Edexcel F3 2015 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicReduction Formulae

4. $$I _ { n } = \int \cosh ^ { n } x \mathrm {~d} x , \quad n \geqslant 0$$
  1. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 2\) $$n I _ { n } = \sinh x \cosh ^ { n - 1 } x + ( n - 1 ) I _ { n - 2 }$$
  2. Hence find the exact value of $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { \ln 2 } \cosh ^ { 5 } x \mathrm {~d} x$$