OCR MEI C4 — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC4 (Core Mathematics 4)
TopicParametric equations

6 A curve has parametric equations $$x = a t ^ { 3 } , \quad y = \frac { a } { 1 + t ^ { 2 } }$$ where \(a\) is a constant.
Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { - 2 } { 3 t \left( 1 + t ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 } }\).
Hence find the gradient of the curve at the point \(\left( a , \frac { 1 } { 2 } a \right)\).