9709 P33 - Nov 2023 - Q5
Find the exact coordinates of the stationary points of the curve \(y = \frac{e^{3x^2-1}}{1-x^2}\).
9709 P31 - Jun 2020 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = e^{2x}(\sin x + 3 \cos x)\) has a stationary point in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\).
(a) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
(b) Determine whether the stationary point is a maximum or a minimum.
9709 P32 - Nov 2019 - Q2
The curve with equation \(y = \frac{e^{-2x}}{1-x^2}\) has a stationary point in the interval \(-1 < x < 1\). Find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) and hence find the \(x\)-coordinate of this stationary point, giving the answer correct to 3 decimal places.
9709 P31 - Jun 2018 - Q3
A curve has equation \(y = \frac{e^{3x}}{\tan \frac{1}{2}x}\). Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve in the interval \(0 < x < \pi\). Give your answers correct to 3 decimal places.
9709 P32 - Nov 2017 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = \frac{2 - \\sin x}{\\cos x}\) has one stationary point in the interval \(-\frac{1}{2}\pi < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\).
(i) Find the exact coordinates of this point.
(ii) Determine whether this point is a maximum or a minimum point.
9709 P33 - Nov 2016 - Q2
The equation of a curve is \(y = \frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x}\), for \(-\pi < x < \pi\). Show that the gradient of the curve is positive for all \(x\) in the given interval.
9709 P32 - Jun 2016 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = \frac{{(\ln x)^2}}{x}\) has two stationary points. Find the exact values of the coordinates of these points.
9709 P31 - Jun 2016 - Q5
The curve with equation \(y = \\sin x \\cos 2x\) has one stationary point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2} \pi\). Find the x-coordinate of this point, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P33 - Jun 2015 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = \frac{e^{2x}}{4 + e^{3x}}\) has one stationary point. Find the exact values of the coordinates of this point.
9709 P32 - Jun 2015 - Q3
A curve has equation \(y = \cos x \cos 2x\). Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the stationary point on the curve in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\), giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P31 - Jun 2015 - Q4
The equation of a curve is
\(y = 3 \cos 2x + 7 \sin x + 2\).
Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\). Give each answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P32 - Nov 2022 - Q3
The equation of a curve is \(y = \sin x \sin 2x\). The curve has a stationary point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\).
Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P31 - Nov 2013 - Q1
The equation of a curve is \(y = \frac{1+x}{1+2x}\) for \(x > -\frac{1}{2}\). Show that the gradient of the curve is always negative.
9709 P33 - Jun 2012 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = \frac{e^{2x}}{x^3}\) has one stationary point.
- Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
- Determine whether this point is a maximum or a minimum point.
9709 P32 - Jun 2012 - Q6
The equation of a curve is \(y = 3 \sin x + 4 \cos^3 x\).
(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve in the interval \(0 < x < \pi\).
(ii) Determine the nature of the stationary point in this interval for which \(x\) is least.
9709 P33 - Nov 2011 - Q2
The equation of a curve is \(y = \frac{e^{2x}}{1 + e^{2x}}\). Show that the gradient of the curve at the point for which \(x = \ln 3\) is \(\frac{9}{50}\).
9709 P33 - Jun 2011 - Q2
The curve \(y = \frac{\ln x}{x^3}\) has one stationary point. Find the x-coordinate of this point.
9709 P31 - Nov 2009 - Q4
A curve has equation \(y = e^{-3x} \tan x\). Find the x-coordinates of the stationary points on the curve in the interval \(-\frac{1}{2}\pi < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\). Give your answers correct to 3 decimal places.
9709 P3 - Nov 2008 - Q3
The curve \(y = \frac{e^x}{\cos x}\), for \(-\frac{1}{2}\pi < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\), has one stationary point. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
9709 P3 - Nov 2007 - Q4
The curve with equation \(y = e^{-x} \sin x\) has one stationary point for which \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\).
(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
(ii) Determine whether this point is a maximum or a minimum point.
9709 P3 - Nov 2006 - Q3
The curve with equation \(y = 6e^x - e^{3x}\) has one stationary point.
(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
(ii) Determine whether this point is a maximum or a minimum point.
9709 P3 - Nov 2005 - Q3
The equation of a curve is \(y = x + \\cos 2x\). Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve for which \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\), and determine the nature of each of these stationary points.
9709 P33 - Jun 2022 - Q4
The curve \(y = e^{-4x} \tan x\) has two stationary points in the interval \(0 \leq x < \frac{1}{2} \pi\).
(a) Obtain an expression for \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) and show it can be written in the form \(\sec^2 x (a + b \sin 2x) e^{-4x}\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
(b) Hence find the exact \(x\)-coordinates of the two stationary points.
9709 P3 - Nov 2002 - Q4
The curve \(y = e^x + 4e^{-2x}\) has one stationary point.
(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
(ii) Determine whether the stationary point is a maximum or a minimum point.
9709 P3 - Jun 2002 - Q5
The equation of a curve is \(y = 2 \cos x + \sin 2x\). Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points on the curve for which \(0 < x < \pi\), and determine the nature of each of these stationary points.
9709 P32 - Jun 2022 - Q4
The equation of a curve is \(y = \cos^3 x \sqrt{\sin x}\). It is given that the curve has one stationary point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\).
Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this stationary point, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P31 - Nov 2021 - Q3
The curve with equation \(y = xe^{1-2x}\) has one stationary point.
(a) Find the coordinates of this point.
(b) Determine whether the stationary point is a maximum or a minimum.
9709 P33 - Jun 2021 - Q8
The diagram shows the curve \(y = \frac{\ln x}{x^4}\) and its maximum point \(M\).
Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
9709 P32 - Jun 2021 - Q8
The equation of a curve is \(y = e^{-5x} \tan^2 x\) for \(-\frac{1}{2}\pi < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\).
Find the \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve. Give your answers correct to 3 decimal places where appropriate.
9709 P31 - Jun 2021 - Q9
The equation of a curve is \(y = x^{-\frac{2}{3}} \ln x\) for \(x > 0\). The curve has one stationary point.
Find the exact coordinates of the stationary point.
9709 P32 - Jun 2020 - Q4
A curve has equation \(y = \\cos x \\sin 2x\).
Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the stationary point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2} \pi\), giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P33 - Jun 2020 - Q4
The equation of a curve is \(y = x \arctan\left(\frac{1}{2}x\right)\).
(a) Find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).
(b) The tangent to the curve at the point where \(x = 2\) meets the y-axis at the point with coordinates \((0, p)\). Find \(p\).
9709 P33 - Nov 2015 - Q3
A curve has equation
\(y = \frac{2 - \tan x}{1 + \tan x}\).
Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point for which \(x = \frac{1}{4} \pi\), giving the answer in the form \(y = mx + c\) where \(c\) is correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P3 - Jun 2007 - Q3
The equation of a curve is \(y = x \sin 2x\), where \(x\) is in radians. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where \(x = \frac{1}{4} \pi\).
9709 P32 - Jun 2013 - Q6
By differentiating \(\frac{1}{\cos x}\), show that the derivative of \(\sec x\) is \(\sec x \tan x\). Hence show that if \(y = \ln(\sec x + \tan x)\) then \(\frac{dy}{dx} = \sec x\).
9709 P31 - Jun 2010 - Q9
The diagram shows the curve \(y = \sqrt{\left( \frac{1-x}{1+x} \right)}\).
(i) By first differentiating \(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\), obtain an expression for \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) in terms of \(x\). Hence show that the gradient of the normal to the curve at the point \((x, y)\) is \((1+x)\sqrt{1-x^2}\). [5]
(ii) The gradient of the normal to the curve has its maximum value at the point \(P\) shown in the diagram. Find, by differentiation, the \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\). [4]
9709 P32 - Nov 2009 - Q5
The polynomial \(2x^3 + ax^2 + bx - 4\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants, is denoted by \(p(x)\). The result of differentiating \(p(x)\) with respect to \(x\) is denoted by \(p'(x)\). It is given that \((x + 2)\) is a factor of \(p(x)\) and of \(p'(x)\).
(i) Find the values of \(a\) and \(b\).
(ii) When \(a\) and \(b\) have these values, factorise \(p(x)\) completely.
9709 P31 - Nov 2023 - Q1
Find the exact coordinates of the points on the curve \(y = \frac{x^2}{1 - 3x}\) at which the gradient of the tangent is equal to 8.
9709 P33 - Jun 2019 - Q7
The curve \(y = \\sin(x + \frac{1}{3}\pi) \\cos x\) has two stationary points in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq \pi\).
(i) Find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).
(ii) By considering the formula for \(\cos(A + B)\), show that, at the stationary points on the curve, \(\cos(2x + \frac{1}{3}\pi) = 0\).
(iii) Hence find the exact \(x\)-coordinates of the stationary points.
9709 P31 - Jun 2011 - Q2
Find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) in each of the following cases:
- \(y = \ln(1 + \sin 2x)\),
- \(y = \frac{\tan x}{x}\).
9709 P33 - Jun 2019 - Q4
The equation of a curve is \(y = \frac{1 + e^{-x}}{1 - e^{-x}}\), for \(x > 0\).
(i) Show that \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) is always negative.
(ii) The gradient of the curve is equal to \(-1\) when \(x = a\). Show that \(a\) satisfies the equation \(e^{2a} - 4e^{a} + 1 = 0\). Hence find the exact value of \(a\).
9709 P32 - Jun 2019 - Q4
Find the exact coordinates of the point on the curve \(y = \frac{x}{1 + \ln x}\) at which the gradient of the tangent is equal to \(\frac{1}{4}\).
9709 P33 - Jun 2017 - Q5
A curve has equation \(y = \frac{2}{3} \ln(1 + 3 \cos^2 x)\) for \(0 \leq x \leq \frac{1}{2} \pi\).
(i) Express \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) in terms of \(\tan x\).
(ii) Hence find the \(x\)-coordinate of the point on the curve where the gradient is \(-1\). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
9709 P32 - Mar 2017 - Q5
The curve with equation \(y = e^{-ax} \tan x\), where \(a\) is a positive constant, has only one point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac{1}{2}\pi\) at which the tangent is parallel to the \(x\)-axis. Find the value of \(a\) and state the exact value of the \(x\)-coordinate of this point.
9709 P31 - Nov 2015 - Q5
The equation of a curve is \(y = e^{-2x} \tan x\), for \(0 \leq x < \frac{1}{2} \pi\).
(i) Obtain an expression for \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) and show that it can be written in the form \(e^{-2x}(a + b \tan x)^2\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
(ii) Explain why the gradient of the curve is never negative.
(iii) Find the value of \(x\) for which the gradient is least.
9709 P32 - Jun 2014 - Q5
(i) The polynomial \(f(x)\) is of the form \((x - 2)^2 g(x)\), where \(g(x)\) is another polynomial. Show that \((x - 2)\) is a factor of \(f'(x)\).
(ii) The polynomial \(x^5 + ax^4 + 3x^3 + bx^2 + a\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants, has a factor \((x - 2)^2\). Using the factor theorem and the result of part (i), or otherwise, find the values of \(a\) and \(b\).
9709 P31 - Jun 2014 - Q10
The diagram shows the curve \(y = 10e^{-\frac{1}{2}x} \sin 4x\) for \(x \geq 0\). The stationary points are labelled \(T_1, T_2, T_3, \ldots\) as shown.
(i) Find the \(x\)-coordinates of \(T_1\) and \(T_2\), giving each \(x\)-coordinate correct to 3 decimal places.
(ii) It is given that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(T_n\) is greater than 25. Find the least possible value of \(n\).














































