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Integration by substitution

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Integration by substitution questions

TopicIntegration by substitution

Edexcel 9MA0 Integration by substitution 23 questions

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Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 June 2025, Question 16 7 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities

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Figure 5 shows a sketch of the curve C with equation

Question 16, shown as an image

The region R, shown shaded in Figure 5, fraction fraction ounded by C, the line with equation x = 1,

Question 16, shown as an image
(a)

Use the substitution x = 2 sinu to show that the area of R is given by

where a, b and k are constants to be found.

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Hence, using algebraic integration, find the exact area of R. Give your answer in simplest form.

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Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 June 2025, Question 15 13 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities · Stationary points

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In this question you must show all stages of your working. Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable. Figure 5 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = f (x), where

Question 15, shown as an image

The curve

• intersects the x ‑axis at –1 and 1

• has minimum turning points at P and Q

as shown in Figure 5.

(a)

Use calculus to find the exact coordinates of P.

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(b)

Using the substitution x = tanθ show that

Question 15, shown as an image

where α and β are constants to be found. The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 5, is bounded by the x‑axis and the curve.

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(c)

Use algebraic integration to find the area of R.

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Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 October 2020, Question 10 10 marks

Also involves Definite integration

(a)

Use the substitution x = u2 + 1 to show that

Question 10, shown as an image

where p and q are positive constants to be found.

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(b)

Hence, using algebraic integration, show that

Question 10, shown as an image

where a is a rational constant to be found.

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Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 June 2019, Question 14 15 marks

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Question 14, shown as an image

where k is a constant

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(b)

A team of scientists is studying a species of slow growing tree. The rate of change in height of a tree in this species is modelled by the differential equation

where h is the height in metres and t is the time, measured in years, after the tree is planted.

Find, according to the model, the range in heights of trees in this species.

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(c)

One of these trees is one metre high when it is first planted. According to the model,

calculate the time this tree would take to reach a height of 12 metres, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

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Full-course legacy questions

Core Mathematics 4 June 2019, Question 2 7 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities · Compound and double angle formulae

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Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve with equation

Question 2, shown as an image

The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the

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The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for y = sin 2x sin x௘ maths symbol maths symbol ZLWK maths symbol WKH maths symbol YDOXHV maths symbol of y given to 5 significant figures where appropriate.

xπ 37π 184π 9π 2
y0.750.604020.336820
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Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the table, to find an estimate for the area of R, giving your answer to 4 significant figures.

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where a and b are constants to be found. (Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

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Core Mathematics 4 June 2015, Question 6 8 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities · Definite integration

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The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis, and the y-axis.

(a)

Use the substitution x = 1 + 2sinθ to show that

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where k is a constant to be determined.

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(b)

Hence find, by integration, the exact area of R.

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Core Mathematics 4 June 2014, Question 3 11 marks

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The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis, and the lines with equations x = 1 and x = 4

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(a)

Complete the table above by giving the missing value of y to 5 decimal places.

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(b)

Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to find an estimate for the area of R, giving your answer to 4 decimal places.

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(c)

By reference to the curve in Figure 1, state, giving a reason, whether your estimate in part (b) is an overestimate or an underestimate for the area of R.

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(d)

Use the substitution u = ¥ x, or otherwise, to find the exact value of

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Core Mathematics 4 January 2013, Question 4 12 marks

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Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = fraction. The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis, the line with equation x = 1 and the line with equation x = 4.

(a)

Complete the table with the value of y corresponding to x = 3, giving your answer to 4 decimal places.

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(b)
x1234
y0.50.82841.3333

Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an estimate of the area of the region R, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.

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(c)

Use the substitution u = 1 + maths symbolx, to find, by integrating, the exact area of R.

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Core Mathematics 4 January 2013, Question 5 15 marks

Also involves Exponential functions · Tangents and normals

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Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve C with parametric equations

The curve crosses the y-axis at the point A and crosses the x-axis at the point B.

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Show that A has coordinates (0, 3).

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(b)

Find the x coordinate of the point B.

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(c)

Find an equation of the normal to C at the point A.

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(d)

The region R, as shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve C, the line x = –1 and the x-axis.

Use integration to find the exact area of R.

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Core Mathematics 4 June 2011, Question 4 15 marks

Also involves Logarithms · Integration by parts

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Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = x3 ln (x2 + 2), xmaths symbol0. The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the line x = ˲ 2. The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for y = x3 ln (x2 + 2).

x0˲ 2 4˲ 2 23˲ 2 4˲ 2
y00.32403.9210
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(a)

Complete the table above giving the missing values of y to 4 decimal places.

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(b)

Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an estimate for the area of R, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.

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(c)

Use the substitution u = x2+ 2 to show that the area of R is

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(d)

Hence, or otherwise, find the exact area of R.

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Core Mathematics 4 January 2011, Question 7 14 marks

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x2345
y0.20.1745
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(b)

Use the trapezium rule, with all of the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an estimate of I, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.

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(c)

Using the substitution x = maths symbolu maths symbol 4maths symbol2 +1, or otherwise, and integrating, find the exact value of I.

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Core Mathematics 4 January 2010, Question 8 10 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities

(a)

Using the substitution x = 2 cos u, or otherwise, find the exact value of

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The shaded region S, shown in Figure 3, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines with equations x = 1 and x = √2. The shaded region S is rotated through 2π radians about the x-axis to form a solid of revolution.

Using your answer to part (a), find the exact volume of the solid of revolution formed.

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Core Mathematics 4 June 2008, Question 8 16 marks

Also involves Trigonometric identities · Tangents and normals · Area under a curve

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Figure 3 shows the curve C with parametric equations

Question 8, shown as an image

The point P lies on C and has coordinates (4, 2√3).

(a)

Find the value of t at the point P.

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(b)

The line l is a normal to C at P.

Show that an equation for l is y = –x√3 + 6√3.

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(c)

The finite region R is enclosed by the curve C, the x-axis and the line x = 4, as shown shaded in Figure 3. maths symbol

Show that the area of R is given by the integral.264 sin2 t cost dt

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(d)

Use this integral to find the area of R, giving your answer in the form a + b√3, where a and b are constants to be determined.

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