OCR H240/01 2023 June — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleH240/01 (Pure Mathematics)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicConnected Rates of Change

9 Conservationists are studying how the number of bees in a wildflower meadow varies according to the number of wildflower plants. The study takes place over a series of weeks in the summer. A model is suggested for the number of bees, \(B\), and the number of wildflower plants, \(F\), at time \(t\) weeks after the start of the study. In the model \(B = 20 + 2 t + \cos 3 t\) and \(F = 50 \mathrm { e } ^ { 0.1 t }\). The model assumes that \(B\) and \(F\) can be treated as continuous variables.
  1. State the meaning of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } B } { \mathrm {~d} F }\).
  2. Determine \(\frac { \mathrm { d } B } { \mathrm {~d} F }\) when \(t = 4\).
  3. Suggest a reason why this model may not be valid for values of \(t\) greater than 12 .