 dx , and
2

0 2 

1
2
(b)  1  4x
2
dx .

27. Integrate the following functions.

(a) ∫ [(sin x + 1)2] dx

(b) ∫ (⅓ cos2 2x) dx

(c) ∫ (2 + tan2 3t) dt

(d) ∫ [1 – sin2 (1 – 2x)] dx

(e) ∫ [cos θ (cos θ + 2 sin θ)] dθ

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(f) ∫ [tan2 3t (2 cot2 3t – 1)] dt

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Please check your workings carefully!

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