CAIE Further Paper 2 2021 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicTaylor series
TypeInverse functions (inverse trig/hyperbolic)

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  1. It is given that \(\mathrm { y } = \operatorname { sech } ^ { - 1 } \left( \mathrm { x } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)\).
    Express cosh \(y\) in terms of \(x\) and hence show that \(\sinh y \frac { d y } { d x } = - \frac { 1 } { \left( x + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 } }\).
  2. Find the first three terms in the Maclaurin's series for \(\operatorname { sech } ^ { - 1 } \left( x + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)\) in the form $$\ln a + b x + c x ^ { 2 }$$ where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are constants to be determined.