Edexcel AEA 2009 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAEA (Advanced Extension Award)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicParametric equations

6. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) with parametric equations $$x = 2 \sin t , \quad y = \ln ( \sec t ) , \quad 0 \leqslant t < \frac { \pi } { 2 }$$ The tangent to \(C\) at the point \(P\) ,where \(t = \frac { \pi } { 3 }\) ,cuts the \(x\)-axis at \(A\) .
(a)Show that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(A\) is \(\frac { \sqrt { } 3 } { 3 } ( 3 - \ln 2 )\) . The shaded region \(R\) lies between \(C\) ,the positive \(x\)-axis and the tangent \(A P\) as shown in Figure 2 .
(b)Show that the area of \(R\) is \(\sqrt { 3 } ( 1 + \ln 2 ) - 2 \ln ( 2 + \sqrt { 3 } ) - \frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 6 } ( \ln 2 ) ^ { 2 }\) .