MATH1851 (14/15 Semester 1) Assignment 3 (0%)

(Due date: 10 Oct 2014 5pm)

03-10-2014
Please submit your solution to the assignment box located on the 4th floor
of Run Run Shaw building. DO NOT COPY. Late submission will not be
accepted.
1. (M-H 2002) What is the minimum vertical distance between the graphs
of 2 + sin x and cos x?
2. Find the area bounded between the curve y = sin2 x and the straight
line y = 2 x.
3. For integer n 0, let
Z
In = xn ex dx .
R
R
So I1 = x1 ex dx, I2 = x2 ex dx, etc. Find a reduction formula for
In , i.e., express In in terms of In1 (or In2 , In3 , . . . ). Then calculate
I3 .
4. Evaluate the integral
Z 1
x2014 sin x +
1

1

dx .
x2 + 1

5. The volume of a torus. The disk x2 + y 2 a2 is revolved about the

line x = b (b > a) to generate a solid
like a doughnut and called
p
R a shaped
2
a torus. Find its volume. (Hint: a a2 y 2 dy = a2 , since it is the
area of a semicircle of radius a.)
6. Resolve into partial fractions of
x1
.
(x 2)(x2 4x + 5)2
7. Find
Z

sec1 y dy .

8. Suppose D is the region in the xy-plane bounded by the parabola y = x2

and the line y = 2x. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating
D about
(a) the x-axis;
(b) the y-axis.