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Q.(a) Find the area bounded by the curve y = sin x and the lines x = 0, x = 2π, and x axis. (1 mark)

(b) Two fences are made in a grass field as shown in the figure. A cow is tied at the point O with a rope of length 3 m. [See figure]
(i) Using integration, find the maximum area of grass that cow can graze within the fences. Choose O as origin. (4 marks)
(ii) If there is no fences find the maximum area of grass that cow can graze? (1 mark)
A diagram of a field with O as the origin at the bottom-left corner, a vertical axis OB going up labeled '10 m' (marked with — Class 12 Mathematics question
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sin⁡x\sin x dips below the axis on [π,2π][\pi,2\pi], so that portion contributes area as ∣negative integral∣|\text{negative integral}|; the grazing region bounded by two perpendicular fences at OO is a quarter-circle of radius equal to the rope length, whose area is found by integrating y=r2−x2y=\sqrt{r^2-x^2}.

(a) y=sin⁡xy=\sin x is positive on [0,π][0,\pi] and negative on [π,2π][\pi,2\pi], so the area (always taken positive) is the sum of the absolute values of the two pieces:

∫0πsin⁡x dx=[−cos⁡x]0π=−cos⁡π−(−cos⁡0)=1+1=2\displaystyle\int_0^\pi \sin x\,dx = [-\cos x]_0^\pi = -\cos\pi-(-\cos0) = 1+1=2

∫π2πsin⁡x dx=[−cos⁡x]π2π=−cos⁡2π−(−cos⁡π)=−1−1=−2\displaystyle\int_\pi^{2\pi} \sin x\,dx = [-\cos x]_\pi^{2\pi} = -\cos2\pi-(-\cos\pi) = -1-1=-2, so its absolute value is 22.

Total area =2+2=4= 2+2 = 4 square units.

(b) The cow is tied at OO, the vertex where two perpendicular fences (along the two axes, one 20 m and one 10 m) meet, with a rope of length 3 m. Since 3 m<10 m3\text{ m}<10\text{ m} and 3 m<20 m3\text{ m}<20\text{ m}, the rope is fully contained within both fences — the grazing region (with the fences present) is exactly the quarter-circle of radius 33 m lying inside the right angle at OO, described by x2+y2=9x^2+y^2=9, x≥0, y≥0x\ge0,\ y\ge0.

(i) Area of this quarter circle, found by integration: …

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