AQA FP3 2007 January — Question 1

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2007
SessionJanuary
TopicFirst order differential equations (integrating factor)

1 The function \(y ( x )\) satisfies the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \mathrm { f } ( x , y )$$ where $$\mathrm { f } ( x , y ) = \ln \left( 1 + x ^ { 2 } + y \right)$$ and $$y ( 1 ) = 0.6$$
  1. Use the Euler formula $$y _ { r + 1 } = y _ { r } + h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } , y _ { r } \right)$$ with \(h = 0.05\), to obtain an approximation to \(y ( 1.05 )\), giving your answer to four decimal places.
  2. Use the improved Euler formula $$y _ { r + 1 } = y _ { r } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( k _ { 1 } + k _ { 2 } \right)$$ where \(k _ { 1 } = h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } , y _ { r } \right)\) and \(k _ { 2 } = h \mathrm { f } \left( x _ { r } + h , y _ { r } + k _ { 1 } \right)\) and \(h = 0.05\), to obtain an approximation to \(y ( 1.05 )\), giving your answer to four decimal places.