A-Level MathematicsYear 2021Q5
Turn over 19 Question 5 continued _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ (Total for Question 5 is 9 marks) 20 6. 2 ( ) f ( ) ( ) f ( ) f ( ) ( )f ( ) f ( ) ( ! ( f ) ) 2! = − − = + − + + + + ′ ′′ … … r r The Taylor series expansion of x about x a is given by x a x a x a x a a a a r Given that y = (1 + ln x) 2 x > 0 (a) show that d d 2 2 2 2 y x x x = − ln (4) (b) Hence find d d 3 3 y x (2) (c) Determine the Taylor series expansion about x = 1 of (1 + ln x) 2 in ascending powers of (x – 1), up to and including the term in (x – 1) 3 Give each coefficient in simplest form. (3) (d) Use this series expansion to evaluate lim ( ln ) ( ) x x x x → − − + − 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 explaining your reasoning clearly. (3) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)