Edexcel F3 Specimen — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
SessionSpecimen
TopicIntegration by Parts

4. \(I _ { n } = \int _ { 0 } ^ { a } ( a - x ) ^ { n } \cos x \mathrm {~d} x , \quad a > 0 , \quad n \geqslant 0\)
  1. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 2\), $$I _ { n } = n a ^ { n - 1 } - n ( n - 1 ) I _ { n - 2 }$$
  2. Hence evaluate \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { \frac { \pi } { 2 } } \left( \frac { \pi } { 2 } - x \right) ^ { 2 } \cos x d x\)