C4 June 2015 Q6

EdexcelOld spec8 marksIntegration

6.

Figure 2: curve from the positive y-axis to x = 3 on the x-axis, region R shaded under it; diagram not to scale
Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve with equation \(y = \sqrt{(3 - x)(x + 1)},\ 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 3\)

The finite region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the \(x\)-axis, and the \(y\)-axis.

(a) Use the substitution \(x = 1 + 2\sin\theta\) to show that \[\int_0^3 \sqrt{(3 - x)(x + 1)}\,\mathrm{d}x = k\int_{-\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \cos^2\theta\,\mathrm{d}\theta\] where \(k\) is a constant to be determined. (5)
(b) Hence find, by integration, the exact area of \(R\). (3)