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STEP I 1997 question 6 solution

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\displaystyle x^4(1-x)^4 = x^8-4x^7+6x^6-4x^5+x^4. The easiest way of doing the next bit would probably be long division, but that will be painful to layout in TeX. So, let's compare coefficients...


Coeff of \displaystyle x^8:  a_6 = 1

Coeff of \displaystyle x^7:  a_5 = -4

Coeff of \displaystyle x^6:  a_6+a_4 = 6 \implies a_4 = 5

Coeff of \displaystyle x^5:  a_5+a_3 = -4 \implies a_3 = 0

Coeff of \displaystyle x^4:  a_4+a_2 = 1 \implies a_2 = -4

Coeff of \displaystyle x^3:  a_3+a_1 = 0 \implies a_1 = 0

Coeff of \displaystyle x^2:  a_2+a_0 = 0 \implies a_0 = 4

Coeff of \displaystyle x^1:  a_1 = 0 (Which we knew it should be, but it never hurts to check).

Coeff of \displaystyle x^0: a_0+b = 0 \implies b=-4


Using this in the integral we get:

\displaystyle \int_0^1 \frac{x^4(1-x)^4}{1+x^2}dx = \int_0^1 x^6-4x^5+5x^4-4x^2+4 - \frac{4}{1+x^2} dx

RHS = \displaystyle \frac 17 - \frac 46 + 1 - \frac 43 + 4 - \pi = \frac {22}{7} - \pi as required.

\displaystyle \int_0^1 x^4(1-x)^4 dx = \int_0^1 x^8-4x^7+6x^6-4x^5+x^4 dx \\ = \frac 19 - \frac 12 + \frac 67 - \frac 46 + \frac 15 \\ = \frac{70 - 315 + 540 - 420 + 126}{630} = \frac{1}{630}

But \displaystyle 1+x^2 > 1 \text{ for } x > 0 and so \displaystyle 0 < \int_0^1 \frac{x^4(1-x)^4}{1+x^2} < \int_0^1 x^4(1-x)^4 = 1 / 630.

So since we know \displaystyle \pi = \frac{22}{7} - \frac{x^4(1-x)^4}{1+x^2} we deduce \displaystyle \frac {22}{7} > \pi > \frac{22}{7} - \frac{1}{630}.

Solution by DFranklin

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