OCR MEI C2 — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicDifferentiation from First Principles

5 The equation of a curve is \(y = \sqrt { 1 + 2 x }\).
  1. Calculate the gradient of the chord joining the points on the curve where \(x = 4\) and \(x = 4\). Give your answer correct to 4 decimal places.
  2. Showing the points you use, calculate the gradient of another chord of the curve which is a closer approximation to the gradient of the curve when \(x = 4\). \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{f540b962-ee6b-409a-a2a1-cd7ad4945514-2_1031_1113_273_499} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 5}
    \end{figure} Fig. 5 shows the graph of \(y = 2 ^ { x }\).