Date | None Specimen | Marks available | 4 | Reference code | SPNone.1.hl.TZ0.11 |
Level | HL only | Paper | 1 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Determine | Question number | 11 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
The function f is defined by f(x)=excosx .
Show that f″(x)=−2exsinx .
Determine the Maclaurin series for f(x) up to and including the term in x4 .
By differentiating your series, determine the Maclaurin series for exsinx up to the term in x3 .
Markscheme
f′(x)=excosx−exsinx A1
f″(x)=excosx−exsinx−exsinx−excosx A1
=−2exsinx AG
[2 marks]
f‴(x)=−2exsinx−2excosx A1
fIV(x)=−4excosx A1
f(0)=1, f′(0)=1 ,f″(0)=0, f‴(0)=−2, fIV(0)=−4 (A1)
the Maclaurin series is
excosx=1+x−x33−x46+… M1A1
Note: Accept multiplication of series method.
[5 marks]
differentiating,
excosx−exsinx=1−x2−2x33+… M1A1
exsinx=1+x−x33+…−1+x2+2x33+… M1
=x+x2+x33+… A1
[4 marks]