OCR FP2 2016 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicTaylor series
TypeInverse functions (inverse trig/hyperbolic)

5 It is given that \(y = \tan ^ { - 1 } 2 x\).
  1. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\) and show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } + 4 x \left( \frac { \mathrm {~d} y } { \mathrm {~d} x } \right) ^ { 2 } = 0\).
  2. Find the Maclaurin series for \(y\) up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 3 }\). Show all your working.
  3. The result in part (ii), together with the value \(x = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\), is used to find an estimate for \(\pi\). Show that this estimate is only correct to 1 significant figure.