| Exam Board | AQA |
| Module | FP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Session | January |
| Topic | Fixed Point Iteration |
1 A curve passes through the point \(( 0,1 )\) and satisfies the differential equation
$$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \sqrt { 1 + x ^ { 2 } }$$
Starting at the point \(( 0,1 )\), use a step-by-step method with a step length of 0.2 to estimate the value of \(y\) at \(x = 0.4\). Give your answer to five decimal places.