Skip to content
MathsGenie logo
Quick links
Open app

Course home

  1. A Level
  2. Maths OCR (MEI)
  3. Question bank

1.9.16 Implicit differentiation (A-level only)

MediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647
Question 36

The trajectory of a particle in a high-energy magnetic field is described by the implicit curve C C\,C defined by the equation

x2sin⁡y+y2cos⁡x=K x^2 \sin y + y^2 \cos x = K x2siny+y2cosx=K

where K K\,K is a constant. The particle is observed to pass through the point P(π,π2)\displaystyle P\left(\pi, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)P(π,2π​).

a.

Show that K=3π24\displaystyle K = \frac{3\pi^2}{4}K=43π2​.

[2]
bi.

Show that dydx=y2sin⁡x−2xsin⁡yx2cos⁡y+2ycos⁡x\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{y^2 \sin x - 2x \sin y}{x^2 \cos y + 2y \cos x}dxdy​=x2cosy+2ycosxy2sinx−2xsiny​.

[4]
bii.

Hence, determine the numerical gradient of the trajectory at point PPP.

[2]
biii.

The tangent to the trajectory at P P\,P intersects the xxx-axis at the point QQQ. Find the exact xxx-coordinate of QQQ.

[3]

1.9.16 Implicit differentiation (A-level only) Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /1.9.16 Implicit differentiation (A-level only)