A function satisfies
and .
Find the general form of .
Determine the value of .
Hence find .
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The cross-section of a drainage channel is modelled by the region between the curve and the -axis, for . Both and are measured in metres.
Write down an integral that represents the cross-sectional area of the channel.
Find the cross-sectional area of the channel.
Find the mean depth of the channel across its width.
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A flower bed is modelled by the region between the curve
and the -axis. Both coordinates are measured in metres.
Find the two -intercepts of the curve.
Write down an integral representing the area of the flower bed.
Find the area of the flower bed.
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The gradient of a curve is given by
The curve passes through the point .
Find an expression for in terms of and an arbitrary constant .
Determine the value of .
Find the value of when .
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Water enters a tank at a rate of
litres per minute, where is the time in minutes after a pump is switched on. Initially, the tank contains litres of water.
Write down an integral representing the volume of water that enters the tank during the first minutes.
Calculate the volume of water that enters during the first minutes.
Find the volume of water in the tank after minutes.
Calculate the average rate at which water enters the tank during these minutes.
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The velocity of a cyclist was recorded every seconds from to seconds. The results are shown in the table.
time [s] | velocity [m s^-1] |
|---|---|
0 | 3.2 |
2 | 4.1 |
4 | 5.0 |
6 | 4.6 |
8 | 3.5 |
The recorded velocities, in order, are , , , and . Use the trapezoidal rule to estimate the distance travelled during the seconds.
tracking device recorded the actual distance as . Calculate the percentage error in the trapezoidal estimate, stating whether it is an overestimate or an underestimate.
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The area under the curve , from to , is to be approximated using four intervals of equal width.
Use the trapezoidal rule with ordinates at , , , and to estimate the area.
Use integration to find the exact area.
Explain why the trapezoidal rule gives an overestimate in this case.
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A function is defined for and satisfies
It is given that .
Find the general form of .
Determine the value of .
Hence find .
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The rate of change of a quantity is modelled by
for , where is measured in seconds.
Find an antiderivative of .
Find the exact change in over the given interval.
Find the average value of over the interval, giving your answer exactly.
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The region bounded by the curve , the -axis and the -axis is rotated through radians about the -axis.

Write down an integral representing the volume of the solid formed.
Find the exact volume of the solid and give its value to three significant figures.
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A surveyor measures the width of a lake at metre intervals along a straight baseline of length metres. The measurements are shown in the table.
Distance along baseline [m] | Lake width [m] |
|---|---|
0 | 0 |
25 | 18 |
50 | 27 |
75 | 31 |
100 | 24 |
125 | 15 |
150 | 0 |
The measured widths, in order, are , , , , , and metres. Use the trapezoidal rule to estimate the surface area of the lake.
satellite estimate gives the surface area as . Calculate the percentage by which the trapezoidal estimate is less than the satellite estimate.
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The mass of a substance in a container increases at a rate
grams per hour, where . Initially, the container holds grams of the substance.
Using the substitution , find an antiderivative of .
Find the exact increase in mass during the first hour.
Calculate the mass in the container after one hour.
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For , a rate is modelled by
Find .
Show that the accumulated amount from to is
Hence determine if the accumulated amount is .
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The curve is considered on the interval .

Find the value of .
Explain why the answer to part (a) is not the total geometric area between the curve and the -axis.
Find the total geometric area between the curve and the -axis for .
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A region is bounded by the curve
the -axis and the horizontal lines and . The region is rotated through radians about the -axis.
Write down an integral representing the volume of the solid formed.
Calculate the exact volume of the solid.
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The curve and the -axis enclose a finite region.

Find the -coordinates of the points where the curve intersects the -axis.
Write down a definite integral for the signed quantity obtained by integrating with respect to between these points.
Hence find the area of the enclosed region.
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The height of a decorative canopy above a horizontal walkway is modelled by
where , and and are measured in metres.

Find an antiderivative of .
Calculate the area of the vertical cross-section beneath the canopy.
Use the trapezoidal rule with four equal intervals to estimate the cross-sectional area.
Find the percentage error in the trapezoidal estimate and state whether it is an overestimate or an underestimate. If you did not obtain an area in part (a)(ii), use .
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During a fundraising event, the total amount collected, in hundreds of dollars, is , where is the number of hours after the event begins. The rate of collection is modelled by
for . At the start of the event, .
Find the general form of .
Use the initial condition to determine a formula for .
Calculate the amount collected by the end of the six hours, giving your answer in dollars.
Find the average rate of collection during the six-hour event, in dollars per hour. If you did not obtain , use hundreds of dollars.
Determine when the amount collected first reaches dollars.
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The vertical cross-section of a theatre backdrop is bounded by the -axis, the lines and , and the curve
where both coordinates are measured in metres.

Write down a definite integral representing the area of the backdrop.
Find the area of the backdrop.
Use the trapezoidal rule with four equal intervals to estimate the area.
Calculate the percentage error in this estimate. If you did not obtain the exact area, use .
Painting the backdrop costs 18.50 dollars per square metre. Find the total cost, to the nearest dollar, using the exact area from part (a).
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The electrical power produced by a small wind turbine is recorded every hours during a three-hour test. The results are shown in the table.
Time [h] | Power [kW] |
|---|---|
0.0 | 1.2 |
0.5 | 1.8 |
1.0 | 2.5 |
1.5 | 3.1 |
2.0 | 2.7 |
2.5 | 2.0 |
3.0 | 1.4 |
The recorded powers, in order, are , , , , , and kilowatts. Use the trapezoidal rule to estimate the energy produced.
State why the units of the estimate are kilowatt-hours rather than kilowatts.
battery has a stated capacity of , of which is usable. Determine whether the usable capacity is sufficient to store the estimated energy.
Explain one limitation of using the trapezoidal estimate to select the battery.
An alternative model for the power is . Calculate the energy predicted by this model for and compare it with the trapezoidal estimate.
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A survey team measures the width of a coastal wetland at metre intervals along a baseline of length metres. The measured widths are shown in the table.
Distance along baseline [m] | Wetland width [m] |
|---|---|
0 | 0 |
40 | 22 |
80 | 35 |
120 | 41 |
160 | 33 |
200 | 18 |
240 | 0 |
State the number of intervals and their common width.
The recorded widths, in order, are , , , , , and metres. Use the trapezoidal rule to estimate the area of the wetland.
satellite model estimates the wetland area to be . Calculate the percentage by which the trapezoidal estimate exceeds the satellite estimate.
Suggest one reason why the two estimates may differ.
The two endpoint widths are known exactly, but each interior width may have an error of up to . Find the resulting lower and upper bounds for the trapezoidal estimate.
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A manufacturer cuts a panel whose height is modelled by
for , where both and are measured in metres. The panel lies between the curve and the -axis. For part (b), a vertical cut at divides the panel into two regions of equal area.

Find an antiderivative of .
Calculate the area of the panel.
vertical cut at is to divide the panel into two pieces of equal area.
Write down an equation that can be solved to find .
Hence determine the value of .
The manufactured panel is vertically scaled by a factor of , while its width is unchanged. Find the area of the scaled panel.
The material costs dollars per square metre. Calculate the cost of the scaled panel.
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The number of people in an exhibition hall is , where is measured in minutes after the doors open. The net rate of change is modelled by
for . Initially, there are people in the hall.
Find a formula for .
Find the number of people in the hall after minutes.
Determine when the number of people first reaches .
Find the average net rate of change in the number of people during the first minutes. If you did not obtain , use .
Justify why the model predicts that the number of people is increasing throughout the stated interval.
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A curve has gradient
and passes through the point . The region between the curve, the -axis and the lines and is denoted by .

Find the equation of the curve.
Show that the curve lies above the -axis for all real values of .
Find the area of .
Use the trapezoidal rule with four equal intervals to estimate the area of .
Explain why the trapezoidal estimate is greater than the exact area.
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A treatment system removes a contaminant from a vessel at the rate
grams per hour, where . Initially, the vessel contains grams of the contaminant.
Using the substitution , find an antiderivative of .
Show that the mass removed during the first hours is
Calculate the mass remaining after two hours.
State the limiting mass remaining according to the model as .
Determine when the mass remaining first reaches grams.
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The profile of a rotationally symmetric wooden ornament is modelled by
where and are measured in centimetres. The region under the curve is rotated through radians about the -axis.

Write down an integral representing the volume of the ornament.
Expand the integrand and find an antiderivative.
Hence find the volume of the ornament, giving both an exact answer and an answer to three significant figures.
cylindrical hole of radius is drilled along the -axis through the entire length of the ornament, centred on the axis of rotation.
Find the volume remaining after the hole is drilled.
Calculate the percentage of the original volume removed.
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A function is defined for and satisfies
It is given that .
Find the general form of .
Use the boundary condition to determine .
Find the exact value of .
Hence find the average value of on .
Determine the value of for which .
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A filtration system removes a contaminant at a rate
where is measured in milligrams per minute and is the time, in minutes, after the system starts. The term represents a constant background removal rate.

Find an antiderivative of .
Hence show that the mass removed during the first minutes is
Calculate the mass removed during the first minutes.
Find the total mass that will eventually be removed by the exponentially decreasing component of the rate.
Determine when of the mass in part (c)(i) has been removed. If you did not obtain in part (c)(i), use .
Explain why the total mass removed by the complete rate model does not approach a finite limit.
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The rate of change of the volume of water in a tidal basin is modelled by
where is measured in thousands of cubic metres per hour. Positive values represent inflow and negative values represent outflow.

Find an antiderivative of .
Calculate the signed change in volume over the hours.
Find the total volume of water that passes through the basin entrance, counting inflow and outflow as positive.
Show that the increase in the basin volume from time to time is
Determine the two times when the basin contains half of its maximum additional volume. If you did not obtain , use the expression given in part (c)(i).
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The inside profile of a rotationally symmetric vessel is modelled by
where and are measured in metres. The region between the profile and the -axis is rotated through radians about the -axis.

Write down an integral for the volume of the vessel.
Find the exact volume and its value to three significant figures.
cylindrical vessel of height metres has the same volume. Determine its radius.
second vessel has profile for and volume . Determine the positive value of .
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The accumulated quantity of a dissolved mineral is modelled from the rate
where is measured in grams per hour.

Using the substitution , find an antiderivative of .
Show that the quantity accumulated by time is
Determine when the accumulated quantity first reaches grams.
Find the average rate of accumulation from until the time found in part (b). If you did not obtain a time, use hours.
Determine whether approaches a finite limit as and justify your answer.
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The electrical power generated by a solar installation is modelled by
where is measured in kilowatts and is measured in hours.

Find the total electrical energy generated during the hours.
State the average power over this interval.
Find the intervals during which the generated power exceeds .
Calculate the energy generated above the baseline power of .
Hence find the average power during the times when the power exceeds .
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The curve
is considered on the interval .

Find the two values of at which the curve intersects the -axis.
State the interval on which the curve is above the -axis.
Find the signed integral .
Explain why the answer to part (b)(i) is not the total geometric area.
Find the total geometric area between the curve and the -axis for .
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A designer models the outer profile of a lampshade by
where and are measured in centimetres. The region between the curve and the -axis is rotated through radians about the -axis.

Write down an integral representing the volume of the lampshade model.
Show that the integrand can be written as .
Hence calculate the volume of the model.
cylindrical model has radius and height . Find its volume.
Calculate the percentage by which the exponential-profile volume is less than the cylindrical volume.
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The curve
is considered on the interval .

Find the -intercepts of the curve.
State the symmetry of the graph.
Find .
Explain why this value does not imply that the geometric area is zero.
Find the total geometric area between the curve and the -axis for .
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For , define
The accumulated value from to is denoted by
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Using the substitution , find an antiderivative of .
Find the exact value of .
Let be a value in such that .
Show that .
Hence find .
Explain why the value of in part (b) is unique on .
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A decorative solid is formed by rotating the region under
about the -axis, where .

Show that the volume is
Use technology or an appropriate antiderivative to show that
Calculate the volume when .
State the limiting volume as .
Determine the value of for which the volume is of its limiting value. If you did not obtain the limiting volume, use .
Explain how a solid extending indefinitely in the positive -direction can have a finite volume.
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The value of
is approximated using the trapezoidal rule. Values of are generated using a GDC.
0.00 | 1.000000 |
0.25 | 0.939413 |
0.50 | 0.778801 |
0.75 | 0.569783 |
1.00 | 0.367879 |
1.25 | 0.209611 |
1.50 | 0.105399 |
1.75 | 0.046771 |
2.00 | 0.018316 |
Use four equal intervals to find the trapezoidal estimate .
Use eight equal intervals to find the trapezoidal estimate .
high-accuracy numerical integration gives . Calculate the percentage error in .
The leading trapezoidal error is assumed to be proportional to . Show that reducing the interval width by a factor of should reduce this error by a factor of .
Hence derive and use an improved estimate
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The curve
and the -axis enclose two finite regions.

Find the -coordinates of the intersections with the -axis.
Find the signed integral and explain its value.
Find the total geometric area enclosed by the curve and the -axis.
The two regions are rotated about the -axis. Find the exact total volume formed.
For the family , where , the corresponding total enclosed area is . Deduce the volume of revolution in terms of .
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A storage tank is modelled by rotating the region under
about the -axis, where and .

Find the area of the generating region.
Show that the tank volume is
For a tank with and , calculate its volume.
For tanks with a fixed generating area , express in terms of and .
Interpret how the volume changes as increases while remains fixed.
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The rate at which a medicine is absorbed is modelled by
where is measured in hours, is measured in milligrams per hour, , and has units . The total amount eventually absorbed is milligrams.

Show that the total amount eventually absorbed is milligrams.
Hence state the value of , including its units.
Determine the time by which of the medicine has been absorbed.
Use the trapezoidal rule with interval width hours to estimate the amount absorbed during the first hours.
The exact amount absorbed during the first hours is . Calculate the percentage error in the trapezoidal estimate and state its direction.
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The vertical width of a proposed tunnel was measured at horizontal positions , , , and metres. The corresponding widths were , , , and metres. A mathematical model for the width is
x [m] | width [m] |
|---|---|
0 | 0 |
2.5 | 4.6 |
5 | 6.1 |
7.5 | 4.7 |
10 | 0 |
Use the trapezoidal rule to estimate the cross-sectional area from the measurements.
Use the central measurement to determine .
Find the cross-sectional area predicted by the model and compare it with the trapezoidal estimate.
The model region is rotated about the -axis. Find the volume of the resulting solid.
For the general model on , show that its volume of revolution and cross-sectional area satisfy
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For , consider the positive function
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Using the substitution , find an antiderivative of .
Show that the area under the curve is
Determine if the area under the curve is .
For , find the value such that the area from to is half the total area.
State what happens to as .
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The difference between two decaying concentrations is modelled by

Show that for .
Find the total area under for .
Show that the area accumulated from to is
Determine when of the total area has accumulated.
The entire region is rotated about the -axis. Find the exact volume formed.
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For , the curve
is considered on the interval .
Curve | Parameter range | interval |
|---|---|---|
Find the signed integral .
Determine the value of for which the signed integral is zero.
Show that the total geometric area is
Find the geometric area when the signed integral is zero.
For this same value of , the region between the curve and the -axis is rotated about the -axis. Find the exact volume formed.
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For , a region is bounded by the -axis and

Show that the curve is part of a circle and state its radius.
Hence find the area of the region.
The region is rotated about the -axis. Show that its volume is
Find and when .
Eliminate to express in terms of .
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The profile of a rotationally symmetric component is modelled in two sections by
and
The coordinates are measured in centimetres. The region under the profile is rotated through radians about the -axis.

Verify that the two sections meet at .
State the radius of the component at .
Write down the volume as the sum of two definite integrals.
Evaluate the volume of the first section exactly.
Evaluate the volume of the second section exactly. You may use .
Hence find the total volume of the component, giving an exact answer and an answer to three significant figures.
The second section is replaced by a cone of base radius and height . Calculate the percentage by which the original second-section volume exceeds the cone's volume.
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The integral
is approximated using the trapezoidal rule with equal intervals. The resulting estimate is denoted by .
![Graph of y=e^x on [0,1] with trapezoidal chords for N=4 and N=8.](https://d2zrdy595vmtgz.cloudfront.net/7fcda0ba4cf1f9de69a06cf3bd9c7a0b3ea84527.png)
Find the exact value of .
Find and .
Explain why both estimates in part (a)(ii) are greater than the exact value.
Show that
Using the expression in part (c)(i), determine the least value of for which the percentage error in is less than .
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