AQA FP3 2011 January — Question 1

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicFixed Point Iteration

1 The function \(y ( x )\) satisfies the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \mathrm { f } ( x , y )$$ where $$\mathrm { f } ( x , y ) = x + \sqrt { y }$$ and $$y ( 3 ) = 4$$ Use the improved Euler formula $$y _ { r + 1 } = y _ { r } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( k _ { 1 } + k _ { 2 } \right)$$ where \(k _ { 1 } = h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } , y _ { r } \right)\) and \(k _ { 2 } = h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } + h , y _ { r } + k _ { 1 } \right)\) and \(h = 0.1\), to obtain an approximation to \(y ( 3.1 )\), giving your answer to three decimal places.