Edexcel CP1 2021 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleCP1 (Core Pure 1)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicTaylor series
TypeDirect substitution into standard series

  1. (a) Use the Maclaurin series expansion for \(\cos x\) to determine the series expansion of \(\cos ^ { 2 } \left( \frac { x } { 3 } \right)\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 4 }\)
Give each term in simplest form.
(b) Use the answer to part (a) and calculus to find an approximation, to 5 decimal places, for $$\int _ { \frac { \pi } { 6 } } ^ { \frac { \pi } { 2 } } \left( \frac { 1 } { x } \cos ^ { 2 } \left( \frac { x } { 3 } \right) \right) \mathrm { d } x$$ (c) Use the integration function on your calculator to evaluate $$\int _ { \frac { \pi } { 6 } } ^ { \frac { \pi } { 2 } } \left( \frac { 1 } { x } \cos ^ { 2 } \left( \frac { x } { 3 } \right) \right) \mathrm { d } x$$ Give your answer to 5 decimal places.
(d) Assuming that the calculator answer in part (c) is accurate to 5 decimal places, comment on the accuracy of the approximation found in part (b).