CAIE P3 2016 November — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP3 (Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2016
SessionNovember
TopicGeneralised Binomial Theorem and Partial Fractions

8 Let \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 3 x ^ { 2 } + x + 6 } { ( x + 2 ) \left( x ^ { 2 } + 4 \right) }\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in partial fractions.
  2. Hence obtain the expansion of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 2 }\).