Edexcel C1 2015 June — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicCurve Sketching
TypeFactorise then sketch

  1. (a) Factorise completely \(9 x - 4 x ^ { 3 }\)
    (b) Sketch the curve \(C\) with equation
$$y = 9 x - 4 x ^ { 3 }$$ Show on your sketch the coordinates at which the curve meets the \(x\)-axis. The points \(A\) and \(B\) lie on \(C\) and have \(x\) coordinates of - 2 and 1 respectively.
(c) Show that the length of \(A B\) is \(k \sqrt { } 10\) where \(k\) is a constant to be found.