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IAL 2021 Jan FP3 Q8

A Level / Edexcel / FP3

IAL 2021 Jan Paper · Question 8

题目

Problem

The curve CC has equation

y=2+ln(1x2),12x34.y=2+\ln(1-x^2), \qquad \frac12\le x\le\frac34.

(a) Show that the length of the curve CC is given by

1/23/41+x21x2dx.\int_{1/2}^{3/4}\frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x.

(b) Hence, using algebraic integration, show that the length of the curve CC is p+lnqp+\ln q, where pp and qq are rational numbers to be determined.

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题目中文翻译

曲线 CC 的方程为

y=2+ln(1x2),12x34.y=2+\ln(1-x^2), \qquad \frac12\le x\le\frac34.

(a) 证明曲线 CC 的长度由下式给出:

1/23/41+x21x2dx.\int_{1/2}^{3/4}\frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x.

(b) 因此,使用代数积分证明曲线 CC 的长度为 p+lnqp+\ln q,其中 ppqq 为待定有理数。

解答

(a)

解法一

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使用 Cartesian 曲线弧长公式。求导后把根号内通分,分子恰好成为完全平方;同时利用给定区间判断 1x2>01-x^2>0,从而正确处理开方后的绝对值。

答题过程

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Differentiating,

dydx=2x1x2.\frac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}x} =-\frac{2x}{1-x^2}.

Therefore

1+(dydx)2=1+4x2(1x2)2=(1x2)2+4x2(1x2)2=1+2x2+x4(1x2)2=(1+x2)2(1x2)2.\begin{align*} 1+\left(\frac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}x}\right)^2 =&\,1+\frac{4x^2}{(1-x^2)^2}\\[4mm] =&\,\frac{(1-x^2)^2+4x^2}{(1-x^2)^2}\\[4mm] =&\,\frac{1+2x^2+x^4}{(1-x^2)^2}\\[4mm] =&\,\frac{(1+x^2)^2}{(1-x^2)^2}. \end{align*}

On 12x34\frac12\le x\le\frac34, both 1+x21+x^2 and 1x21-x^2 are positive. Hence

1+(dydx)2=1+x21x2.\sqrt{1+\left(\frac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}x}\right)^2} =\frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2}.

Thus the length of CC is

1/23/41+x21x2dx.\boxed{ \int_{1/2}^{3/4}\frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x}.

(b)

解法一

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承接 (a) 的弧长积分,先将 improper fraction 写成 1+2/(1x2)-1+2/(1-x^2)。后者可用部分分式或 artanhx\operatorname{artanh}x 积分,再精确代入上下限。

答题过程

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Using the integral from part (a), first write

1+x21x2=1+21x2.\frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2} =-1+\frac{2}{1-x^2}.

Since

21x2=11x+11+x,\frac{2}{1-x^2} =\frac{1}{1-x}+\frac{1}{1+x},

an antiderivative is

x+ln ⁣(1+x1x).-x+\ln\!\left(\frac{1+x}{1-x}\right).

Therefore the length is

L=[x+ln ⁣(1+x1x)]1/23/4=(34+ln7)(12+ln3)=14+ln73.\begin{align*} L =&\,\left[ -x+\ln\!\left(\frac{1+x}{1-x}\right) \right]_{1/2}^{3/4}\\[4mm] =&\,\left(-\frac34+\ln7\right) -\left(-\frac12+\ln3\right)\\[4mm] =&\,-\frac14+\ln\frac73. \end{align*}

Hence

p=14,q=73.\boxed{p=-\frac14, \qquad q=\frac73}.

解法二

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官方替代路线令 x=tanhθx=\tanh\theta。这样 1x2=sech2θ1-x^2=\operatorname{sech}^2\theta,积分约去后变成 2sech2θ2-\operatorname{sech}^2\theta,可直接积分;最后用 artanhx\operatorname{artanh}x 表示新上下限。

答题过程

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Let

x=tanhθ,dx=sech2θdθ.x=\tanh\theta, \qquad \mathrm{d}x=\operatorname{sech}^2\theta\,\mathrm{d}\theta.

Then

1+x21x2dx=1+tanh2θ1tanh2θsech2θdθ=(1+tanh2θ)dθ=(2sech2θ)dθ.\begin{align*} \frac{1+x^2}{1-x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x =&\,\frac{1+\tanh^2\theta} {1-\tanh^2\theta} \operatorname{sech}^2\theta\,\mathrm{d}\theta\\[4mm] =&\,(1+\tanh^2\theta)\,\mathrm{d}\theta\\[4mm] =&\,(2-\operatorname{sech}^2\theta)\,\mathrm{d}\theta. \end{align*}

Hence an antiderivative is

2θtanhθ=2artanhxx.2\theta-\tanh\theta =2\operatorname{artanh}x-x.

Therefore

L=[2artanhxx]1/23/4=(ln734)(ln312)=14+ln73.\begin{align*} L =&\,\bigl[2\operatorname{artanh}x-x\bigr]_{1/2}^{3/4}\\[4mm] =&\,\left(\ln7-\frac34\right) -\left(\ln3-\frac12\right)\\[4mm] =&\,\boxed{-\frac14+\ln\frac73}. \end{align*}

Thus p=14p=-\frac14 and q=73q=\frac73.