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12 Trapezoidal Rule
12 Trapezoidal Rule
ADVANCED MATHEMATICS
Calculus (Adv), C4 Integration (Adv) 1. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2015 HSC 5 MC
Trapezoidal Rule (Y12) RAP Data - Bottom 12%: School result (47%) was 13% below state average (60%)
Teacher: Michael Boulus
Using the trapezoidal rule with 4 subintervals, which expression gives the approximate area under
Exam Equivalent Time: 78 minutes (based on allocation of 1.5 minutes per mark) the curve between and ?
(A)
C4 Integration
(B)
(C)
(D)
2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14%
Integrals
*Analytics based on the average
Area Under Curves contribution to the 2ADV HSC
Trapezoidal Rule exams over the past decade.
Other Integration Applications
HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTION
C4 Integration has contributed a substantial 13.0% to past Advanced exams, on average over the
past decade.
This topic has been split into four sub-topics for analysis purposes: 1-Integrals (4.8%), 2-Areas Under
Curves (4.2%), 3-Trapezoidal Rule (2.0%) and 4-Other Integration Examples (2.0%).
This analysis looks at the Trapezoidal Rule.
The distance covered by the car over the 5-minute period is given by
The heights, in metres, of the existing section at 1 metre intervals are shown in Table Use the trapezoidal rule and the velocity at each of the six time values to find the approximate
distance in kilometres the car has travelled in the 5-minute period. Give your answer correct to one
decimal place. (2 marks)
The distance covered by the jogger over the 20-minute period is given by .
Use the Trapezoidal rule and the speed at each of the five time values to find the approximate
distance the jogger covers in the 20-minute period. (3 marks)
6. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2005* HSC 6a 9. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2017* HSC 14b
Five values of the function are shown in the table. Part ii: RAP Data - Bottom 3%: School result (33%) was 26% below state average (59%)
ii. Using the Trapezoidal rule with three function values, find an approximation to the integral
Use the Trapezoidal rule with the five values given in the table to estimate
. (3 marks)
leaving your answer in terms of and . (2 marks)
7. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2022 HSC 13 iii. Using parts (i) and (ii), show that . (1 mark)
Use two applications of the trapezoidal rule to find an approximate value of . Give
your answer correct to 2 decimal places. (2 marks)
i. Use the Trapezoidal rule with the five depth measurements to calculate the approximate area of the
cross-section (3 marks)
ii. The river flows at 0.4 metres per second.
Calculate the approximate volume of water flowing through the cross-section in 10 seconds. (1
mark)
10. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2018* HSC 15c 11. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2019 HSC 16b
Part i: RAP Data - Bottom 12%: School result (50%) was 14% below state average (64%) A particle moves in a straight line, starting at the origin. Its velocity, , is given by
, where is in seconds.
The shaded region is enclosed by the curve and the line , as shown in the
The diagram shows the graph of the velocity against time.
diagram. The line meets the curve at and . Do NOT prove
this.
Using the Trapezoidal Rule with three function values, estimate the position of the particle when it
first comes to rest. Give your answer correct to two decimal places. (3 marks)
ii. Use the Trapezoidal rule and four function values to approximate the area of the shaded region. (2
marks) ii. Using the result in part (i), show that . (1 mark)
The point is chosen on the curve so that the tangent at is parallel to the line
and the -coordinate of is positive
13. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2014* HSC 16a
iii. Show that the coordinates of are . (2 marks)
RAP Data - Bottom 8%: School result (30%) was 17% below state average (47%)
iv. Using the perpendicular distance formula , find the area of . (2 marks) Use the Trapezoidal rule with five function values to show that
. (3 marks)
14. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2013* HSC 15a 16. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2010 HSC 3b
The diagram shows the front of a tent supported by three vertical poles. The poles are 1.2 m apart. i. Sketch the curve . (1 mark)
The height of each outer pole is 1.5 m, and the height of the middle pole is 1.8 m. The roof hangs
between the poles. ii. Use the trapezoidal rule with 3 function values to find an approximation to (2 marks)
iii. State whether the approximation found in part (ii) is greater than or less than the exact value of
. Justify your answer. (1 mark)
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ii. Does the Trapezoidal rule give a higher or lower estimate of the actual area? Justify your answer. (1
mark)
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2. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2016* HSC 14a 4. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2006* HSC 10a
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11. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2019 HSC 16b 12. Calculus, 2ADV C4 2004* HSC 10a
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