AQA C4 2008 June — Question 6

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC4 (Core Mathematics 4)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicPartial Fractions
TypePartial fractions for differential equations

6
  1. Express \(\frac { 2 } { x ^ { 2 } - 1 }\) in the form \(\frac { A } { x - 1 } + \frac { B } { x + 1 }\).
  2. Hence find \(\int \frac { 2 } { x ^ { 2 } - 1 } \mathrm {~d} x\).
  3. Solve the differential equation \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { 2 y } { 3 \left( x ^ { 2 } - 1 \right) }\), given that \(y = 1\) when \(x = 3\). Show that the solution can be written as \(y ^ { 3 } = \frac { 2 ( x - 1 ) } { x + 1 }\).