AQA C3 2009 January — Question 8

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicFunction Transformations
TypeSequence of transformations order

8 The sketch shows the graph of \(y = \cos ^ { - 1 } x\).
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  1. Write down the coordinates of \(P\) and \(Q\), the end points of the graph.
  2. Describe a sequence of two geometrical transformations that maps the graph of \(y = \cos ^ { - 1 } x\) onto the graph of \(y = 2 \cos ^ { - 1 } ( x - 1 )\).
  3. Sketch the graph of \(y = 2 \cos ^ { - 1 } ( x - 1 )\).
    1. Write the equation \(y = 2 \cos ^ { - 1 } ( x - 1 )\) in the form \(x = \mathrm { f } ( y )\).
    2. Hence find the value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } x } { \mathrm {~d} y }\) when \(y = 2\).