Given that $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } ( a x + b ) \mathrm { d } x = 1$$ and $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } x ( a x + b ) \mathrm { d } x = 1$$ find the value of $a + b$.
The graphs of $y = x ^ { 2 } + 5 x + 6$ and $y = m x - 3$, where $m$ is a constant, are plotted on the same set of axes. Given that the graphs do not meet, what is the complete range of possible values of $m$ ?
For any integer $n \geq 0$, $$\int _ { n } ^ { n + 1 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x = n + 1$$ Evaluate $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { 3 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x + \int _ { 1 } ^ { 3 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x + \int _ { 2 } ^ { 3 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x + \int _ { 4 } ^ { 3 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x + \int _ { 5 } ^ { 3 } f ( x ) \mathrm { d } x$$
The following shape has two lines of reflectional symmetry. $M N O P$ is a square of perimeter 40 cm . The vertices of rectangle $R S T U$ lie on the edge of square $M N O P$. $M R$ has length $x \mathrm {~cm}$. What is the largest possible value of $x$ such that $R S T U$ has area $20 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ ?
$\mathrm { P } ( x )$ and $Q ( x )$ are defined as follows: $$\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm { P } ( x ) = 2 ^ { x } + 4 \\
& \mathrm { Q } ( x ) = 2 ^ { ( 2 x - 2 ) } - 2 ^ { ( x + 2 ) } + 16
\end{aligned}$$ Find the largest value of $x$ such that $\mathrm { P } ( x )$ and $Q ( x )$ are in the ratio $4 : 1$, respectively.
A triangle $X Y Z$ is called fun if it has the following properties: $$\begin{aligned}
& \text { angle } Y X Z = 30 ^ { \circ } \\
& X Y = \sqrt { 3 } a \\
& Y Z = a
\end{aligned}$$ where $a$ is a constant. For a given value of $a$, there are two distinct fun triangles $S$ and $T$, where the area of $S$ is greater than the area of $T$. Find the ratio area of $S$ : area of $T$
The trapezium rule with 4 strips is used to estimate the integral: $$\int _ { - 2 } ^ { 2 } \sqrt { 4 - x ^ { 2 } } d x$$ What is the positive difference between the estimate and the exact value of the integral?
It is given that $f ( x ) = x ^ { 2 } - 6 x$ The curves $y = f ( k x )$ and $y = f ( x - c )$ have the same minimum point, where $k > 0$ and $c > 0$ Which of the following is a correct expression for $k$ in terms of $c$ ?
Point $P$ lies on the circle with equation $( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } + ( y - 1 ) ^ { 2 } = 16$ Point $Q$ lies on the circle with equation $( x - 4 ) ^ { 2 } + ( y + 5 ) ^ { 2 } = 16$ What is the maximum possible length of $P Q$ ?
The function $$f ( x ) = \frac { 2 } { 3 } x ^ { 3 } + 2 m x ^ { 2 } + n , \quad m > 0$$ has three distinct real roots. What is the complete range of possible values of $n$, in terms of $m$ ?
The difference between the maximum and minimum values of the function $f ( x ) = a ^ { \cos x }$, where $a > 0$ and $x$ is real, is 3 . Find the sum of the possible values of $a$.
A circle $C _ { n }$ is defined by $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } = 2 n ( x + y )$$ where $n$ is a positive integer. $C _ { 1 }$ and $C _ { 2 }$ are drawn and the area between them is shaded. Next, $C _ { 3 }$ and $C _ { 4 }$ are drawn and the area between them is shaded. This is shown in the diagram. This process continues until 100 circles have been drawn. What is the total shaded area?
You are given that $$S = 4 + \frac { 8 k } { 7 } + \frac { 16 k ^ { 2 } } { 49 } + \frac { 32 k ^ { 3 } } { 343 } + \cdots + 4 \left( \frac { 2 k } { 7 } \right) ^ { n } + \cdots$$ The value for $k$ is chosen as an integer in the range $- 5 \leq k \leq 5$ All possible values for $k$ are equally likely to be chosen. What is the probability that the value of $S$ is a finite number greater than 3 ?
The solution to the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = | - 6 x | \quad \text { for all } x$$ is $y = f ( x ) + c$, where $c$ is a constant. Which one of the following is a correct expression for $f ( x )$ ?
The diagram shows the graph of $y = f ( x )$ The function $f$ attains its maximum value of 2 at $x = 1$, and its minimum value of - 2 at $x = - 1$ Find the difference between the maximum and minimum values of $( f ( x ) ) ^ { 2 } - f ( x )$