Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

1.12 I: Numerical methods (A-level only)

EasyMediumHard
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879
Question 53

During a test flight of a high-performance drone, the power consumption rate PPP (in kW) is monitored over a 2-minute interval. The rate at time t t\,t minutes is modelled by the function:

P=2.5t2t2+5 P = \frac{2.5^t}{\sqrt{2t^2 + 5}} P=2t2+5​2.5t​
a.

Complete the table below, giving the values of PPP to 3 decimal places.

ttt00.511.52
PPP0.4470.9451.733
[2]
b.

Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of PPP from the completed table, to find an approximate value for the total energy consumed over the interval:

∫022.5t2t2+5 dt \int_{0}^{2} \frac{2.5^t}{\sqrt{2t^2 + 5}} \, dt ∫02​2t2+5​2.5t​dt
[3]
Markscheme

1.12 I: Numerical methods (A-level only) Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /1.12 I: Numerical methods (A-level only)

125 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 1.12 I: Numerical methods (A-level only), covering 1.12.1 Locating roots by change of sign (A-level only), 1.12.2 Iterative methods and Newton-Raphson (A-level only), 1.12.3 Numerical integration (A-level only), and 1.12.4 Numerical methods in context (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank