OCR MEI C3 2011 January — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicProduct & Quotient Rules

9 Fig. 9 shows the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { \cos ^ { 2 } x } , - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi < x < \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\), together with its asymptotes \(x = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\) and \(x = - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\). \begin{figure}[h]
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  1. Use the quotient rule to show that the derivative of \(\frac { \sin x } { \cos x }\) is \(\frac { 1 } { \cos ^ { 2 } x }\).
  2. Find the area bounded by the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), the \(x\)-axis, the \(y\)-axis and the line \(x = \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi\). The function \(\mathrm { g } ( x )\) is defined by \(\mathrm { g } ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \mathrm { f } \left( x + \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi \right)\).
  3. Verify that the curves \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) and \(y = \mathrm { g } ( x )\) cross at ( 0,1 ).
  4. State a sequence of two transformations such that the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) is mapped to the curve \(y = \mathrm { g } ( x )\). On the copy of Fig. 9, sketch the curve \(y = \mathrm { g } ( x )\), indicating clearly the coordinates of the minimum point and the equations of the asymptotes to the curve.
  5. Use your result from part (ii) to write down the area bounded by the curve \(y = \mathrm { g } ( x )\), the \(x\)-axis, the \(y\)-axis and the line \(x = - \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi\). RECOGNISING ACHIEVEMENT