MAT1581 

Assignment 4  Semester 1, 2022 
This assignment is a written assignment based on Study Guide 2, Chapter 7. Year mark contribution 25%. 
Pay attention to how you write down your answers.  Your reasoning must be clear to the marker.   

QUESTION 1
Determine the following integrals:
There is no quotient rule for integrals. See if the integrand can be simplified.

 f ' x  f ' x n
Look for one of the following forms:  dx or  dx =  f '  x   f  x   dx
 f  x  f  x
n

 3 x8  8  3 8
1.1 
 5
dx   3x 

dx (3)
 x  x5
3x 4 8
  4 C
4 4x
3x 4 2
  4 C
4 x
 4x  6 du
1.2 
 2
dx Put u  x 2  3 x  10, then  2x  3
 x  3 x  10 dx
 4 x  6 du
 
 u  2 x  3
 2  2 x  3 du
 

 u  2 x  3
2
 du Note after substitution the variable is u.
u (3)
 2n u  C
 2n x 2  3 x  10  C Substitute back to x for the final answer.

Alternative: Use partial fractions:

4x  6 A B
1.2  
2
x  3 x  10  x  5  x  2
4 x  6  A( x  2)  B( x  5)
Put x  5 : 7 A  14
A2
Put x  2 : 7 B  14
B2
4x  6 2 2
Thus  
2
x  3 x  10  x  5  x  2 

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MAT1581  Assignment 4  Semester 1, 2022 
 4x  6
 dx
 2
 x  3 x  10
1  1
 2 dx  2 dx
 x5  x2

 2 n x  5  2 n x  2  C
 2n x 2  3 x  10  C Using rules for logarithms.

1.3  sec2  sin 5 x  cos 5 x dx Put u  sin 5 x

du
Then  5cos 5 x
dx
du
 sec2 u cos 5 x
5cos 5 x
du
  sec 2 u Note after substitution the variable is u
5
1
 tan u  C (3)
5
1
 tan  sin 5 x   C Substitute back x to for the final answer.
5
 1
dx
   n 3  2 x  2 dx Put u   n 3  2 x 

1.4 

 n3  2 x
du
 02  2
dx
1
  du
= u 2
 2
1
2
 u2 C
2
1 (3)
  n 3  2 x  2  C
  n3  2 x  C
4
 4
 dx
 dx
1.5   Remember n x and e x are inverse functions


2 n e   3x 
2 3 x

4
1
= n x
3 2
1
  n 4   n 2 
3
1 4
 n
3 2
1
 n 2
3
 0.231
Show steps. Your reasoning is more important than the numerical answer. (4)
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MAT1581  Assignment 4  Semester 1, 2022 
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QUESTION 2
Note the word curve is used to indicate a graph and can be for example a straight line, parabola
ellipse, hyperbola etc.
2.1 Find the area enclosed by the curves y  x 2  4 x  3 and y  0 between the y – axis and x = 3.

y  x 2  4 x  3   x  3 x  1 parabola . x-intercepts 1 and 3. y-intercept 3

(1)

   
1 3
Area 1=  x 2  4 x  3 dx Area 2 =  x 2  4 x  3 dx
0 1
1 3
 x3   x3 
   2 x 2  3x     2 x 2  3x 
 3 0  3 1
1  1 
   2  3  0   9  18  9     2  3 
3  3 
4 4
 units 2  4   units 2  2
3 3
4 4
Area    units 2
3 3
8
 units 2
3
1
 2 units 2 1
3
Reflection:
2.2 Why is a sketch essential to determine areas between curves? (1)
area –an application of integration.
Answer: Need sketch to see if there will be negative valued integrals, because the area is below the
x-axis. Split integral if necessary.

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MAT1581  Assignment 4  Semester 1, 2022 
2.3 What do you understand under the term “absolute value” ? (No marks)
The absolute value of a real number is the distance between the number and the origin on the
number line. Distance is always positive, so we can think of absolute value of as the number value
and disregard the sign.
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QUESTION 3
Suppose that liquid flows into a tank at a variable rate of q(t) litre per second. It can be shown that
the area under the graph of q against t represents the volume of liquid in the tank.
t t2
Consider a chemical storage tank with liquid entering at a rate of q (t )  6   .
10 100
If at time t = 0 the tank is empty, calculate the volume of liquid in the tank at time t = 20 seconds.
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ANSWER:
Volume = area under curve
20
  t t2 
  6    dt
0  10 100 
20
 t2 t3 
  6t   
 20 300  0
  20   20  
2 3

  6  20      0
 20 300 
 
 126.67 liter
Marker notes: No unit, deduct one mark. If the student shows no workings and go directly from
the definite integral to the numerical answer they must reference the calculator used to find the
answer. No reference maximum 3 marks.
TOTAL: 30 

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