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Nov 2022 p33 q3
1731

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{4}\pi} x \sec^2 x \, dx\).

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June 2019 p33 q2
1732

Show that \(\int_0^{\frac{1}{4}\pi} x^2 \cos 2x \, dx = \frac{1}{32}(\pi^2 - 8)\).

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Feb/Mar 2019 p32 q4
1733

Show that \(\int_{1}^{4} x^{-\frac{3}{2}} \ln x \, dx = 2 - \ln 4\).

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Nov 2018 p32 q3
1734

(i) Find \(\int \frac{\ln x}{x^3} \, dx\).

(ii) Hence show that \(\int_1^2 \frac{\ln x}{x^3} \, dx = \frac{1}{16}(3 - \ln 4)\).

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June 2018 p33 q3
1735

Showing all necessary working, find the value of \(\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{6}\pi} x \cos 3x \, dx\), giving your answer in terms of \(\pi\).

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June 2017 p33 q4
1736

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}\pi} \theta \sin \frac{1}{2} \theta \, d\theta\).

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June 2016 p32 q3
1737

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}\pi} x^2 \sin 2x \, dx\).

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June 2016 p31 q2
1738

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}} xe^{-2x} \, dx\).

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Nov 2013 p31 q3
1739

Find the exact value of \(\int_{1}^{4} \frac{\ln x}{\sqrt{x}} \, dx\).

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Problem 1740
1740

Show that \(\int_{2}^{4} 4x \ln x \, dx = 56 \ln 2 - 12\).

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Nov 2012 p33 q5
1741

The expression \(f(x)\) is defined by \(f(x) = 3x e^{-2x}\).

(i) Find the exact value of \(f'\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\).

(ii) Find the exact value of \(\int_{-\frac{1}{2}}^{0} f(x) \, dx\).

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Nov 2021 p33 q4
1742

Find the exact value of \(\int_{\frac{1}{3}\pi}^{\pi} x \sin \frac{1}{2}x \, dx\).

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June 2011 p33 q3
1743

Show that \(\int_{0}^{1} (1-x)e^{-\frac{1}{2}x} \, dx = 4e^{-\frac{1}{2}} - 2\).

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June 2010 p32 q2
1744

Show that \(\int_{0}^{\pi} x^2 \sin x \, dx = \pi^2 - 4\).

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Nov 2007 p3 q3
1745

Use integration by parts to show that

\(\int_{2}^{4} \ln x \, dx = 6 \ln 2 - 2.\)

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June 2003 p3 q2
1746

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{1} xe^{2x} \, dx\).

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Nov 2022 p3 q2
1747

Find the exact value of \(\int_{1}^{2} x \ln x \, dx\).

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June 2021 p33 q8
1748

By using integration by parts, show that for all \(a > 1\), \(\int_{1}^{a} \frac{\ln x}{x^4} \, dx < \frac{1}{9}\).

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June 2021 p32 q4
1749

Using integration by parts, find the exact value of \(\int_0^2 \arctan\left(\frac{1}{2}x\right) \, dx\).

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June 2021 p31 q9
1750

The equation of a curve is \(y = x^{-\frac{2}{3}} \ln x\) for \(x > 0\).

Show that \(\int_{1}^{8} y \, dx = 18 \ln 2 - 9\).

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June 2020 p33 q2
1751

Find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{1} (2-x)e^{-2x} \, dx\).

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June 2020 p32 q3
1752

Find the exact value of

\(\int_{1}^{4} x^{\frac{3}{2}} \ln x \, dx.\)

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Feb/Mar 2020 p32 q4
1753

Find \(\int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}} x \sec^2 x \, dx\). Give your answer in a simplified exact form.

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Nov 2019 p31 q6
1754

(i) By differentiating \(\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}\), show that if \(y = \cot x\) then \(\frac{dy}{dx} = -\csc^2 x\).

(ii) Show that \(\int_{\frac{1}{4}\pi}^{\frac{1}{2}\pi} x \csc^2 x \, dx = \frac{1}{4}(\pi + \ln 4)\).

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Nov 2023 p33 q10
1755

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x \cos 2x\), for \(x \geq 0\).

(a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where \(x = \frac{1}{2} \pi\).

(b) Find the exact area of the shaded region shown in the diagram, bounded by the curve and the \(x\)-axis.

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June 2015 p31 q9
1756

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^2 e^{2-x}\) and its maximum point \(M\).

(i) Show that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\) is 2.

(ii) Find the exact value of \(\int_0^2 x^2 e^{2-x} \, dx\).

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June 2014 p32 q8
1757

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x \cos \frac{1}{2}x\) for \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\).

(i) Find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) and show that \(4 \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + y + 4 \sin \frac{1}{2}x = 0\).

(ii) Find the exact value of the area of the region enclosed by this part of the curve and the x-axis.

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Nov 2011 p31 q9
1758

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^2 \ln x\) and its minimum point \(M\).

(i) Find the exact values of the coordinates of \(M\).

(ii) Find the exact value of the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = e\).

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June 2011 p32 q10
1759

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^2 e^{-x}\).

(i) Show that the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 3\) is equal to \(2 - \frac{17}{e^3}\).

(ii) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the maximum point \(M\) on the curve.

(iii) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the point \(P\) at which the tangent to the curve passes through the origin.

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Nov 2010 p31 q9
1760

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^3 \ln x\) and its minimum point \(M\).

(i) Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).

(ii) Find the exact area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 2\).

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Nov 2009 p31 q9
1761

The diagram shows the curve \(y = \frac{\ln x}{\sqrt{x}}\) and its maximum point \(M\). The curve cuts the \(x\)-axis at the point \(A\).

(i) State the coordinates of \(A\).

(ii) Find the exact value of the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).

(iii) Using integration by parts, show that the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 4\) is equal to \(8 \ln 2 - 4\).

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June 2006 p3 q8
1762

The diagram shows a sketch of the curve \(y = x^{\frac{1}{2}} \ln x\) and its minimum point \(M\). The curve cuts the \(x\)-axis at the point \((1, 0)\).

(i) Find the exact value of the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).

(ii) Use integration by parts to find the area of the shaded region enclosed by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 4\). Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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Nov 2004 p3 q7
1763

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^2 e^{-\frac{1}{2}x}\).

(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\), the maximum point of the curve.

(ii) Find the area of the shaded region enclosed by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 1\), giving your answer in terms of \(e\).

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June 2004 p3 q10
1764

The diagram shows the curve \(y = \frac{\ln x}{x^2}\) and its maximum point \(M\). The curve cuts the \(x\)-axis at \(A\).

(i) Write down the \(x\)-coordinate of \(A\).

(ii) Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).

(iii) Use integration by parts to find the exact area of the shaded region enclosed by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = e\).

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Nov 2003 p3 q6
1765

The diagram shows the curve \(y = (3 - x)e^{-2x}\) and its minimum point \(M\). The curve intersects the x-axis at \(A\) and the y-axis at \(B\).

(i) Calculate the x-coordinate of \(M\).

(ii) Find the area of the region bounded by \(OA, OB\) and the curve, giving your answer in terms of \(e\).

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Nov 2023 p32 q9
1766

The diagram shows the curve \(y = \\sin x \\cos 2x\), for \(0 \leq x \leq \\pi\), and a maximum point \(M\), where \(x = a\). The shaded region between the curve and the \(x\)-axis is denoted by \(R\).

(a) Find the value of \(a\) correct to 2 decimal places.

(b) Find the exact area of the region \(R\), giving your answer in simplified form.

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Feb/Mar 2023 p32 q8
1767

The diagram shows the curve \(y = x^3 \ln x\), for \(x > 0\), and its minimum point \(M\).

(a) Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).

(b) Find the exact area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = \frac{1}{2}\).

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Nov 2022 p31 q9
1768

The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = (3-x)e^{-\frac{1}{3}x}\) for \(x \geq 0\), and its minimum point \(M\).

(a) Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).

(b) Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the axes, giving your answer in terms of \(e\).

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Nov 2020 p31 q10
1769

The diagram shows the curve \(y = (2-x)e^{-\frac{1}{2}x}\), and its minimum point \(M\).

(a) Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).

(b) Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the axes. Give your answer in terms of \(e\).

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June 2018 p32 q8
1770

The diagram shows the curve \(y = (x + 1) e^{-\frac{1}{3}x}\) and its maximum point \(M\).

(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).

(ii) Find the area of the shaded region enclosed by the curve and the axes, giving your answer in terms of \(e\).

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Nov 2017 p31 q9
1771

The diagram shows the curve \(y = (1 + x^2) e^{-\frac{1}{2}x}\) for \(x \geq 0\). The shaded region \(R\) is enclosed by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the lines \(x = 0\) and \(x = 2\).

(i) Find the exact values of the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve.

(ii) Show that the exact value of the area of \(R\) is \(18 - \frac{42}{e}\).

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Feb/Mar 2017 p32 q10
1772

The diagram shows the curve \(y = (\ln x)^2\). The x-coordinate of the point \(P\) is equal to \(e\), and the normal to the curve at \(P\) meets the x-axis at \(Q\).

(i) Find the x-coordinate of \(Q\).

(ii) Show that \(\int \ln x \, dx = x \ln x - x + c\), where \(c\) is a constant.

(iii) Using integration by parts, or otherwise, find the exact value of the area of the shaded region between the curve, the x-axis and the normal \(PQ\).

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Nov 2016 p31 q7
1773

The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = (2x - x^2)e^{\frac{1}{2}x}\) and its maximum point \(M\).

(i) Find the exact \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).

(ii) Find the exact value of the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the positive \(x\)-axis.

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June 2023 p33 q7
1774

(a) Use the substitution \(u = \, \cos x\) to show that \(\int_{0}^{\pi} \sin 2x \, e^{2 \cos x} \, dx = \int_{-1}^{1} 2u e^{2u} \, du\).

(b) Hence find the exact value of \(\int_{0}^{\pi} \sin 2x \, e^{2 \cos x} \, dx\).

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Problem 1775
1775

The diagram shows the curve \(y = \\sin 2x \\cos^2 x\) for \(0 \leq x \leq \frac{1}{2}\pi\), and its maximum point \(M\).

(a) Using the substitution \(u = \\sin x\), find the exact area of the region bounded by the curve and the \(x\)-axis.

(b) Find the exact \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).

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Nov 2019 p33 q10
1776

The diagram shows the graph of \(y = e^{\cos x} \sin^3 x\) for \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\), and its maximum point \(M\). The shaded region \(R\) is bounded by the curve and the \(x\)-axis.

  1. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\). Show all necessary working and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
  2. By first using the substitution \(u = \cos x\), find the exact value of the area of \(R\).
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June 2011 p31 q7
1777

The integral \(I\) is defined by \(I = \int_0^2 4t^3 \ln(t^2 + 1) \, dt\).

(i) Use the substitution \(x = t^2 + 1\) to show that \(I = \int_1^5 (2x - 2) \ln x \, dx\).

(ii) Hence find the exact value of \(I\).

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June 2002 p3 q10
1778

The function \(f\) is defined by \(f(x) = (\ln x)^2\) for \(x > 0\). The diagram shows a sketch of the graph of \(y = f(x)\). The minimum point of the graph is \(A\). The point \(B\) has \(x\)-coordinate \(e\).

(i) State the \(x\)-coordinate of \(A\).

(ii) Show that \(f''(x) = 0\) at \(B\).

(iii) Use the substitution \(x = e^u\) to show that the area of the region bounded by the \(x\)-axis, the line \(x = e\), and the part of the curve between \(A\) and \(B\) is given by \(\int_0^1 u^2 e^u \, du\).

(iv) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact value of this area.

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