Solve using substitution u = cosh x or u = sinh x

A question is this type if and only if it asks to solve an equation involving hyperbolic functions by making a substitution u = cosh x, u = sinh x, or u = tanh x, typically resulting in a quadratic equation in u, giving answers in exact logarithmic form.

17 questions · Standard +0.6

4.07a Hyperbolic definitions: sinh, cosh, tanh as exponentials
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OCR MEI FP2 2008 June Q4
18 marks Standard +0.3
4
  1. Starting from the definitions of \(\sinh x\) and \(\cosh x\) in terms of exponentials, prove that $$\cosh ^ { 2 } x - \sinh ^ { 2 } x = 1$$
  2. Solve the equation \(4 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 9 \sinh x = 13\), giving the answers in exact logarithmic form.
  3. Show that there is only one stationary point on the curve $$y = 4 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 9 \sinh x$$ and find the \(y\)-coordinate of the stationary point.
  4. Show that \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { \ln 2 } \left( 4 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 9 \sinh x \right) \mathrm { d } x = 2 \ln 2 + \frac { 33 } { 8 }\).
OCR FP2 2010 June Q8
10 marks Challenging +1.2
8
  1. Using the definition of \(\cosh x\) in terms of \(\mathrm { e } ^ { x }\) and \(\mathrm { e } ^ { - x }\), show that $$4 \cosh ^ { 3 } x - 3 \cosh x \equiv \cosh 3 x$$
  2. Use the substitution \(u = \cosh x\) to find, in terms of \(5 ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } }\), the real root of the equation $$20 u ^ { 3 } - 15 u - 13 = 0 .$$
OCR FP2 2013 June Q2
8 marks Standard +0.3
2
  1. Using the definitions for \(\cosh x\) and \(\sinh x\) in terms of \(\mathrm { e } ^ { x }\) and \(\mathrm { e } ^ { - x }\), show that \(\cosh ^ { 2 } x - \sinh ^ { 2 } x \equiv 1\).
  2. Hence solve the equation \(\sinh ^ { 2 } x = 5 \cosh x - 7\), giving your answers in logarithmic form.
AQA FP2 2010 January Q1
9 marks Standard +0.3
1
  1. Use the definitions \(\cosh x = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( \mathrm { e } ^ { x } + \mathrm { e } ^ { - x } \right)\) and \(\sinh x = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( \mathrm { e } ^ { x } - \mathrm { e } ^ { - x } \right)\) to show that $$\cosh ^ { 2 } x - \sinh ^ { 2 } x = 1$$
    1. Express $$5 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 3 \sinh ^ { 2 } x$$ in terms of \(\cosh x\).
    2. Sketch the curve \(y = \cosh x\).
    3. Hence solve the equation $$5 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 3 \sinh ^ { 2 } x = 9.5$$ giving your answers in logarithmic form.
AQA FP2 2012 June Q1
7 marks Standard +0.3
1
  1. Sketch the curve \(y = \cosh x\).
  2. Solve the equation $$6 \cosh ^ { 2 } x - 7 \cosh x - 5 = 0$$ giving your answers in logarithmic form.
AQA FP2 2014 June Q5
9 marks Challenging +1.2
5
  1. Using the definition \(\sinh \theta = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( \mathrm { e } ^ { \theta } - \mathrm { e } ^ { - \theta } \right)\), prove the identity $$4 \sinh ^ { 3 } \theta + 3 \sinh \theta = \sinh 3 \theta$$
  2. Given that \(x = \sinh \theta\) and \(16 x ^ { 3 } + 12 x - 3 = 0\), find the value of \(\theta\) in terms of a natural logarithm.
  3. Hence find the real root of the equation \(16 x ^ { 3 } + 12 x - 3 = 0\), giving your answer in the form \(2 ^ { p } - 2 ^ { q }\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational numbers.
    [0pt] [2 marks]
OCR MEI Further Pure Core 2022 June Q3
6 marks Standard +0.3
3 In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
Solve the equation \(3 \cosh x = 2 \sinh ^ { 2 } x\), giving your solutions in exact logarithmic form.
Edexcel CP1 2022 June Q2
4 marks Standard +0.3
  1. In this question you must show all stages of your working. Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
Determine the values of \(x\) for which $$64 \cosh ^ { 4 } x - 64 \cosh ^ { 2 } x - 9 = 0$$ Give your answers in the form \(q \ln 2\) where \(q\) is rational and in simplest form.
OCR Further Pure Core 1 2018 March Q7
8 marks Challenging +1.2
7
  1. Using the definition of \(\sinh x\) in terms of \(\mathrm { e } ^ { x }\) and \(\mathrm { e } ^ { - x }\), show that $$4 \sinh ^ { 3 } x = \sinh 3 x - 3 \sinh x$$ \section*{(ii) In this question you must show detailed reasoning.} By making a suitable substitution, find the real root of the equation $$16 u ^ { 3 } + 12 u = 3 .$$ Give your answer in the form \(\frac { \left( a ^ { \frac { 1 } { b } } - a ^ { - \frac { 1 } { b } } \right) } { c }\) where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
AQA FP2 2007 January Q1
7 marks Standard +0.3
1
  1. Given that $$4 \cosh ^ { 2 } x = 7 \sinh x + 1$$ find the two possible values of \(\sinh x\).
  2. Hence obtain the two possible values of \(x\), giving your answers in the form \(\ln p\).
AQA Further AS Paper 1 2021 June Q12
5 marks Standard +0.8
12 The equation \(x ^ { 3 } - 2 x ^ { 2 } - x + 2 = 0\) has three roots. One of the roots is 2 12
  1. Find the other two roots of the equation. 12
  2. Hence, or otherwise, solve $$\cosh ^ { 3 } \theta - 2 \cosh ^ { 2 } \theta - \cosh \theta + 2 = 0$$ giving your answers in an exact form.
AQA Further AS Paper 1 2022 June Q15
6 marks Standard +0.3
15 The two values of \(\theta\) that satisfy the equation $$\sinh ^ { 2 } \theta - \sinh \theta - 2 = 0$$ are \(\theta _ { 1 }\) and \(\theta _ { 2 }\) 15
  1. Hamzah is asked to find the value of \(\theta _ { 1 } + \theta _ { 2 }\) He writes his answer as follows:
    The quadratic coefficients are \(a = 1 , b = - 1 , c = - 2\) The sum of the roots is \(- \frac { b } { a }\) So \(\theta _ { 1 } + \theta _ { 2 } = - \frac { - 1 } { 1 } = 1\) Explain Hamzah's error.
    [0pt] [1 mark] 15
  2. Find the correct value of \(\theta _ { 1 } + \theta _ { 2 }\) Give your answer as a single logarithm. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{fd9715c4-9ce1-4608-aed6-f3d4f71208b5-28_2492_1721_217_150}
OCR Further Pure Core 2 2021 June Q2
6 marks Standard +0.8
2 In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
Solve the equation \(2 \cosh ^ { 2 } x + 5 \sinh x - 5 = 0\) giving each answer in the form \(\ln ( p + q \sqrt { r } )\) where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational numbers, and \(r\) is an integer, whose values are to be determined. You are given that the matrix \(\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { c c c } 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & \frac { 2 a - a ^ { 2 } } { 3 } & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array} \right)\), where \(a\) is a positive constant, represents the transformation R which is a reflection in 3-D.
  1. State the plane of reflection of \(R\).
  2. Determine the value of \(a\).
  3. With reference to R explain why \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 2 } = \mathbf { I }\), the \(3 \times 3\) identity matrix.
    1. By using Euler's formula show that \(\cosh ( \mathrm { iz } ) = \cos z\).
    2. Hence, find, in logarithmic form, a root of the equation \(\cos z = 2\). [You may assume that \(\cos z = 2\) has complex roots.] A swing door is a door to a room which is closed when in equilibrium but which can be pushed open from either side and which can swing both ways, into or out of the room, and through the equilibrium position. The door is sprung so that when displaced from the equilibrium position it will swing back towards it. The extent to which the door is open at any time, \(t\) seconds, is measured by the angle at the hinge, \(\theta\), which the plane of the door makes with the plane of the equilibrium position. See the diagram below. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{20816f61-154d-4491-9d2d-4c62687bf81e-03_317_954_497_255} In an initial model of the motion of a certain swing door it is suggested that \(\theta\) satisfies the following differential equation. $$4 \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } \theta } { \mathrm {~d} t ^ { 2 } } + 25 \theta = 0$$
      1. Write down the general solution to (\textit{).
      2. With reference to the behaviour of your solution in part (a)(i) explain briefly why the model using (}) is unlikely to be realistic. In an improved model of the motion of the door an extra term is introduced to the differential equation so that it becomes $$4 \frac { \mathrm {~d} ^ { 2 } \theta } { \mathrm {~d} t ^ { 2 } } + \lambda \frac { \mathrm { d } \theta } { \mathrm {~d} t } + 25 \theta = 0$$ where \(\lambda\) is a positive constant.
    3. In the case where \(\lambda = 16\) the door is held open at an angle of 0.9 radians and then released from rest at time \(t = 0\).
      1. Find, in a real form, the general solution of ( \(\dagger\) ).
      2. Find the particular solution of ( \(\dagger\) ).
      3. With reference to the behaviour of your solution found in part (b)(ii) explain briefly how the extra term in ( \(\dagger\) ) improves the model.
      4. Find the value of \(\lambda\) for which the door is critically damped.
AQA Further AS Paper 1 2018 June Q17
4 marks Standard +0.8
Find the exact solution to the equation $$\sinh \theta(\sinh \theta + \cosh \theta) = 1$$ [4 marks]
WJEC Further Unit 4 2023 June Q1
5 marks Standard +0.3
The functions \(f\) and \(g\) have domains \((-1, \infty)\) and \((0, \infty)\) respectively and are defined by $$f(x) = \cosh x, \qquad g(x) = x^2 - 1.$$
  1. State the domain and range of \(fg\). [2]
  2. Solve the equation \(fg(x) = 3\). Give your answer correct to three decimal places. [3]
SPS SPS FM Pure 2021 May Q8
8 marks Challenging +1.3
  1. Using the definition of \(\sinh x\) in terms of \(e^x\) and \(e^{-x}\), show that $$4\sinh^3 x = \sinh 3x - 3\sinh x.$$ [3]
  2. In this question you must show detailed reasoning. By making a suitable substitution, find the real root of the equation $$16u^3 + 12u = 3.$$ Give your answer in the form \(\frac{(a^{\frac{1}{b}} - a^{-\frac{1}{b}})}{c}\) where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are integers. [5]
OCR Further Pure Core 2 2018 December Q3
6 marks Standard +0.8
In this question you must show detailed reasoning. Solve the equation \(2\cosh^2 x + 5\sinh x - 5 = 0\) giving each answer in the form \(\ln(p + q\sqrt{r})\) where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational numbers, and \(r\) is an integer, whose values are to be determined. [6]