CAIE P1 2017 June — Question 11

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicStandard Integrals and Reverse Chain Rule

11 The function f is defined for \(x \geqslant 0\). It is given that f has a minimum value when \(x = 2\) and that \(f ^ { \prime \prime } ( x ) = ( 4 x + 1 ) ^ { - \frac { 1 } { 2 } }\).
  1. Find \(\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )\).
    It is now given that \(f ^ { \prime \prime } ( 0 ) , f ^ { \prime } ( 0 )\) and \(f ( 0 )\) are the first three terms respectively of an arithmetic progression.
  2. Find the value of \(\mathrm { f } ( 0 )\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\), and hence find the minimum value of f .