A-level Mathematics/OCR/C2/Integration/Problems

      Example problems

      1. Evaluate these indefinite integrals:

      (a)  \int 2x^5 \, dx

      (b) \int 7x^6 + 2x^3 - x^2 \, dx

      2. Find the equation of the curve:

      (a) Given  \frac{dy}{dx} = x + 5 and that the point (0, 3) lies on the curve.

      (b) Given  \frac{dy}{dx} = 3x^2 + 7x +0.1 and that the point (2, 2) lies on the curve.

      3. Evaluate these definite integrals

      (a) \int_{0}^{2} x + 1 \,dx

      (b) \int_{-3}^{4.7} \frac{1}{7}x^{\frac{1}{3}} + 1 \,dx

      4. Find the area between the curve of y=-x^4-\frac{1}{2}x^3+3x^2 and the x-axis from x=-2 to x=0.


      Worked solutions can be found here: Integration problem solutions

      Last modified on 13 November 2010, at 14:44