Math 127 ASSIGNMENT 9 Fall 2010

Due at 8:25 am on Wednesday, December 1st in the correct drop slot across from
MC4066 or in class depending on your instructor’s preference. Assignments put into the
wrong drop slot will not be marked.

Part A (answer only): Submit your answers (not full solutions) using the template
provided on the last page of this assignment, which you can print or hand-copy.

Evaluate the following. For questions 1 and 2, use geometrical reasoning (no calculation is
required).
Z 1
1. |x + 1| dx
−2
Z 2√
2. 2x − x2 dx
0
Z
3. (5 − 2x)5 dx

(2t + 1)2
Z
4. dt
t3
Z 1
5. (3x + 2−x )dx
0

Part B (full solution): All solutions must be clearly stated and fully justified.
Most questions will be marked.

1. From the text, do 4.9 # 66.

2. A particle moves along the

 πx-axis
 from x = 0 to x = 10, and is subject to a force field
R 10
given by F (x) = 2 + cos x . The work done by the field is thus W = 0 F (x)dx.
5
a) Approximate W using the left and right Riemann sums with 4 subdivisions, i.e.
using L4 and R4 .
b) Explain, using a geometrical argument, why each of these actually give you the
exact value of W .
c) Confirm your value of W using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

3. As you drive down a country road late one night, your headlights pick out a skunk in
your path, 200 metres ahead. You hit the brakes, hoping for the best. If the table
below gives your velocity every 2 seconds before the car stops 10 seconds later, will you
hit the skunk, or not? Use two different methods: (i) Assume v(t) is a line segment
 on each interval, and hence estimate the total distance travelled using the Trapezoid
Rule. (ii) Try to use Simpson’s rule, treating one of the data points seperately. Why
can’t you use all of the data?

t (s) 0 2 4 6 8 10

v(t) (m/s) 50 40 25 12.5 5 0

4. Evaluate the following integrals, using a substitution if necessary.

• Text 5.5 # 16, 36, 64

Z 2
1
(a) √ dz
1 2z − 1
Z
ln 2x
(b) dx
x
Z
1
(c) −t
dt
e −1
Z 2
x−2
(d) 2
dx
1 x − 4x − 1

5. The length L(t) of a fish continues to increase throughout its lifetime. Experimental
dL
data reveal that ln = a − bt, where a and b are positive constants. (Such a rate
dt
is called von Bertalanffy growth.)

dL
a) Write this equation in the form = f (t), and then integrate both sides with
dt
respect to t to find L(t) in terms of t, a, b, and a constant of integration c.
b) If a certain fish has L(0) = 5 and L(1) = 10, and lim L(t) = 20, find L(t) and
t→∞
sketch a graph showing the length of this fish for t ≥ 0.

6.* A circular disk of radius r is used in an evaporator and is rotated in a vertical plane. If
it is to be partially submerged in the liquid so as to maximize the exposed wetted√ area
of the disk, show that the center of the disk should be positioned at a height r/ 1 + π 2
above the surface of the liquid.
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Answers to Part A problems:

Question Answer # marks (total 10)

1 2

2 2

3 2

4 2

5 2