Year 12 Maths Methods: WR 1.

1 (Area Under a Graph)

Question 1

Find the derivative of each of the following functions:

(a) 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥 ) = 5 − 3𝑥𝑥

�𝑥𝑥 2 −1��𝑥𝑥 2 −5�
(b) 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥 ) =
𝑥𝑥 4

Question 2

Find:
1
(a) ∫ 𝑥𝑥 3 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
2

(b) ∫ 2𝑡𝑡 2 (𝑡𝑡 − 1) 𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡

1
(c) ∫ �4𝑥𝑥 −2 + 7𝑥𝑥 2 � 𝑑𝑑𝑥𝑥

3
(e) ∫ √𝑧𝑧(𝑧𝑧 + 𝑧𝑧 4 ) 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑

Question 3
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 3𝑥𝑥 3 −8 3
Find 𝑦𝑦 in terms of 𝑥𝑥 if = and 𝑦𝑦 = when 𝑥𝑥 = 1.
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑥𝑥 2 2

Question 4

Find the sum of the areas of the shaded rectangles to approximate

the area under the curve 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2 between 𝑥𝑥 = 1 and 𝑥𝑥 = 5.

Question 5

Use the trapezoidal rule to find an approximation for the area under the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥(3 − 𝑥𝑥) between 𝑥𝑥 = 0 and
𝑥𝑥 = 3 using strips of width 0.5.

Question 6

Part of the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 4𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥𝑥 3 is shown to the right. Find the

exact area of the shaded region.