Edexcel P4 2022 October — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP4 (Pure Mathematics 4)
Year2022
SessionOctober
TopicParametric equations

6. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{032d2541-9905-4570-9584-9a144b02fde5-14_768_1006_251_532} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Figure 3 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) with parametric equations $$x = 1 + 3 \tan t \quad y = 2 \cos 2 t \quad - \frac { \pi } { 6 } \leqslant t \leqslant \frac { \pi } { 3 }$$ The curve crosses the \(x\)-axis at point \(P\), as shown in Figure 3.
  1. Find the equation of the tangent to \(C\) at \(P\), writing your answer in the form \(y = m x + c\), where \(m\) and \(c\) are constants to be found. The curve \(C\) has equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where f is a function with domain \([ k , 1 + 3 \sqrt { 3 } ]\)
  2. Find the exact value of the constant \(k\).
  3. Find the range of f.