Edexcel FP2 2013 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicSecond order differential equations

  1. (a) Show that the transformation \(y = x v\) transforms the equation
$$4 x ^ { 2 } \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } - 8 x \frac { \mathrm {~d} y } { \mathrm {~d} x } + \left( 8 + 4 x ^ { 2 } \right) y = x ^ { 4 }$$ into the equation $$4 \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } v } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } + 4 v = x$$ (b) Solve the differential equation (II) to find \(v\) as a function of \(x\).
(c) Hence state the general solution of the differential equation (I).