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Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C4
Gold Level (Hard) G1
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13 9se integration to find the exact +alue of
(

4
5
d 4 sin

x x x
$
(6)
4a!uar5 2011
23
6i)ure 1
Figure 7 sho,s part of the cur+e y :
) " 7 (
8
x +
$ )he region R is bounded by the cur+e the x;
axis and the lines x : 5 and x : 4 as sho,n shaded in Figure 7$
(a) 9se integration to find the area of R$
(4)
)he region R is rotated 8#5< about the x;axis$
(b) 9se integration to find the exact +alue of the +olume of the solid formed$
(.)
4a!uar5 200/
3 9sing the substitution u : 4 = >(4x = 7) or other suitable substitutions find the exact
+alue of
"
5
7
4 (4 7) x + +

dx
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gi+ing your ans,er in the form A = 4ln B ,here A is an integer and B is a positi+e constant$
(0)
June 2013 !"
43 % cur+e C has parametric e.uations
x : 4sin t y : 7 6 cos 4t
4

B t B
4

(a) Find
d
d
y
x
at the point ,here t :
#

$
(4)
(b) Find a cartesian e.uation for C in the form
y : f(x) 6k B x B k
stating the +alue of the constant k$
()
(c) Write do,n the range of f(x)$
(2)
4u!e 201
.. )he line l
7
has e.uation r :

,
_

7
5
7
=

,
_

5
7
7
$
)he line l
4
has e.uation r :

,
_

#
8
7
=

,
_

7
7
4
$
(a) (ho, that l
7
and l
4
do not meet$
#"
)he point A is on l
7
,here : 7 and the point B is on l
4
,here : 4$
(b) Find the cosine of the acute angle bet,een AB and l
7
$
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$"
4u!e 2001
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63 (a) 9se the substitution x : u
4
u C 5 to sho, that
7
(4 7) x x

dx :
4
(4 7) u u

du
()
(b) Dence sho, that
@
7
7
(4 7) x x

dx : 4ln
a
b
_

,
,here a and b are integers to be determined$
(1)
June 2013
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13
6i)ure 2
Figure 4 sho,s a s&etch of the cur+e C ,ith parametric e.uations
8
40sec x t

8tan y t
5 B t B
8

(a) Find the gradient of the cur+e C at the point ,here t :

#

$
(4)
(b) (ho, that the cartesian e.uation of C may be ,ritten in the form
4 7
8 4
( @) y x a B x B b
stating +alues of a and b$
()
6i)ure
)he finite region R ,hich is bounded by the cur+e C the x;axis and the line x : 741 is sho,n shaded in Figure 8$
)his region is rotated through 4 radians about the x;axis to form a solid of re+olution$
(c) 9se calculus to find the exact +alue of the +olume of the solid of re+olution$
(.)
4u!e 201 (7)
03
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6i)ure 2
Figure 4 sho,s a cylindrical ,ater tan&$ )he diameter of a circular cross;section of the tan& is # m$ Water is
flo,ing into the tan& at a constant rate of 5$"/ m
8
min
E7
$ %t time t minutes the depth of the ,ater in the tan& is
h metres$ )here is a tap at a point T at the bottom of the tan&$ When the tap is open ,ater lea+es the tan& at a rate
of 5$#h m
8
min
E7
$
(a) (ho, that t minutes after the tap has been opened
01
t
h
d
d
: (" 6 1h)$
(.)
When t : 5 h : 5$4
(b) Find the +alue of t ,hen h : 5$1
$"
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Question
Number
Scheme Marks

1.
cos 4 cos 4
sin 4 d d
4 4
x x x
x x x x +

M1 A1 A1

sin 4
$$$
"
x
+ M1

[ ]
4
5
$$$
"

M1 A1
[
6]
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Question
Number
Scheme Marks
2 (a) %rea(R) :
7
4
4 4
5 5
8
d 8(7 " ) d
(7 " )
x x x
x

+
+



7
4
4
7
4
5
8(7 " )
$"
x
1
+
1
1
]
Integrating
7
4
8(7 " ) x

+ to gi+e
7
4
(7 " ) k x t + $
M1
!orrect integration$
Fgnore limits$
A1

7
4
4
8
4
5
(7 " ) x
1
+
]
( ) ( )
8 8
4 4
@ (7)
(ubstitutes limits of 4 and 5 into a
changed function and subtracts the
correct ,ay round$
M1

4 @ 8
4 4
8 (units)
8 A1
(4)
(%ns,er of 8 ,ith no ,or&ing scores
M5%5M5%5$)
(b)
Golume
4
4
5
8
d
(7 " )
x
x

_


+
,

9se of
4
d V y x

$
!an be implied$ Fgnore limits and
d $ x
B1
( )
4
5
@
d
7 "
x
x

+

( )
4
@
"
5
ln 7 "x 1 +
]
ln 7 " k x t +
M1
@
"
ln 7 "x +
A1
( ) ( ) ( )
@ @
" "
ln@ ln7 1
]
(ubstitutes limits of 4 and 5
and subtracts the correct ,ay round$
dM1
Note that ln7 can be implied as e.ual to 5$
(o Golume
@
"
ln@

@
"
ln@
or
@
4
ln8
or
7/
"
ln8

A1 oe
isw
Note the ans,er must be a one term exact
+alue$ Note also you can ignore subse.uent
,or&ing here$
Note that
@
"
ln@ c +
(oe$) ,ould
be a,arded the final %5$
(5)
[9]
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<uestio!
;um*er
(cheme Mar=s
3
"
5
7
d 4 (4 7)
4 (4 7)
x u x
x
+ +
+ +

7$
7
4
d
(4 7)
d
u
x
x

+ or
d
4
d
x
u
u

Either
7
4
d d
(4 7) or ( 4)
d d
u x
K x u
x u

t + t
M7
Either
7
4
d d
(4 7) or ( 4)
d d
u x
x u
x u

+ %7
8$

7 7
d ( 4) d
4 (4 7)
x u u
u x



' ;
+ +



!orrect substitution
(Fgnore integral sign and
d )$ u
%7
4
7 du
u
_


,

%n attempt to di+ide each term by u$ dM7

4ln u u
ln Au B u t t
ddM7
4ln u u
%7 ft
[ ]
{ }
( ) ( )
1
8
(o 4ln 1 4ln1 8 4ln8 u u
%pplies limits of 1 and 8 in u
or " and 5 in x in their integrated
function and subtracts the correct
,ay round$
M7

8
4 4ln
1
_
+

,
8
4 4ln
1
_
+

,
%7
cao
cso
>0?
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<uestio!
;um*er
(cheme Mar=s
43 { }
4
4sin 7 cos 4 4sin
4 4
x t y t t t


(a)

d
4cos
d
x
t
t

d
4sin 4
d
y
t
t
or
d
"sin cos
d
y
t t
t

%t least one of
d
d
x
t
or
d
d
y
t

correct$
H7
Hoth
d
d
x
t
and
d
d
y
t
are correct$ H7
(o
d 4sin4 "cos sin
4sin
d 4cos 4cos
y t t t
t
x t t


' ;


%t
#
t


4
4sin
d #
I 7
d
4cos
#
y
x

_

,

_

,
%pplies their
d
d
y
t
di+ided by their
d
d
x
t
and substitutes
#
t

into
their
d
d
y
x
$
M7I
!orrect +alue for
d
d
y
x
of 7
%7 cao
cso
(4)
(*)
4
7 cos 4 7 (7 4sin ) y t t M7

4
4sin t
(o
4
4
4
x
y
_

,
or
4
4
x
y or
4
4 4 7
4
x
y
_
_



,
,
4
4
x
y or e.ui+alent$
%7 cso
is%
Either
4 k
or
4 4 x
H7
()
(c) Range?
5 f ( ) 4 x
or
5 4 y
or
5 f 4
H7 H7
(2)
>/?
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Juestion
Number
(cheme Mar&s
.3 (a) Ff l
1
and l
2
intersect then?
1 1 1 2
0 1 3 1
1 0 6 1
_ _ _ _

+ +



, , , ,
%ny t,o of
: 1 1 2 (1)
: 3 (2)
: 1 6 (3)
+ +
+

i
j
k
Writes do,n any t,o of these
e.uations correctly$
M7
(1) & (2) yields 6, 3
(1) & (3) yields 14, 7
(2) &(3) yields 10, 7






(ol+es t,o of the abo+e
e.uations to find K
either one of or

correct %7
both and

correct %7
Either
checking eqn (3), -1 3
checking eqn (2), 14 10
checking eqn (1), 11 15

!omplete method of putting their

+alues of and

into a third
e.uation to
sho, a contradiction$
H7
or for example?
checking eqn (3), LHS = -1, HS = 3

-ines l
1
and l
2
do not intersect
this type of explanation is also
allo,ed for H7 $
>4?
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Juestion
Number
(cheme Mar&s
.3 (b)
2 5
1 1 & 2 5
1 4
OA OB
_ _

, ,
uuur uuur
8!l5 o!e o# either
2
1
1
OA
_

,
uuur
or
5
5
4
OB
_

,
uuur
or
(2,1, 1) A

or
(5,5, 4) B
$
(can be implied)
H7
5 2 3
5 1 4
4 1 5
AB OB OA
_ _ _

, , ,
uuur uuur uuur
or
3
4
5
BA
_

,
uuur
Finding the difference
bet,een their !"
uuur
and
!#
uuur
$
(can be implied)
M7
#" 3 4 5 + + i j k
uuur
1
0 + + d i j k
L is
angle
M7
1
1
3 4 0
c$s
50% 2 %
AB
AB

_
+ +
t


,
d
d
uuur
uuur
%pplies dot product
formula bet,een 1
d

and their
#"% t
uuur
M7
!orrect expression$ %7
7
10
c$s
7
10 or 5$0 or
7
100 %7 cao
but not
7
50 2
>6?
10
mar=s
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<uestio!
;um*er
(cheme Mar=s
63 (a) { }
4
d
4
d
x
x u u
u
or
7
4
d 7
d 4
u
x
x

or
d 7
d 4
u
x x

H7
4
7 7
d 4 d
(4 7) (4 7)
x u u
u u x x

' ;



M7
4
d
(4 7)
u
u u

%7 M
cso
()
(*) 4
4 (4 7)
(4 7) (4 7)
A B
A u Bu
u u u u
+ +

5 4 4 u A A
7 7
4 4
4 " u B B
M7 %7
(o
4 4 "
d d
(4 7) (4 7)
u u
u u u u

+



4ln 4ln(4 7) u u +
Fntegrates
5 5
(4 7)
M N
M N
u u
+

to
obtain any one of
lnu t
or
ln(4 7) u t
M7
%t least one term correctly
follo,ed through
%7 ft
4ln 4ln(4 7) u u +
$ %7 cao
(o [ ]
8
7
4ln 4ln(4 7) u u +
( ) ( ) 4ln8 4ln(4(8) 7) 4ln7 4ln(4(7) 7) + +
%pplies limits of 8 and 7
in u or @ and 7 in x in
their integrated function
and subtracts the correct
,ay round$
M7
4ln8 4ln1 (5) +
1
4ln
8
_

,
1
4ln
8
_

,
%7 cso
cao
(1)
>10?
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<uestio!
;um*er
(cheme Mar=s
13
8
40sec 8tan 5
8
x t y t t


(a)
4
d
/7sec sec tan
d
x
t t t
t

4
d
8sec
d
y
t
t

%t least one of
d
d
x
t
or
d
d
y
t
correct$
H7
Hoth
d
d
x
t
and
d
d
y
t
are
correct$
H7
4 4
8
d 8sec 7 cos cos
d /7sec tan 40sec tan 40tan 40sin
y t t t
x t t t t t t


' ;


%t
#
t


( )
( ) ( )
4
#
8
# #
8sec
d " 8 7
d /7sec tan 04 1" 7/
y
x

' ;

%pplies their
d
d
y
t
di+ided by their
d
d
x
t

M7I
"
04
%7 cao
cso
(4)
(*)
{ }
4 4
4
8
4 4
8
7 tan sec 7
8 40 40
y x x
t t
_
_ _ _
+ +


, , ,
,
M7

( )
4
8
4 4
8 8
7
4
4 4
7 @ @ M
@ @
y x
y x y x + + %7 M cso
40 and 47# a b
or
40 47# x 40 and 47# a b
H7
()
(c)
( ) ( )
4 4
8 8
4
741 741 7
4
40 40
@ d or @ d V x x x x
_


,

For
( )
4
8
4
7
4
@ x
_


,

or
( )
4
8
@ x

H7
{ }
741
1
8
40
8
@
1
x x
1

1
]
Either
1
8
Ax Bx t t
or
1
8
8
1
x oe
M7
1
8
8
@
1
x x oe %7
{ }
1 1
8 8
8 8
(741) @(741) (40) @(40)
1 1

_ _ _



, , ,
dM7
{ } ( ) ( ) ( )
7/01 7741 7"1$/ 4"8

"48#
1

or
/"0$4
"48#
1

or
/"0$4
%7
(.)
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&'es(i$
n
)'*+e,
Sche*e -.,ks
03 (a)
d
5$"/ 5$#
d
V
h
t

M7 %7

d d
@ @
d d
V h
V h
t t

H7

d
@ 5$"/ 5$#
d
h
h
t

M7
-eading to
d
01 " 1
d
h
h
t

cso %7 (.)
(b)
01
d 7d
" 1
h t
h

separating +ariables M7
( ) ( ) 71ln " 1h t C +
M7 %7
( ) 71ln " 1h t C +
When 5 t 5$4 h
71ln8 C M7
( ) 71ln8 71ln " 1 t h
When 5$1 h

8
71ln8 71ln7$1 71ln 71ln 4
7$1
t
_


,
a,rt 75$" M7 %7 (6)
>11?
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<uestio! 1
)his pro+ed a good starting .uestion and full mar&s ,ere common$ % fe, candidates differentiated the
expression using the product rule$ Do,e+er the great maNority realised that integration by parts ,as necessary
and such errors as ,ere seen usually arose from integrating sin 4x and cos 4x incorrectly$ Hoth errors of sign and
multiplying (rather than di+iding) by 4 ,ere not uncommon$ Most &ne, ho, to use the limits and complete the
.uestion$ Fn some cases the numerically correct ans,er
"

,as obtained after incorrect ,or&ing$ Fn these cases

the final accuracy mar& ,as not a,arded$
Question 2
J4 ,as generally ,ell ans,ered ,ith many successful attempts seen in both parts$ )here ,ere fe, +ery poor or
non;attempts at this .uestion$
Fn part (a) a significant minority of candidates tried to integrate
7
4
8(7 " ) $ x + Many candidates ho,e+er correctly
realised that they needed to integrate
7
4
8(7 " ) x

+ $ )he maNority of these candidates ,ere able to complete the
integration correctly or at least achie+e an integrated expression of the form
7
4
(7 " ) k x + $ Fe, candidates applied
incorrect limits to their integrated expression$ % noticeable number of candidates ho,e+er incorrectly assumed
a subtraction of Oero ,hen substituting for
5 x
and so lost the final t,o mar&s for this part$ % minority of
candidates attempted to integrate the expression in part (a) by using a substitution$ Pf these candidates most
,ere successful$
Fn part (b) the +ast maNority of candidates attempted to apply the formula
4
d y x

but a fe, of them ,ere not

successful in simplifying
4
$ y )he maNority of candidates ,ere able to integrate
@
7 "x +
to gi+e
@
ln 7 "
"
x + $ )he
most common error at this stage ,as for candidates to omit di+iding by "$ %gain more candidates ,ere
successful in this part in substituting the limits correctly to arri+e at the exact ans,er of
@
"
ln@$
Fe, candidates
ga+e a decimal ans,er ,ith no exact term seen and lost the final mar&$
Question 3
)his .uestion ,as generally ,ell ans,ered ,ith about 10Q of candidates gaining at least 0 of the / mar&s
a+ailable and about "#Q of candidates gaining all / mar&s$ %bout 75Q of candidates ho,e+er did not score on
this .uestion$
Most candidates follo,ed the ad+ice gi+en in the .uestion and used the substitution u : 4 = (4x = 7)$ Most
candidates differentiated this correctly to gi+e either
x
u
d
d
: 4
7
) 7 4 (

+ x
or
u
x
d
d
: u 6 4 although a fe,
differentiated incorrectly to gi+e
x
u
d
d
:
4
7
4
7
) 7 4 (

+ x
$ )he maNority ,ere then able to apply the substitution and
reach an integral of the form k (

$ d
) 4 (
u
u
u
Whilst most candidates reaching this stage then correctly di+ided
through by u and integrated term by term to reach an expression of the form k(ln u 6 u) a fe, resorted to
integration by parts or partial fractions and ,ere generally less successful$ Most candidates applied changed
limits of 1 and 8 correctly to their integrated function in u and a fe, con+erted bac& to a function in x and used
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limits of " and 5 correctly$ Risappointingly a number of candidates did not express their ans,er in the form
A = 4 ln B and ga+e ans,ers such as 4 6 4 ln
8
1
or 4 = ln
41
@
$
Question 4
)his .uestion discriminated ,ell bet,een candidates of all abilities ,ith about 1@Q of candidates gaining at
least # of the @ mar&s a+ailable and about 70Q of candidates gaining all @ mar&s$ Part (a) ,as found to be
accessible to most part (b) less ,ell ans,ered and part (c) often either not attempted or incomplete$
Fn part (a) the maNority of candidates ,ere able to apply the process of parametric differentiation follo,ed by
substitution of
#
t

into their
d
d
y
x
$ Pccasional sign errors ,ere seen in the differentiation of both x and y and
the 4 ,as not al,ays treated correctly ,hen differentiating
7 cos 4 y t
resulting in ( )
d
sin 4 4
d
y
t
t
$
Pther common mista&es included obtaining
4sin 4 t t t
or 4sint for
d
d
y
t
$ % small number of candidates belie+ed
re,riting
y
as
4
4sin t made the differentiation of y easier$ Most candidates sho,ed the substitution of
#
t


into their
d
d
y
x
but many ,rote do,n the numerical ans,er$ (ome candidates achie+ed
d
7
d
y
x
erroneously by
either di+iding
d
d
x
t
by
d
d
y
t
or from ,riting
d d
4cos 4sin 4 $
d d
x y
t t
t t
Fe, candidates formed the !artesian
e.uation (re.uired in part (b)) and used this to correctly find
d
d
y
x
$
Fn part (b) sign errors brac&eting errors manipulation errors an inability to remember the double angle formulae
for cos 4t and expanding
4
4
x _

,
to gi+e
4
"
x
,ere all common mista&es$ )he candidates ,ho used
4
cos 4 7 4sin t t ,ere more successful in achie+ing
4
7
4
y x ,hen compared to those ,ho used either
4
cos 4 4cos 7 t t or
4 4
cos 4 cos sin $ t t t % small minority of candidates made t the subNect in one of their
parametric e.uations and found a correct alternati+e !artesian form of
7
7 cos 4sin
4
x
y

_ _


, ,
$ )hose candidates
,ho attempted to find k usually found the correct ans,er of
4 k
although some incorrectly stated that
7
4
k
or
$ k

Part (c) ,as not attempted by some and those that did often that ga+e partial or incorrect solutions such as
f ( ) 5 x

f ( ) 5 x

5 4 y < <

5 4 x

f ( ) 4 x

4 4 y
etc$ % number of candidates also used
incorrect notation for range$
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Question 6
)his .uestion discriminated ,ell bet,een candidates of all abilities ,ith about ""Q of candidates gaining at
least 1 of the 75 mar&s a+ailable and about 4/Q of candidates gaining all 75 mar&s$ Part (a) ,as found to be
accessible but most of the mar&s in part (b) depended on candidates identifying the correct strategy for
integrating
4
(4 7) u u
,ith respect to u$
Part (a) re.uired candidates to 'sho, that* so it ,as expected that solutions ,ould sho, clear steps to the printed
ans,er gi+en$ Most candidates found either
d
4
d
x
u
u
or
7
4
d 7
d 4
u
x
x

although a fe, replaced dx ,ith
d
4
u
u
instead
of ,ith
4 d $ u u
Fn some cases dx ,as replaced erroneously by du or omitted throughout$ )he function of x ,as
usually con+erted to a function of u correctly$ )here ,ere some incorrect algebraic mo+es seen in attempting to
reach the final ans,er especially in cases containing an error ,ith dx $ )he final ans,er ,as sometimes ,ritten
,ith the integral sign or du missing 6 thus not fully sho,ing the ans,er re.uired$
Fn part (b) only a minority realised that partial fractions ,ere needed often after attempting integration in se+eral
different ,ays$ Pnce expressed in partial fractions correct integration usually follo,ed leading to a correct
ans,er of
1
4ln $
8
_

,
(ome candidates did ma&e algebraic slips ,hen forming their partial fractions or integrated
"
(4 7) u

incorrectly to gi+e
"ln(4 7) u
$
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(ome candidates re,rote
4
(4 7) u u
incorrectly as
4 4
(4 7) u u
+

or
4
7 7
4
4u u
_

,
$ Pther candidates ,rote
4 7
(4 7) u u

and integrated this to gi+e ( )

7
4ln ln(4 7)
4
u u
_

,
or tried unsuccessfully to use a method of
integration by parts$ )here ,ere conse.uently many other incorrect +ersions of the integrated function ,hich
often but not al,ays included a 'ln* term as suggested by the ans,er gi+en in the .uestion$ Most candidates
applied changed limits of 8 and 7 to their integrated function in u$ (ome candidates ho,e+er con+erted bac& to a
function in x and used limits of @ and 7$ Erroneous limits included 5 and 8 for u and 7 and /7 for x$
Question 7
)his .uestion ,as challenging and discriminated ,ell bet,een candidates of all abilities ,ith about "5Q of
candidates gaining at least @ mar&s of the 74 mar&s a+ailable and about /Q gaining all 74 mar&s$ % significant
number of candidates scored full mar&s in part (c)$
Fn part (a) the maNority of candidates ,ere able to apply the process of parametric differentiation follo,ed by
substitution of t :
#

into their
x
y
d
d
$ (ome candidates could not differentiate 40 sec
8
t correctly ,hilst others did
not achie+e
7/
7
after substituting t :
#

into a correct
x
y
d
d
$
Fn part (b) many candidates ,ere able to use a correct trigonometric identity in order to eliminate t and achie+e
an e.uation in x and y$ Whilst most candidates used 7 = tan
4
t sec
4
t some candidates ,ere successful ,ith
using tan t
t
t
cos
sin
and sin
4
t = cos
4
t 7$ Fne+itably there ,as some fudging to arri+e at the correct ans,er and
some candidates ,rote do,n and applied an incorrect identity$ (ome candidates did not attempt to find the +alues
of a and b and those that did often ga+e incorrect +alues such as a : 5 b : 40 or b as infinity$
Fn part (c) the maNority of candidates ,ere able to apply +olume formula
(

x y d
4
on y : 4
7
8
4
) @ ( x
$ %
number of candidates ho,e+er used incorrect formulae such as
(

x y d 4
4
or
(

x y d
4
or e+en
(

x y d $
Most candidates ,here confident ,ith integrating
@
8
4
x
although some applied incorrect x;limits of 5 and 40 or
5 and 741 to their integrated function$ % significant minority did not use the hint in part (b) and attempted to find
the +olume by parametric integration$ Whilst a number of them ,ere able to ,rite do,n
(

t t t d sec tan 04@

8 8

it ,as rare to see this integrated correctly$
Question 8
Many found part (a) difficult and it ,as .uite common to see candidates lea+e a blan& space here and proceed to
sol+e part (b) often correctly$ % satisfactory proof re.uires summarising the information gi+en in the .uestion in
an e.uation such as
d
5$"/ 5$#
d
V
h
t

but many could not do this or began ,ith the incorrect
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d
5$"/ 5$#
d
h
h
t

$ (ome also found difficulty in obtaining a correct expression for the +olume of ,ater in the
tan& and there ,as some confusion as to ,hich ,as the +ariable in expressions for the +olume$ (ometimes
expressions of the form
4
V r h ,ere differentiated ,ith respect to r ,hich in this .uestion is a constant$ Ff
they started appropriately nearly all candidates could use the chain rule correctly to complete the proof$
Part (b) ,as often ,ell done and many fully correct solutions ,ere seen$ %s noted in the introduction abo+e
some poor algebra ,as seen in rearranging the e.uation but if that ,as done correctly candidates ,ere nearly
al,ays able to demonstrate a complete method of solution although as expected slips ,ere made in the sign and
the constants ,hen integrating$ Gery fe, candidates completed the .uestion using definite integration$ Most used
a constant of integration (arbitrary constant) and sho,ed that they &ne, ho, to e+aluate it and use it to complete
the .uestion$
(tatistics #or C4 9ractice 9a&er G1
Mean score for students achieving grade:
Qu
Max
score
Modal
score
Mean
%
ALL A* A ! " # $
% 6 76 4%55 5%/2 5%34 4%47 3%21 2%22 1%41 0%64
& / 70 6%27 7%/0 6%00 4%33 3%11 2%4/ 0%/1
3 0 6/ 5%54 7%67 6%55 4%70 3%02 2%21 1%16 0%34
4 / / 63 5%63 0%20 7%06 5%0/ 4%72 3%5/ 2%44 1%17
' 10 60 5%/5 0%06 6%01 4%55 3%23 2%10 1%10
6 10 10 54 5%43 /%51 7%34 5%44 3%06 2%63 1%50 0%65
7 12 55 6%63 10%35 7%67 5%03 3%1/ 2%03 1%70 0%36
( 11 40 4%36 10%25 6%65 3%33 1%30 0%40 0%10 0%06
7' ') 44*36 '6*6' 4+*)' &(*&6 &+*3+ %3*%4 '*&3
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