OCR FP3 2013 January — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicSecond order differential equations

6 The differential equation \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } + 4 y = \sin k x\) is to be solved, where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. In the case \(k = 2\), by using a particular integral of the form \(a x \cos 2 x + b x \sin 2 x\), find the general solution.
  2. Describe briefly the behaviour of \(y\) when \(x \rightarrow \infty\).
  3. In the case \(k \neq 2\), explain whether \(y\) would exhibit the same behaviour as in part (ii) when \(x \rightarrow \infty\).