Skip to content
MathsGenie logo
Quick links
Open app

Course home

  1. A Level
  2. Maths CCEA
  3. Question bank

3.7 Numerical methods (A-level only)

MediumHard
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596
Question 67

A chemical engineer monitors the rate of a reaction, R(t)R(t)R(t), measured in mmol L−1^{-1}−1 min−1^{-1}−1, at regular intervals during the first 8 minutes of a process. The following table records the measured rate at various times t t\,t in minutes. The values of R(t)R(t)R(t) are rounded to 3 decimal places.

ttt02468
R(t)R(t)R(t)0.4501.2822.9141.8450.312
a.

Using the trapezium rule with all the values of R(t)R(t)R(t) in the given table, obtain an estimate for the total yield of the substance, given by

∫08R(t) dt \int_{0}^{8} R(t) \, dt ∫08​R(t)dt

giving your answer to 2 decimal places.

[4]
b.

Use your answer to part (a) to estimate (i)

[∫08(R(t)−0.2) dt [\int_{0}^{8} (R(t) - 0.2) \, dt [∫08​(R(t)−0.2)dt

(ii)

[∫311R(t−3) dt [\int_{3}^{11} R(t-3) \, dt [∫311​R(t−3)dt
[4]

3.7 Numerical methods (A-level only) Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /3.7 Numerical methods (A-level only)