Edexcel F2 Specimen — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicFirst order differential equations (integrating factor)

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