JAMAICA COLLEGE

Department of Mathematics
DATE: December 3, 2021
CLASSWORK
INTEGRATION TEST

This paper has two questions

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
A) i) Let

𝐼𝑛 = ∫ 𝑥 (𝑙𝑛𝑥 )𝑛 𝑑𝑥

Show that
𝑥2 𝑛
𝐼) 𝐼𝑛 = (𝑙𝑛𝑥)𝑛 − 𝐼𝑛−1
2 2
[5 Marks]

ii)

Hence, show that

3𝑥 2 2 1
𝐼3 = [ (𝑙𝑛𝑥)3 − (𝑙𝑛𝑥)2 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥 − ] + 𝑐
4 3 2
[ 7 Marks]
B) Given

𝐼 = ∫ (√1 − 𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥

Show that

𝑥√1 − 𝑥 2 + sin−1 (𝑥)

𝐼= +𝑘
2
[8 Marks]

C) Given that
1
2
𝐼𝑛 = ∫ 𝑥 𝑛 𝑒 −𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0

show that
𝑛+1 1
𝐼𝑛+2 = ( ) 𝐼𝑛 −
2 2𝑒
[5 Marks]
 QUESTION 2
A) I) Given that
𝜋
4
𝐼𝑛 = ∫ 𝑥 𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥𝑑𝑥 , 𝑛 ≥ 2
0

show that

√2 4𝑛 − 𝜋 𝜋 𝑛−1
𝐼𝑛 = ( )( ) − 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝐼𝑛−2
2 4 4

[7 Marks]

II) Find 𝐼2

[6 Marks]

B)
I) Given that
1
𝐼𝑛 = ∫ 𝑒 𝑥 (1 − 𝑥)𝑛 , 𝑛 ≥ 1
0

show that

𝐼𝑛 = 𝑛𝐼𝑛−1 − 1

[5 Marks]

II) Hence prove

1
∫ 𝑒 𝑥 (1 − 𝑥)4 𝑑𝑥 = 24𝑒 − 65
0

[7 Marks]