Target Mathematics

1.14: Estimate roots using a graph

4PM1/2R/June/2024 — Question 6 · 7 marks

1.14 diagram 1
Figure 1 shows part of the graph of the curve with equation y=x+2(4x+1)y = x + 2^{-(4x+1)}
By drawing a suitable straight line on the graph, obtain an estimate, to one decimal place, of the roots of the equation log2(83x)+4x=0\mathrm{log}_2(8 - 3x) + 4x = 0 in the interval 2x6-2 \leq x \leq 6
(7)