Edexcel C1 — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
TopicDifferentiation Applications
TypeFind derivative of polynomial

9. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e1a283dd-c30a-45ee-af0c-429791036753-4_549_721_251_390} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows the curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) which crosses the \(x\)-axis at the origin and at the points \(A\) and \(B\). Given that $$f ^ { \prime } ( x ) = 6 - 4 x - 3 x ^ { 2 } ,$$
  1. find an expression for \(y\) in terms of \(x\),
  2. show that \(A B = k \sqrt { 7 }\), where \(k\) is an integer to be found.