TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Practice Problems - Integral Calculus

1. Find the area of the region between the curve x = y 2 and the 15. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving about the
curve x = y + 6 from y = 0 to y = 3. y-axis the area bounded by y2 = 4x, y = 4 and x = 0.
A. 27/2 B. 12 C. 25/2 D. 13 A. 64π B. 12.8π C. 5π D. 12.8

2. Find the area of the region between the curve y = sin x and y = 16. A variable equilateral triangle whose plane is perpendicular to
cos x from x = 0 to x = π/2. the x-axis has its two vertices on the circle x2 + y2 = 16. Find the
A. 0.414 B. 0.828 C. 1.656 D. 3.312 volume of the solid generated as the equilateral triangle moves
12x
from x = – 4 to x = 4.
3. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves y = x2+4 , the A. 18.48 B. 36.95 C. 73.90 D. 147.80
x-axis, x = 1 and x = 4.
A. 6 ln 4 B. 5 ln 4 C. 4 ln 4 D. 3 ln 4 17. Find the area of the surface generated by revolving y = x2 from
x = 0 to x = 1.5, about the y-axis.
4. An open top hemispherical tank having a radius of 1.2 m full of
water is to be drained by a vertical pipe whose exit end is 0.8 m A. 16.03 B. 5.48 C. 8.68 D. 12.45
above the top of the tank. How much work is done in emptying the
full content of the tank? 18. The first-quadrant area bounded by y2 = 6x, x = 6, and y = 0 is
A. 44.38 kJ B. 88.76 kJ C. 31.95 kJ D. 63.91 kJ revolved about the x-axis. Find the centroid of the solid generated.
A. 3.75 B. 3.60 C. 4.00 D. 4.50
5. A mine cable weighing 60 N/m is unwound from a cylindrical
drum. If the lower end of the cable is 15 m below the drum, how
much work is done by gravity as an additional 100 m are 19. Find the abscissa of the centroid of one loop of r = 5cos 2θ.
unwound? A. 1.67 B. 3.33 C. 1.37 D. 2.74
A. 390,000 N-m C. 480,000 N-m
B. 369,750 N-m D. 500,250 N-m 20. Find the ordinate of the centroid of the area under the curve y
= x2 and the x-axis from x = 2 to x = 4.
6. Determine the volume when the area bounded by the equation A. 186/35 B. 180/35 C. 36/7 D. 45/14
4x2 + 9y2 = 36 and the x-axis in the first and second quadrant is
rotated about the x-axis. 21. If a force of 60 lb stretches a 10-in spring to 14 inches, find the
A. 24π B. 12π C. 16π D. 32π work done in stretching the spring from 15 inches to 17 inches.
A. 30 lb-in B. 60 lb-in C. 120 lb-in D.180 lb-in
7. Find the length of one arc of the curve whose parametric
equations x x = a (θ – sinθ), y = a(1 – cosθ) if a = 6.
A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 48 22. Find the surface area generated by revolving the arc about the
x-axis whose parametric equation is x = 3t (t – 2), y = 8t3/2 from t =
8. What is the perimeter of the curve r = 3(1 + cosθ) 0 to t = 1.
A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 32 A. 161.58 B. 122.52 C. 206.81 D. 187.25

9. Find the area inside the polar curve r = 3 + 2cosθ. 23. What is the moment of inertia of a triangle whose base is b and
A. 17.28 B. 34.56 C. 28.71 D. 14.36 height h, with respect to its base?
A. bh3/12 B. bh3/6 C. bh3/3 D. bh3/36
10. The position vector in the xy plane is [t2, sin(t)]. What is the
distance travelled by the particle from x = 0 to x = π. 24. This solid was formed by revolving a circle of radius r, about
A. 10.63 B. 13.63 C. 15.31 D. 10.35 an axis whose distance from the center of the circle is greater than
the radius of the circle.
11. Find the area enclosed by the curve r2 = 10cos2θ. A. donut
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 B. lemniscate
C. torus
12. A particle moves according to the path given by the parametric D. strophoid
equations x = t3 and y = 2t2 where t is in second and x and y are
in meters. Determine the distance covered by the particle when t 25. This theorem states that the moment of the resultant is equal
= 2 sec. to the sum of the moment of its individual components.
A. 11.52 B. 10.34 C. 15.21 D. 12.51 A. Pappus’ First Theorem C. Varignon’s Theorem
B. Pappus’ Second Theorem D. Pythagorean Theorem
13. Find the common area enclosed by the polar curves r = 3 – 2
cosθ and r = 2.
A. 26.38 B. 10.37 C. 13.19 D. 5.19

14. Determine the bounded area between the curves y = x3 and y

= x2.
A. 1/12 B. 1/11 C. 1/10 D. 1/9