List No.

8
Problems proposed in the Course of Math
School of Medicine

1. Area. Find the area of the region bounded by the graphs of given functions

a) d)

b) e)

c) f)

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 g) k)

h) l)

i) m)

j) n)

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 2. Approximate integration. Apply the trapezoidal rule and the Simpson rule to evaluate the following
definite integrals. To check your results you can evaluate the integral with a computer program. For
all cases take n = 10
∫2√ ∫π
a) 0 1 + x3 dx c) 0 cos x2 dx
∫2 1 ∫2 2
b) 0 √1+x 3 dx d) 1 ex dx

3. Approximate integration. Estimate the surface area of the golf green using the trapezoid rule and
the Simpson rule.

4. Approximate integration. Estimate the surface area of the oil spill using the Trapezium rule and the
Simpson rule.

5. Initial value problems. Solve the initial value problems

a) c)
dy dy 1
= 2x − 7, y(2) = 0 = 2 + x, y(2) = 1
dx dx x
b) d)
dy dy
= 10 − x, y(0) = −1 = 9x2 − 4x + 5, y(−1) = 0
dx dx

6. Velocity. Suppose that the velocity of a body moving along the s − axis is
ds
v= = 7.4t − 2, s(0) = 4
dt
m/seg. Find the body’s displacement from t = 1 a t = 3: s(3) − s(1)

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 7. Velocity. Suppose that the velocity of a body moving along the s − axis is
ds
v= = 5t2 − 3t + 4, s(0) = 2
dt
m/seg. Find the body’s displacement from t = 1 a t = 4: s(4) − s(1)
8. IVP. Solve the initial value problem
a)
dy 4
= 1 − x1/3
dx 3

b)
dy
y =x−1
dx

c)
dy
= sin x − cos x
dx

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