OCR MEI AS Paper 2 Specimen — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicDifferentiation Applications
TypeFind tangent line equation

11 In this question you must show detailed reasoning. Fig. 11 shows the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is a cubic function. Fig. 11 also shows the coordinates of the turning points and the points of intersection with the axes. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{05376a51-e768-4b45-9c18-c98255a4bd70-11_805_620_543_317} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 11}
\end{figure} Show that the tangent to \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) at \(x = t\) is parallel to the tangent to \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) at \(x = - t\) for all values of \(t\).