3.58: Differentiate (x21x2+1)4\left(\dfrac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{2} + 1}\right)^{4}

0606/11/M/J/25 — Question 6 · 8 marks

A curve has equation y=(x21x2+1)4y = \left(\dfrac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{2} + 1}\right)^{4}.
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Show that dydx\dfrac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}x} can be written as Ax(x21)3(x2+1)5\dfrac{Ax(x^{2} - 1)^{3}}{(x^{2} + 1)^{5}}, where AA is a positive integer to be found.
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(b)(i)
Show that the curve has stationary points where x=1x = -1, x=0x = 0 and x=1x = 1.
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(b)(ii)
Use the first derivative test to determine which two stationary points have the same nature and state whether they are maximum or minimum points.
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