OCR C4 — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC4 (Core Mathematics 4)
TopicPartial Fractions
TypeFactor polynomial then partial fractions

7. (i) Show that ( \(2 x + 3\) ) is a factor of ( \(\left. 2 x ^ { 3 } - x ^ { 2 } + 4 x + 15 \right)\) and hence, simplify $$\frac { 2 x ^ { 2 } + x - 3 } { 2 x ^ { 3 } - x ^ { 2 } + 4 x + 15 } .$$ (ii) Show that $$\int _ { 2 } ^ { 5 } \frac { 2 x ^ { 2 } + x - 3 } { 2 x ^ { 3 } - x ^ { 2 } + 4 x + 15 } \mathrm {~d} x = \ln k$$ where \(k\) is an integer.