Differentiate composite functions

Apply the chain rule to differentiate functions with nested expressions or fractional exponents.

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Edexcel PURE 2024 October Q7
Standard +0.3
7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{b9472037-c143-4b68-86e2-801f71029773-20_554_559_264_753} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} The curve \(C\) has equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } \sqrt { 4 x + 7 } \quad x \geqslant - \frac { 7 } { 4 }$$
  1. Show that $$\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x ) = \frac { k x ^ { 2 } ( 2 x + 3 ) } { \sqrt { 4 x + 7 } }$$ where \(k\) is a constant to be found. The point \(P\), shown in Figure 3, is the minimum turning point on \(C\).
  2. Find the coordinates of \(P\).
  3. Hence find the range of the function g defined by $$g ( x ) = - 4 f ( x ) \quad x \geqslant - \frac { 7 } { 4 }$$ The point \(Q\) with coordinates \(\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 3 } { 8 } \right)\) lies on \(C\).
  4. Find the coordinates of the point to which \(Q\) is mapped when \(C\) is transformed to the curve with equation $$y = 40 \mathrm { f } \left( x - \frac { 3 } { 2 } \right) - 8$$
OCR C3 Q1
5 marks Moderate -0.3
Find the equation of the tangent to the curve \(y = \sqrt{4x + 1}\) at the point \((2, 3)\). [5]