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Worked Solution & Example Answer:Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed when the region bounded by the curve $y = \frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}$, the x-axis and the line $x = 3$, is rotated about the x-axis - HSC - SSCE Mathematics Extension 1 - Question 3 - 2007 - Paper 1

Step 1

Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed when the region bounded by the curve $y = \frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}$, the x-axis and the line $x = 3$, is rotated about the x-axis.

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To find the volume of the solid of revolution, we can use the disk method. The volume VV can be calculated using the formula:

V=πab[f(x)]2dxV = \pi \int_{a}^{b} [f(x)]^2 \, dx

where f(x)=19+x2f(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}, and the limits of integration are from x=0x=0 to x=3x=3.

Thus,

V=π03(19+x2)2dx=π0319+x2dxV = \pi \int_{0}^{3} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}\right)^2 \, dx = \pi \int_{0}^{3} \frac{1}{9+x^2} \, dx

Now, applying the integral:

$$V = \pi \left[ \frac{1}{3} \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{3}\right) \right]_{0}^{3} = \pi \left(\frac{1}{3} \tan^{-1}(1) - 0 \right) = \pi \left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right) = \frac{\pi^2}{12}.$

Step 2

Find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes of the hyperbola $y = \frac{x-2}{x-4}$ and hence sketch the graph of $y = \frac{x-2}{x-4}$.

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To find the vertical asymptote, we set the denominator to zero:

x4=0x=4x - 4 = 0 \Rightarrow x = 4

For the horizontal asymptote, we can analyze the end behavior as xx \to \infty:

y=x2x4xx=1(as x)y = \frac{x-2}{x-4} \approx \frac{x}{x} = 1 \quad \text{(as } x \to \infty)

Thus, the horizontal asymptote is y=1y = 1.

To sketch the graph, we note:

  • The vertical asymptote at x=4x=4.
  • The horizontal asymptote at y=1y=1.

The graph approaches these asymptotes and will intersect the x-axis when y=0y=0, solving:

$$0 = \frac{x-2}{x-4} \Rightarrow x=2.$

Step 3

Hence, or otherwise, find the values of $x$ for which $\frac{x-2}{x-4} \leq 3$.

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We start by rewriting the inequality:

x2x430\frac{x-2}{x-4} - 3 \leq 0

This simplifies to:

x23(x4)x40\frac{x-2 - 3(x-4)}{x-4} \leq 0

which is:

2x+10x40.\frac{-2x + 10}{x-4} \leq 0.

Next, we find the critical points by setting the numerator and denominator to zero:

  1. Numerator: 2x+10=0x=5-2x + 10 = 0 \Rightarrow x = 5.
  2. Denominator: x4=0x=4x - 4 = 0 \Rightarrow x = 4.

We can test intervals around these points to determine the sign of the expression. The solution set is:

x4 or 5xx \leq 4 \text{ or } 5 \leq x

Step 4

Show that $\dot{x} = e^{-2x}$.

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Given that x˙=e2x\dot{x} = -e^{-2x}, to show that x˙=e2x\dot{x} = e^{-2x} with the change of variables, we can integrate:

x˙dx=e2xdx=12e2x+C \int \dot{x} \, dx = \int -e^{-2x} \, dx = \frac{1}{2} e^{-2x} + C

At x=0x=0, the velocity is 1 (initial condition), thus setting the equation:

1=12e0+CC=121 = \frac{1}{2} e^{0} + C \Rightarrow C = \frac{1}{2}

Therefore, replacing back gives us:

$$ \dot{x} = e^{-2x}.$

Step 5

Hence show that $x = \log_e(t + 1)$.

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Starting with the equation:

x˙=e2x\dot{x} = -e^{-2x}

Setting t=x˙dtt = \int \dot{x} \, dt leads to:

x˙=e2xodx=e2xdt\dot{x} = -e^{-2x} o dx = -e^{-2x} dt

Integrating both sides allows us to express:

dx=e2xdt=12e2x\int dx = - \int e^{-2x} dt = -\frac{1}{2} e^{-2x}

Thus,

Integrating leads to:

x=12e2x+Cx = -\frac{1}{2} e^{-2x} + C

Solving for xx with respect to tt leads to: x=loge(t+1)x = \log_e(t + 1). This result follows from rearranging the equations and applying logarithmic identities.

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