June 2018 Paper 2 Q13

EdexcelCurrent spec10 marksDifferentiationIntegration

13.

Figure 2: the curve C, which passes through O and rises steeply, and the line l, which crosses the y-axis, meets C at P(e, e) and crosses the x-axis to the right of P; the region R between C, l and the x-axis is shaded
Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve \(C\) with equation \(y = x\ln x,\ \ x \gt 0\)

The line \(l\) is the normal to \(C\) at the point \(P(\mathrm{e}, \mathrm{e})\)

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

Show that the exact area of \(R\) is \(A\mathrm{e}^2 + B\) where \(A\) and \(B\) are rational numbers to be found. (10)