OCR FP3 2009 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicFirst order differential equations (integrating factor)

4 The differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } + \frac { 1 } { 1 - x ^ { 2 } } y = ( 1 - x ) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } } , \quad \text { where } | x | < 1$$ can be solved by the integrating factor method.
  1. Use an appropriate result given in the List of Formulae (MF1) to show that the integrating factor can be written as \(\left( \frac { 1 + x } { 1 - x } \right) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } }\).
  2. Hence find the solution of the differential equation for which \(y = 2\) when \(x = 0\), giving your answer in the form \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\).