Integration with differentiation context

A question is this type if and only if it combines differentiation with integration tasks, such as finding area under a curve after locating stationary points.

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CAIE P1 2020 November Q10
10 marks Standard +0.3
10 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{6bcc553c-4938-46ef-bba4-97391b4d58d4-14_378_666_264_737} The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = \frac { 2 } { ( 3 - 2 x ) ^ { 2 } } - x\) and its minimum point \(M\), which lies on the \(x\)-axis.
  1. Find expressions for \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } , \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } }\) and \(\int y \mathrm {~d} x\).
  2. Find, by calculation, the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\).
  3. Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the coordinate axes.
CAIE P1 2023 November Q11
10 marks Standard +0.3
11 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{88c7a3f3-e129-4e9c-acf8-8c96d2668d43-14_693_782_267_669} The diagram shows part of the curve with equation \(y = x + \frac { 2 } { ( 2 x - 1 ) ^ { 2 } }\). The lines \(x = 1\) and \(x = 2\) intersect the curve at \(P\) and \(Q\) respectively and \(R\) is the stationary point on the curve.
  1. Verify that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(R\) is \(\frac { 3 } { 2 }\) and find the \(y\)-coordinate of \(R\).
  2. Find the exact value of the area of the shaded region.
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CAIE P3 2004 November Q7
9 marks Standard +0.8
7 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{8c533469-393c-4e4c-a6ec-eab1303741e7-3_480_901_973_621} The diagram shows the curve \(y = x ^ { 2 } e ^ { - \frac { 1 } { 2 } x }\).
  1. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\), the maximum point of the curve.
  2. Find the area of the shaded region enclosed by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 1\), giving your answer in terms of e.
CAIE P3 2020 June Q6
9 marks Standard +0.8
6 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{3149080d-ad1a-4d2e-8e20-eb9977ced619-08_318_750_260_699} The diagram shows the curve \(y = \frac { x } { 1 + 3 x ^ { 4 } }\), for \(x \geqslant 0\), and its maximum point \(M\).
  1. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\), giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
  2. Using the substitution \(u = \sqrt { 3 } x ^ { 2 }\), find by integration the exact area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = 1\).
CAIE P3 2021 June Q9
10 marks Standard +0.3
9 The equation of a curve is \(y = x ^ { - \frac { 2 } { 3 } } \ln x\) for \(x > 0\). The curve has one stationary point.
  1. Find the exact coordinates of the stationary point.
  2. Show that \(\int _ { 1 } ^ { 8 } y \mathrm {~d} x = 18 \ln 2 - 9\).
CAIE P3 2021 June Q8
10 marks Standard +0.8
8 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{1990cbac-d96f-4484-be4b-67dab35b3147-12_458_725_262_708} The diagram shows the curve \(y = \frac { \ln x } { x ^ { 4 } }\) and its maximum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. By using integration by parts, show that for all \(a > 1 , \int _ { 1 } ^ { a } \frac { \ln x } { x ^ { 4 } } \mathrm {~d} x < \frac { 1 } { 9 }\).
CAIE P3 2024 June Q6
9 marks Standard +0.3
6 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{5eb2657c-ed74-4ed2-b8c4-08e9e0f657b5-08_351_1031_264_516} The diagram shows the curve \(\mathrm { y } = \mathrm { xe } ^ { - \mathrm { ax } }\), where \(a\) is a positive constant, and its maximum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Find the exact value of \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { \frac { 2 } { a } } x e ^ { - a x } d x\).
CAIE P3 2023 March Q8
9 marks Standard +0.8
8 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{8c26235b-c78c-40d8-9e8e-213dc1311186-12_437_686_274_719} The diagram shows the curve \(y = x ^ { 3 } \ln x\), for \(x > 0\), and its minimum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Find the exact area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the line \(x = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\). [5]
CAIE P3 2020 November Q10
10 marks Standard +0.3
10 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{5f80ae11-34c3-4d2f-89f8-71b4ac021c7d-16_426_908_262_616} The diagram shows the curve \(y = ( 2 - x ) \mathrm { e } ^ { - \frac { 1 } { 2 } x }\), and its minimum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the axes. Give your answer in terms of e.
CAIE P3 2022 November Q9
10 marks Standard +0.3
9 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{98001cfe-46a1-4c8f-9230-c140ebff6176-14_535_1082_274_520} The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = ( 3 - x ) \mathrm { e } ^ { - \frac { 1 } { 3 } x }\) for \(x \geqslant 0\), and its minimum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the axes, giving your answer in terms of e.
CAIE P3 2023 November Q10
9 marks Standard +0.8
10 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{a49b720b-f8d2-42ff-b147-5d676993aa4c-16_611_689_274_721} The diagram shows the curve \(y = x \cos 2 x\), for \(x \geqslant 0\).
  1. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where \(x = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\).
  2. Find the exact area of the shaded region shown in the diagram, bounded by the curve and the \(x\)-axis.
OCR MEI C3 2007 January Q7
18 marks Standard +0.3
7 Fig. 7 shows part of the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x \sqrt { 1 + x }\). The curve meets the \(x\)-axis at the origin and at the point P . \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{666dc19e-f293-4738-8530-fce90df23d17-4_491_881_476_588} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 7}
\end{figure}
  1. Verify that the point P has coordinates \(( - 1,0 )\). Hence state the domain of the function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
  2. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { 2 + 3 x } { 2 \sqrt { 1 + x } }\).
  3. Find the exact coordinates of the turning point of the curve. Hence write down the range of the function.
  4. Use the substitution \(u = 1 + x\) to show that $$\int _ { - 1 } ^ { 0 } x \sqrt { 1 + x } \mathrm {~d} x = \int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } \left( u ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } - u ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } } \right) \mathrm { d } u$$ Hence find the area of the region enclosed by the curve and the \(x\)-axis.
Edexcel PURE 2024 October Q9
Standard +0.8
9. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{b9472037-c143-4b68-86e2-801f71029773-28_753_1111_248_477} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 5}
\end{figure} Figure 5 shows a sketch of part of the curve \(C\) with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) where $$f ( x ) = \frac { 6 x ^ { 2 } + 4 x - 2 } { 2 x + 1 } \quad x > - \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$
  1. Find \(\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )\), giving the answer in simplest form. The line \(l\) is the normal to \(C\) at the point \(P ( 2,6 )\)
  2. Show that an equation for \(l\) is $$16 y + 5 x = 106$$
  3. Write \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in the form \(A x + B + \frac { D } { 2 x + 1 }\) where \(A , B\) and \(D\) are constants. The region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 5, is bounded by \(C , l\) and the \(x\)-axis.
  4. Use algebraic integration to find the exact area of \(R\), giving your answer in the form \(P + Q \ln 3\), where \(P\) and \(Q\) are rational constants.
    (Solutions based entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.)
Pre-U Pre-U 9794/1 2018 June Q8
7 marks Standard +0.3
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  1. Using the quotient rule, show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } } { \mathrm { d } \theta } ( \tan 3 \theta ) = 3 + 3 \tan ^ { 2 } 3 \theta\) for \(- \frac { 1 } { 6 } \pi < \theta < \frac { 1 } { 6 } \pi\).
  2. Hence find the value of \(\int _ { \frac { 1 } { 12 } \pi } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 9 } \pi } \tan ^ { 2 } 3 \theta \mathrm {~d} \theta\), giving your answer in the simplest exact form.
OCR MEI C3 2011 January Q9
18 marks Standard +0.3
Fig. 9 shows the curve \(y = f(x)\), where \(f(x) = \frac{1}{\cos^2 x}\), \(-\frac{1}{2}\pi < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\), together with its asymptotes \(x = \frac{1}{2}\pi\) and \(x = -\frac{1}{2}\pi\). \includegraphics{figure_9}
  1. Use the quotient rule to show that the derivative of \(\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}\) is \(\frac{1}{\cos^2 x}\). [3]
  2. Find the area bounded by the curve \(y = f(x)\), the \(x\)-axis, the \(y\)-axis and the line \(x = \frac{1}{4}\pi\). [3]
The function \(g(x)\) is defined by \(g(x) = \frac{1}{2}f(x + \frac{1}{4}\pi)\).
  1. Verify that the curves \(y = f(x)\) and \(y = g(x)\) cross at \((0, 1)\). [3]
  2. State a sequence of two transformations such that the curve \(y = f(x)\) is mapped to the curve \(y = g(x)\). On the copy of Fig. 9, sketch the curve \(y = g(x)\), indicating clearly the coordinates of the minimum point and the equations of the asymptotes to the curve. [8]
  3. Use your result from part (ii) to write down the area bounded by the curve \(y = g(x)\), the \(x\)-axis, the \(y\)-axis and the line \(x = -\frac{1}{4}\pi\). [1]