AQA FP3 2009 June — Question 1

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicFixed Point Iteration

1 The function \(y ( x )\) satisfies the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \mathrm { f } ( x , y )$$ where $$\mathrm { f } ( x , y ) = \sqrt { x ^ { 2 } + y + 1 }$$ and $$y ( 3 ) = 2$$
  1. Use the Euler formula $$y _ { r + 1 } = y _ { r } + h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } , y _ { r } \right)$$ with \(h = 0.1\), to obtain an approximation to \(y ( 3.1 )\), giving your answer to four decimal places.
  2. Use the formula $$y _ { r + 1 } = y _ { r - 1 } + 2 h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } , y _ { r } \right)$$ with your answer to part (a), to obtain an approximation to \(y ( 3.2 )\), giving your answer to three decimal places.