CAIE Further Paper 2 2020 June — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

  1. By considering the sum of the areas of these rectangles, show that $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } x ^ { 2 } d x < \frac { 2 n ^ { 2 } + 3 n + 1 } { 6 n ^ { 2 } }$$
  2. Use a similar method to find, in terms of \(n\), a lower bound for \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } x ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~d} x\).