Question 0810

Maclaurin Series
2010 Paper 1 Question 2 Variant

Question

(i)
Find the first three terms of the Maclaurin series for
e3xcos2x.\mathrm{e}^{3 x} \cos 2 x.
[Your may use standard results given in the List of Formulae (MF26).]
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(ii)
It is given that the first two terms of this series are equal to the first two terms in the series expansion, in ascending powers of x,{x,} or (1+43x)n.{(1 + \frac{4}{3} x)^n.} Find n{n} and show that the third terms in each of these series are equal.
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