f(x) = 2 \, ext{sin}(x^2) + x - 2, \quad 0 \leq x < 2\pi
(a) Show that f(x)=0 has a root \( \alpha \) between \( x=0.75 \) and \( x=0.85 \) - Edexcel - A-Level Maths Pure - Question 2 - 2011 - Paper 3
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f(x) = 2 \, ext{sin}(x^2) + x - 2, \quad 0 \leq x < 2\pi
(a) Show that f(x)=0 has a root \( \alpha \) between \( x=0.75 \) and \( x=0.85 \).
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Worked Solution & Example Answer:f(x) = 2 \, ext{sin}(x^2) + x - 2, \quad 0 \leq x < 2\pi
(a) Show that f(x)=0 has a root \( \alpha \) between \( x=0.75 \) and \( x=0.85 \) - Edexcel - A-Level Maths Pure - Question 2 - 2011 - Paper 3
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Show that f(x)=0 has a root \( \alpha \) between \( x=0.75 \) and \( x=0.85 \)
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To find if there is a root between ( 0.75 ) and ( 0.85 ), we can evaluate the function at these points:
Since there is a change of sign between ( f(0.80165) ) and ( f(0.80157) ), we can conclude that ( \alpha = 0.80157 ) is indeed correct to 5 decimal places.