CAIE Further Paper 2 2024 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicParametric equations

2 It is given that $$x = 1 + \frac { 1 } { t } \quad \text { and } \quad y = \cos ^ { - 1 } t \quad \text { for } 0 < t < 1$$
  1. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { t ^ { 2 } } { \sqrt { 1 - t ^ { 2 } } }\).
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  2. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } = - t ^ { a } \left( 1 - t ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { b } \left( 2 - t ^ { 2 } \right)\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants to be determined.