Moderate -0.8 This is a straightforward integration question requiring only basic power rule application (rewriting √x as x^{1/2}) and substitution of limits. With 4 marks for a routine calculation that follows standard A-level integration procedures, this is easier than average—no problem-solving or insight needed, just mechanical execution of a familiar technique.
Question 6:
6 | 3
4x2
F[x]3x oe
3
2
F[9] ‒ F[0]
27 + =99 | M1
A1
B1
B1
[4] | 2.1
1.1
1.1
2.4 | Attempt at integration; sight of (first
term) kx or (second term)
Dep M1; ft their F(x);
Accept 27 + 72 =99
AG | Allow +c
Must see convincing
arithmetic for award of final
mark