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C3 Further Integration- Where did I go wrong?

Q10) Where did I go wrong in my working out? The answer at the back of my textbook says it is 1/2Pi - 1.

:confused:

Edit: Right, I took Penguin's, Keshim's and ghostwalker's advice and did v2 - v1. And this is what I achieved:



Could the textbook possibly be wrong?


EDIT: CASE CLOSED! =D
(edited 13 years ago)
Reply 1
Original post by APonderingMind
Q10) Where did I go wrong in my working out? The answer at the back of my textbook says it is 1/2Pi - 1.

:confused:


tan^2(x) is the the lower curve, so your meant to do the integral of 1/2sec^2(x)-tan^2(x)
Well the way I'd do it is different to you..
I'd intergrate the equation y=1/2sec^2x - tan^2x between the limits of 0 and Pi/4 and then times this answer by two to get the area in between the two curves..
I would do it now but I'm off out so if you haven't worked it out later then quote me on here and I'll get round to helping out a bit better :h:
In the meantime try my way? But good luck :teehee:
Reply 3
Original post by kashim91
tan^2(x) is the the lower curve, so your meant to do the integral of 1/2sec^2(x)-tan^2(x)


I would still get -1 - 1/2Pi if I did it that way, not the correct answer :s-smilie:
i can't remember how to do C3 maths...it was so long ago :frown: :doctor:
The sec^2 curve is on the top in the region you are considering, so you want V2V1V_2-V_1
(edited 13 years ago)
Reply 6
Original post by Penguinsaysquack
Well the way I'd do it is different to you..
I'd intergrate the equation y=1/2sec^2x - tan^2x between the limits of 0 and Pi/4 and then times this answer by two to get the area in between the two curves..
I would do it now but I'm off out so if you haven't worked it out later then quote me on here and I'll get round to helping out a bit better :h:
In the meantime try my way? But good luck :teehee:


Hmm... still didn't get the same answer as the book.
Reply 7
Original post by APonderingMind
Hmm... still didn't get the same answer as the book.


Your mistake is on the second line - the -1 should be a +1.
Original post by APonderingMind
Hmm... still didn't get the same answer as the book.


You made an error on your first line of working -tan^2(x) becomes 1-sec^2(x)
Reply 9
Original post by ghostwalker
You made an error on your first line of working -tan^2(x) becomes 1-sec^2(x)


Original post by Mark13
Your mistake is on the second line - the -1 should be a +1.



tan(x^2) = Sec(x^2) -1

so -(tanx^2) = -(secx^2 -1) = 1 - sec(x^2)

:tongue: Oopsy... sign error. Thankies

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