Edexcel F3 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicHyperbolic functions

  1. (a) Use the definitions of hyperbolic functions in terms of exponentials to show that
$$\sinh ( A + B ) \equiv \sinh A \cosh B + \cosh A \sinh B$$ (b) Hence express \(10 \sinh x + 8 \cosh x\) in the form \(R \sinh ( x + \alpha )\) where \(R > 0\), giving \(\alpha\) in the form \(\ln p\) where \(p\) is an integer.
(c) Hence solve the equation $$10 \sinh x + 8 \cosh x = 18 \sqrt { 7 }$$ giving your answer in the form \(\ln ( \sqrt { 7 } + q )\) where \(q\) is a rational number to be determined.