Edexcel P4 2021 October — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP4 (Pure Mathematics 4)
Year2021
SessionOctober
TopicParametric equations

5. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) with parametric equations $$x = 5 + 2 \tan t \quad y = 8 \sec ^ { 2 } t \quad - \frac { \pi } { 3 } \leqslant t \leqslant \frac { \pi } { 4 }$$
  1. Use parametric differentiation to find the gradient of \(C\) at \(x = 3\) The curve \(C\) has equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where f is a quadratic function.
  2. Find \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in the form \(a ( x + b ) ^ { 2 } + c\), where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are constants to be found.
  3. Find the range of f.