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Date May Specimen paper Marks available 1 Reference code SPM.1.SL.TZ0.10
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Command term Find Question number 10 Adapted from N/A

Question

The following diagram shows part of the graph of  f ( x ) = ( 6 3 x ) ( 4 + x ) x R . The shaded region R is bounded by the x -axis, y -axis and the graph of f .

Write down an integral for the area of region R.

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a.

Find the area of region R.

[1]
b.

The three points A(0, 0) , B(3, 10) and C( a , 0) define the vertices of a triangle.

Find the value of a , the x -coordinate of C, such that the area of the triangle is equal to the area of region R.

[2]
c.

Markscheme

A 0 2 ( 6 3 x ) ( 4 + x ) d x       A1A1

Note: Award A1 for the limits x = 0, x   = 2. Award A1 for an integral of f ( x ) .

[2 marks]

a.

28     A1

[1 mark]

b.

28 = 0.5 × a × 10     M1

5.6 ( 28 5 )       A1

[2 marks]

c.

Examiners report

It was pleasing to see that, for those candidates who made a reasonable attempt at the paper, many were able to identify the correct values on the tree diagram.

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Syllabus sections

Topic 5—Calculus » SL 5.5—Integration introduction, areas between curve and x axis
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