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AS CIE Maths 2 hours 28 questions

6.1 Integration
6.1.1 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus / 6.1.2 Integrating Powers of x / 6.1.3
Definite Integration / 6.1.4 Reverse Chain Rule / 6.1.5 Improper Integrals

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Medium (7 questions) /27 Scan here for your answers


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Hard (6 questions) /33

Very Hard (7 questions) /39

Total Marks /134

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Easy Questions
1 Integrate

(i) 2 x,
(ii) 6 x2 ,
(iii) 1 12
x .
2

(3 marks)

2 Evaluate

∫2 4x dx ,
(i) 1

∫0 (9x 2 + 4x ) dx .
(ii) 3

(4 marks)

3 Use calculus to find

1 1

∫ (3x 2 + 2x − 2 )dx .

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(3 marks)

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4 (a) Show that

3x 3 + 4x 6
x2

can be written as 3x a + 4x b , where a and b are constants to be found.

(2 marks)

(b) Hence find

⎛⎜ 3x 3 + 4x 6 ⎞⎟
∫ ⎜
⎝ x2
⎟ dx .

(3 marks)

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5 (a) Integrate 5x 4 + 6x 2 + 2x + 3 .

(3 marks)

(b) Given that f (x ) = ∫(5x 4 + 6x 2 + 2x + 3) dx and that the graph of y = f (x ) passes


through the point (1 , 10), find an expression for f (x ) in terms of x only.

(3 marks)

6 Evaluate

∫ 3 (2kx + 3kx 2) dx
4

giving your answer in terms of k.

(4 marks)

7 The curve C, described by the integral

y= ∫(2x 3 − x ) dx ,

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passes through the point (2 , -2).

Show that 2y = x 4 − x 2 − 16.

(4 marks)

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8 (a) By first writing as x −2 , use calculus to show that
x2

1 1
∫1
a
dx = 1 −
x2 a

where a > 1 is a constant.

(3 marks)

(b) Find the value of the integral in part (a) when

(i) a = 10,
(ii) a = 1000,
(iii) a = 1 000 000 .

(2 marks)

(c) By considering your answers to part (b), suggest what number the value of the integral in
part (a) will approach as a → ∞ .

(1 mark)

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Medium Questions
1 Use calculus to find

∫(3x 2 + 5x + 3) dx

(2 marks)

2 Evaluate

∫1 (4x + 6x 2) dx
5

(2 marks)

3 Find the equation of the curve passing through the point (4, 64) and given by

y= ∫(3 − 2x + 6x 2) dx

(3 marks)

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4 (a) Show that

(3 − 2x ) 2 = 9 − 12x + 4x 2

(2 marks)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, work out

∫(3 − 2x ) 2 dx

(2 marks)

5 Given

∫k (2x − 1) dx = 20
5

find the value of the positive constant k .

(4 marks)

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d 2y dy
6 (a) Given = 30x and that when x = 1 , = 17 , show that
dx 2 dx

dy
= 15x 2 + 2
dx

(4 marks)

(b) Find an equation for y in terms of x, given that when x = 2 , y = 40.

(3 marks)

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7 (a) Use calculus to show that

2 1
∫1
a
3
dx = 1 − 2
x a

where a > 1 is a constant.

(3 marks)

1
(b) By first considering the limit of as a → ∞ , determine the value of
a2

∞ 2
∫1 x3
dx

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 Use calculus to find the value of

x2 + 1
∫4
9
dx
x

(5 marks)

2 Find the equation of the curve passing through the point (-2, 3) and given by

4
y= ∫ ⎛⎜⎜⎝3 − 2x + x 2 ⎞⎟⎟⎠ dx

(4 marks)

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3 (a) Using the binomial expansion, or otherwise, show that

(2 − x ) 3 = 8 − 12x + 6x 2 − x 3

(3 marks)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, work out

∫(2 − x ) 3 dx

(3 marks)

4 Given

1 15
∫1
p
(1 + ) dx =
x2 4

find the value of the constant p, where p > 0 .

(5 marks)

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5 A function, f (x ) , has second derivative given by

f''(x ) = 6(x − 2) .

Given that f (3) = 20 , and f'(2) = 8, find f (x ) .

(5 marks)

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6 (a) Use calculus to find the exact value of each of the following improper integrals:

∞ 5
∫7 x2
dx

(4 marks)

2
∫0
18
(b) dx
x

(4 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1 Use calculus to find

∫ (2 x + 5x 3 ) dx

(3 marks)

2 Use calculus to find the value of

x3 + 3 x
∫2
4
dx
2 x

giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(5 marks)

3 Find the equation of the curve passing through the point (4, -8) and given by

⎛ 2 ⎞
y= ∫ ⎜⎜⎜⎝ x
− x − 3 ⎟⎟⎟ dx

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(4 marks)

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4 (a) Show that

⎛⎜ 1 ⎞3 27 9 1
⎜3 − x ⎟⎟ = 27 − x + x2 − x3
⎝ 2 ⎠ 2 4 8

(3 marks)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, work out

⎛⎜ ⎛⎜ 1 ⎞ ⎞3
∫ ⎜2 ⎜3 − x ⎟⎟ ⎟⎟ dx
⎝ ⎝ 2 ⎠⎠

(3 marks)

5 Given

∫q
4q
5x x dx = 15 066

find the value of the constant q.

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(5 marks)

6 A function, f (x ) , has second derivative given by

f''(x ) = 2( 18x − 5) .

Given that (2x − 1) and (3x + 2) are factors of f (x ) , find f (x ) .

(6 marks)

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7 (a) Given that

∞ 3
∫p x x
dx = 3

where p is a real constant, find the value of p .

(5 marks)

(b) Given that

q + 3x
∫0
50
dx = 750 2
x

where q is a real constant, find the value of q .

(5 marks)

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