Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Department of Mathematics
Mathematics-I (MAL-101)
Assignment III
(Integral Calculus: Fundamental theorem of integral calculus, length, area, volume, surface.)

∫ x2 ∫ x2 ∫ x2
1 t5
dy
1. Find for (i) y =
dx
cos t dt, (ii) y = √ dt, (iii) y = 4
dt.
1 tan x 2 + t4 x3 t + 1
∫ x
2. Let f be continuous function on R and α ̸= 0. If g(x) = α 1
f (t) sin α(x − t) dt, show that
0
f (x) = g ′′ (x) + α2 g(x).
∫ 4
′
3. Suppose f (1) = 2, f is continuous and f ′ (x) dx = 17. What is the value of f (4)?
1
∫ b
4. Show that if f is continuous on [a, b], a ̸= b and if f (x) dx = 0, then f (x) = 0 at least
a
once in [a, b].

5. Find the values of c that satisfy the mean value theorem for integrals for the function f (x) =
x(1 − x) on [0,1].

6. Length of curves
( x ) 32
(a) Find the length of the curve y = 2
from x = 0 to x = 2.
(b) Calculate the distance traveled by the particle P (x, y) after 4 minutes, if the position at
2 3
any time is given by x = t2 , y = 13 (2t + 1) 2 .
(c) Find the length of the astroid x = a cos3 t, y = a sin3 t.
(d) Find the length of the curve x = a(θ − sin θ), y = a(1 − cos θ), 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.
2a
(e) Find the length of the arc of the parabola r = (1+cosθ)
cut-off by its latus rectum.
( )
3 θ
(f) Determine the perimeter of the curve r = a sin 3
.
( ( 1 ))2
(g) Show that the perimeter of the lemniscate r2 = 2a2 cos 2θ is √a Γ 4 .
π

7. Area of the region bounded by the curves

(a) Find the area that is inside the circle r = a and outside the cardioid r = a(1 − cos θ).
(b) Compute the area bounded by the x-axis and an arc of the cycloid x = a(t − sin t), y =
a(1 − cos t).
(c) Calculate the area between the curve y 2 (a + x) = (a − x)3 and its asymptotes.
√
(d) Find the area of the region in the first quadrant that is bounded above by y = x and
below by the x-axis and the line y = x − 2.
(e) Find the whole area of the curves r = a cos 3θ + b sin 3θ.
(f) Find the area of the region enclosed by the parabola y = 2 − x2 and the line y = −x.
(g) Determine the area between the cubic y = x3 and the parabola y = 4x2 .
(h) Find the area of the region between the x-axis and the curve y = x3 − x2 − 2x, −1 ≤
x ≤ 2.
8. Surfaces and volume of solid of revolution
√
(a) Find the area of the surface generated by revolving the curve y = 2 x, 1 ≤ x ≤ 2, about
the x-axis.
(b) The astroid x = a cos3 t, y = a sin3 t, 0 ≤ t ≤ π2 , is revolved about the x-axis. Find the
surface of the solid of revolution.
(c) The curve x = et cos t, y = et sin t, 0 ≤ t ≤ π2 , is revolved about the y-axis. Find the
surface of the solid of revolution.
(d) The part of the lemniscate r2 = 2a2 cos 2θ, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π4 , is revolved about the x-axis. Find
the surface of the solid of revolution.
(e) A circular arc revolves about its chord. Find the area of the surface generated, when 2α
is the angle subtended by the arc at the center.
(f) The arc of the cardioid r = a(1 + cos θ) included between θ = − π2 and θ = π
2
is rotated
about the line θ = π2 . Find the volume of the solid of revolution.
(g) Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the area bounded by the curve y 2 = x
and the line y = 4 about the line x = 2.
(h) Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region between the parabola
x = y 2 + 1 and the line x = 3 about the line x = 3.
(i) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating about the y-axis, the region bounded by
y = 2x2 − x3 and y = 0.