Edexcel FP1 AS 2023 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP1 AS (Further Pure 1 AS)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicDifferential equations

  1. A teacher made a cup of coffee. The temperature \(\theta ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) of the coffee, \(t\) minutes after it was made, is modelled by the differential equation
$$\frac { \mathrm { d } \theta } { \mathrm {~d} t } + 0.05 ( \theta - 20 ) = 0$$ Given that
  • the initial temperature of the coffee was \(95 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
  • the coffee can only be safely drunk when its temperature is below \(70 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
  • the teacher made the cup of coffee at 1.15 pm
  • the teacher needs to be able to start drinking the coffee by 1.20 pm
    use two iterations of the approximation formula
$$\left( \frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } \right) _ { n } \approx \frac { y _ { n + 1 } - y _ { n } } { h }$$ to estimate whether the teacher will be able to start drinking the coffee at 1.20 pm .