Hi! Okay, so I'm going through a paper - OCR MEI Core 2 January 2013:
http://www.mei.org.uk/files/papers/C2_Paper_Jan13.pdfQ10 part ii on pdf reader page 4): WHAAT?!?! 19.3333... how? O.O
I integtated the 'normal' -(1/4)x+4 to -(1/8)x^2+4x and called it A
I integrated the 'curve' y=x^2-4x+3 to (1/3)x^3-2x^2+3x and called it B
My original limits gave the wrong answer, so I set up a spreadsheet in excel with 3 possible limits:
The letters are my names for specific numbers, e.g. C is 32
16: into A gave 32 (C), and into B gave 901.333333... (D)
4: into A gave 14 (E), and into B gave 1.3333333 (F)
3: into A gave 10.875 (G), and into B gave 0 (h)
Then I did a series of calculations:
Substituting for A and B:
limit 16 to 4:C-D-E+F=-882
limit 16 to 3:C-D-G+H=-880.2083333…
limit 4 to 3: E-F-G+H=1.791666667
Substituting for A only:
limit 16 to 4:C-E=18
limit 16 to 3:C-G=21.125
limit 4 to 3: E-G=3.125
Substituting for B only:
limit 16 to 4
-F=900
limit 16 to 3
-H=901.3333333…
limit 4 to 3: F-H=1.3333333…
None of these give me 19 and 1/3. Where on earth did they get the area for 9 and 1/3? And why have they only used equation B in the mark scheme – the question states that we’re looking for the region ABC bounded by the curve and the normal? Why have they used the 4 to 3 limits? I've tried everything I can think of! @.@
The coordinates are:
A(4,3)
B(3,0)
C(16, 0)
Hence the choice of limits.
This is the mark scheme (10 part ii is on pdf reader page 31):
http://www.mei.org.uk/files/papers/C2_Paper_Jan13.pdfThe mark scheme has rendered me absolutely stunned, and so has the question. Can anyone help me out, please?