Edexcel F3 2017 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicHyperbolic functions

3. Given that $$y = x - \operatorname { artanh } \left( \frac { 2 x } { 1 + x ^ { 2 } } \right)$$
  1. show that $$1 - \frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { k } { 1 - x ^ { 2 } }$$ where \(k\) is a constant to be found.
  2. Hence, or otherwise, show that $$\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } + x \left( 1 - \frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } \right) ^ { 2 } = 0$$