Exact area with surds

A question is this type if and only if it requires finding an exact area that must be expressed in surd form (containing square roots) rather than decimals.

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OCR C2 Q2
5 marks Moderate -0.3
2. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{5025c118-e763-424b-b2c1-5452953a43a9-1_550_901_817_468} The diagram shows the curve with equation \(y = \sqrt { x } + \frac { 8 } { x ^ { 2 } } , x > 0\).
Show that the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the lines \(x = 1\) and \(x = 9\) is \(24 \frac { 4 } { 9 }\).
Edexcel PMT Mocks Q8
5 marks Standard +0.3
8. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{d37eaba2-0a25-4abf-b2c8-1e08673229fb-14_1090_1205_274_456} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2
Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation $$y = \frac { 12 x - x ^ { 2 } } { \sqrt { x } } , \quad x > 0$$ The region \(R\), shows shaded in figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the line with equation \(x = 4\), the \(x\)-axis and the line with equation \(x = 8\).
Show that the area of the shaded region \(R\) is \(\frac { 128 } { 5 } ( 3 \sqrt { 2 } - 2 )\).}
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OCR MEI AS Paper 2 Specimen Q3
5 marks Moderate -0.8
3 Show that the area of the region bounded by the curve \(y = 3 x ^ { - \frac { 3 } { 2 } }\), the lines \(x = 1 , x = 3\) and the \(x\)-axis is \(6 - 2 \sqrt { 3 }\).
Edexcel C2 Q8
12 marks Standard +0.3
8. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{089f5506-94ac-489f-b219-e67fa6ca834f-4_536_883_248_486} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Figure 3 shows the curve with equation \(y = \sqrt { x } + \frac { 8 } { x ^ { 2 } } , x > 0\).
  1. Find the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve.
  2. Show that the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis and the lines \(x = 1\) and \(x = 9\) is \(24 \frac { 4 } { 9 }\).
OCR Stats 1 2018 December Q1
4 marks Moderate -0.8
1 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{166bcf11-c812-4077-91c8-916b093cbbd0-04_515_732_447_664} The diagram shows the curve \(y = \sqrt { x } - 3\). The shaded region is bounded by the curve and the two axes. Find the exact area of the shaded region. \(2 \mathrm { f } ( x )\) is a cubic polynomial in which the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\) is 1 . The equation \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 0\) has exactly two roots.
  1. Sketch a possible graph of \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\). It is now given that the two roots are \(x = 2\) and \(x = 3\).
  2. Find, in expanded form, the two possible polynomials \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).