Edexcel
C12
2016
June
Q6
7 marks
Moderate -0.8
6. (a) Show that \(\frac { x ^ { 2 } - 4 } { 2 \sqrt { } x }\) can be written in the form \(A x ^ { p } + B x ^ { q }\), where \(A , B , p\) and \(q\) are constants to be determined.
(b) Hence find
$$\int \frac { x ^ { 2 } - 4 } { 2 \sqrt { x } } \mathrm {~d} x , \quad x > 0$$
giving your answer in its simplest form.