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Edexcel a level maths range help

Can anyone tell me how you would get b)

I know that the answer is -1/2e^-1<k<0 but I can’t figure out how they got that

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Can you see it now ?
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Original post by Hana Abdou
Can you see it now ?

No. Try uploading the image to somewhere like Imgur and post the link here.
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Can you see on the graph where the line x=k must be if it intersects the graph at two points?
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Original post by Notnek
Can you see on the graph where the line x=k must be if it intersects the graph at two points?


Yes. I know that x must be less than 0 for the line to intersect the graph at 2 points but I can’t find the other limit.
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Oh I think I got it now. I think we have to put dx/dy=0 which means that x(1 2y)=0. If we put 1 2y=0, we will get y= -1/2, and if we substitute this back into x=ye^2y we will get -1/2e^-1. This means that k must be greater than -1/2e^-1 but less than 0, which will give us -1/2e^-1<k<0. Does that sound right?
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Original post by Hana Abdou
Oh I think I got it now. I think we have to put dx/dy=0 which means that x(1 2y)=0. If we put 1 2y=0, we will get y= -1/2, and if we substitute this back into x=ye^2y we will get -1/2e^-1. This means that k must be greater than -1/2e^-1 but less than 0, which will give us -1/2e^-1<k<0. Does that sound right?

Yes that's correct.
Reply 9
Original post by Notnek
Yes that's correct.


Thank you:smile:

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