Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
The next task is to find the indefinite integral. Of course the answer is not sin x-cos x+c.
\int\sqrt{1+\sin(2x)}dx
Hint: You may consider the floor function.
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
This one may look simple at the first glance but actually trickier than you may have thought.
I'm sure a lot of people will come up with an answer 2.:devil:
\int_0^{\pi}\sqrt{1+\sin(2x)}dx
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
This is a skeleton solution.
By substituting u=(x-2)/sqrt(2) and considering f(x)+f(-x), the integral can be re-written as
\frac{\sqrt{2}}{8}\int_0^{\sqrt{2}-1}\frac{\sqrt{1+u^4}}{1-u^4}du
A tangent substitution will turn it into a format that...
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
This is another beast.:cool2:
\int_{4-\sqrt{2}}^{\sqrt{2}}\frac{\sqrt{(x^2-6x+10)(x^2-2x+2)}}{(x^2-4x+2)(x^2-4x+6)(4+2^x)}dx
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
You are almost there. If you put x=tan theta, does it look familiar? You've solved that in the previous one.:devil:
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
This one should be considerably easier than the previous one.:tongue:
\int_{-1}^{1}\frac{x^{2018}\sqrt{1-\cos^2(\frac{\pi}{2}x^{2019})} \log_2(\sec(\frac{\pi}{4}x^{2019}))}{(3+\cos(\pi x^{2019}))(1+2018^x)}dx
The answer is pretty small. (1/32304)
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
Continue to have fun with trig.:jump:
Harder version:
f(x)=\frac{\sin(\frac{\pi}{2}\sqrt{x})}{\sqrt{2}+ \sqrt{2}\cos(\frac{\pi}{2}\sqrt{x})}+\frac{x\sec (\frac{\pi}{4})}{...
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
Show that
\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{sin(x+\frac{\pi}{4})}{(2^\pi+16^x)(sin^3x+cos^3x)}dx=\frac{\sqrt{6}\pi}{9(2^\pi)}
Consider two antiderivatives below.
f(x)=-1/x+2 for x>0
f(x)=-1/x for x<0
f'(x)=1/x^2 for all non-zero real values of x
f(1)=1, f(-1)=1
f(x)=-1/x+2 for x>0
f(x)=-1/x+2 for x<0
f'(x)=1/x^2 for all non-zero real values of x
f(1)=1, f(-1)=3
Both satisfy the requirement. Therefore...
Technically, the anti-derivative of 1/x^2 should be
-1/x+C1 for x>0
-1/x+C2 for x<0
where C1 and C2 are (possibly different) constants.
It definitely matters which side you are looking at.
Suppose f'(x)=1/x^2 and f(1)=1. You cannot determine f(-1).
Technically, in the world of real functions, the anti-derivative of 1/x should be
ln(x)+C1 for x>0
ln(-x)+C2 for x<0
where C1 and C2 are (possibly different) constants.
When the question is only looking at either the positive or negative side, then it can be written as ln|x|+C, where C is a...
Re: HSC 2018 MX2 Integration Marathon
For x\geqslant 0, define f(x)=\int_{0}^{\pi}t\,sin^{x}t\,dt.
(a)Show that f(x) is decreasing. Write down the maximum value of f(x).
(b)Find \int \ln\,f(x) - \ln\,f(x+2)\,dx.