Edexcel F2 2024 January — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicTaylor series
TypeTaylor series about π/3 or π/6

  1. In this question you must show all stages of your working.
Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
  1. Determine, in ascending powers of \(\left( x - \frac { \pi } { 6 } \right)\) up to and including the term in \(\left( x - \frac { \pi } { 6 } \right) ^ { 3 }\), the Taylor series expansion about \(\frac { \pi } { 6 }\) of $$y = \tan \left( \frac { 3 x } { 2 } \right)$$ giving each coefficient in simplest form.
  2. Hence show that $$\tan \frac { 3 \pi } { 8 } \approx 1 + \frac { \pi } { 4 } + \frac { \pi ^ { 2 } } { A } + \frac { \pi ^ { 3 } } { B }$$ where \(A\) and \(B\) are integers to be determined.