| Exam Board | Edexcel |
|---|---|
| Module | PURE |
| Year | 2024 |
| Session | October |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Curve Sketching |
| Type | Transformation effect on key points |
| Difficulty | Moderate -0.3 This is a multi-part question covering standard A-level techniques: reading a graph for inequalities, differentiating a product, finding parallel tangents, and applying transformations. All parts are routine applications of core methods with no novel problem-solving required, making it slightly easier than average. |
| Spec | 1.02j Manipulate polynomials: expanding, factorising, division, factor theorem1.02w Graph transformations: simple transformations of f(x)1.07i Differentiate x^n: for rational n and sums1.07q Product and quotient rules: differentiation |
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Figure 4 shows a sketch of the curve $C$ with equation $y = \mathrm { f } ( x )$, where
$$f ( x ) = ( x + 5 ) \left( 3 x ^ { 2 } - 4 x + 20 \right)$$
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\item Deduce the range of values of $x$ for which $\mathrm { f } ( x ) \geqslant 0$
\item Find $\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )$ giving your answer in simplest form.
The point $R ( - 4,84 )$ lies on $C$.\\
Given that the tangent to $C$ at the point $P$ is parallel to the tangent to $C$ at the point $R$ (c) find the $x$ coordinate of $P$.\\
(d) Find the point to which $R$ is transformed when the curve with equation $y = \mathrm { f } ( x )$ is transformed to the curve with equation,
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\item $y = \mathrm { f } ( x - 3 )$
\item $y = 4 \mathrm { f } ( x )$
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