Edexcel F2 2024 June — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicSecond order differential equations

  1. (a) Given that \(t = \ln x\), where \(x > 0\), show that
$$\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } = \mathrm { e } ^ { - 2 t } \left( \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} t ^ { 2 } } - \frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} t } \right)$$ (b) Hence show that the transformation \(t = \ln x\), where \(x > 0\), transforms the differential equation $$x ^ { 2 } \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } - 2 y = 1 + 4 \ln x - 2 ( \ln x ) ^ { 2 }$$ into the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} t ^ { 2 } } - \frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} t } - 2 y = 1 + 4 t - 2 t ^ { 2 }$$ (c) Solve differential equation (II) to determine \(y\) in terms of \(t\).
(d) Hence determine the general solution of differential equation (I).