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1 The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for

The values of y are given to 4 significant figures.

x 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

y 0.5774 0.7071 0.7746 0.8165 0.8452

(a) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the table, to find an estimate for

giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

(3)

(b) Using your answer to part (a), deduce an estimate for

(1)
Given that

to 4 significant figures

(c) comment on the accuracy of your answer to part (b).

(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)
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2. Relative to a fixed origin, points P, Q and R have position vectors p, q and r respectively.
Given that

● P, Q and R lie on a straight line

● Q lies one third of the way from P to R
show that

(3)
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
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3. (a) Given that

2 log (4 − x) = log (x + 8)

show that

x2 − 9x + 8 = 0
(3)
(b) (i) Write down the roots of the equation

x2 − 9x + 8 = 0

(ii) State which of the roots in (b)(i) is not a solution of

2 log (4 − x) = log (x + 8)

giving a reason for your answer.

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)
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4. In the binomial expansion of

(a + 2x)7 where a is a constant

the coefficient of x4 is 15 120

Find the value of a.

(3)
(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)
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5. The curve with equation y = 3 × 2x meets the curve with equation y = 15 − 2x+1 at the point P

Find, using algebra, the exact x coordinate of P.

(4)
(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)
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6. (a) Given that

find the values of the constants A, B and C

(3)
(b) Hence, using algebraic integration, find the exact value of

giving your answer in the form a + b ln 2 where a and b are integers to be found.
(4)
(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)
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7.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve C with equation

(a) Show that

(4)

The point P, shown in Figure 1, is the minimum turning point on C.

(b) Show that the x coordinate of P is a solution of

(3)
(c) Use the iteration formula

to find (i) the value of x2 to 5 decimal places,

(ii) the x coordinate of P to 5 decimal places.
(3)
(Total for Question 7 is 10 marks)
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8. A curve C has equation y = f (x)

Given that
● f ʹ (x) = 6x2 + ax − 23 where a is a constant
● the y intercept of C is −12
● (x + 4) is a factor of f (x)

find, in simplest form, f (x)

(6)
(Total for Question 8 is 6 marks)
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9. A quantity of ethanol was heated until it reached boiling point.

The temperature of the ethanol, θ °C, at time t seconds after heating began, is modelled
by the equation

θ = A − Be− 0.07t

where A and B are positive constants.

Given that
● the initial temperature of the ethanol was 18 °C
● after 10 seconds the temperature of the ethanol was 44 °C

(a) find a complete equation for the model, giving the values of A and B
to 3 significant figures.
(4)
Ethanol has a boiling point of approximately 78 °C

(b) Use this information to evaluate the model.

(2)
(Total for Question 9 is 6 marks)
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10. In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

(a) Show that

cos 3 A ≡ 4 cos3 A − 3 cos A
(4)
(b) Hence solve, for −90° ≤ x ≤ 180°, the equation

1 − cos 3x = sin2 x
(4)
(Total for Question 10 is 8 marks)
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11.

Figure 2 shows a sketch of the graph with equation

y=2|x+4|−5

The vertex of the graph is at the point P, shown in Figure 2.

(a) Find the coordinates of P.

(2)
(b) Solve the equation

3x + 40 = 2 | x + 4 | − 5
(2)

A line l has equation y = ax, where a is a constant.

Given that l intersects y = 2 | x + 4 | − 5 at least once,

(c) find the range of possible values of a, writing your answer in set notation.
(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)
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12.

The curve shown in Figure 3 has parametric equations

x = 6 sin t y = 5 sin 2t 0≤t≤

The region R, shown shaded in Figure 3, is bounded by the curve and the x-axis.

(a) (i) Show that the area of R is given by

(3)
(ii) Hence show, by algebraic integration, that the area of R is exactly 20
(3)

Part of the curve is used to model the profile of a small dam, shown shaded in Figure 4.
Using the model and given that
● x and y are in metres
● the vertical wall of the dam is 4.2 metres high
● there is a horizontal walkway of width MN along the top of the dam

(b) calculate the width of the walkway.

(5)
(Total for Question 12 is 11 marks)
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13. The function g is defined by

x>0 x≠k

where k is a constant.

(a) Deduce the value of k.

(1)
(b) Prove that

gʹ (x) > 0

for all values of x in the domain of g.

(3)
(c) Find the range of values of a for which
g (a) > 0
(2)
(Total for Question 13 is 6 marks)
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14. A circle C with radius r

● lies only in the 1st quadrant
● touches the x-axis and touches the y-axis

The line l has equation 2x + y = 12

(a) Show that the x coordinates of the points of intersection of l with C satisfy

5x 2 + (2r − 48) x + (r 2 − 24r + 144) = 0

(3)
Given also that l is a tangent to C,

(b) find the two possible values of r, giving your answers as fully simplified surds.
(4)
(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks)
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15. In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

A geometric series has common ratio r and first term a.

Given r ≠ 1 and a ≠ 0

(a) prove that

(4)
Given also that S10 is four times S5

(b) find the exact value of r.

(4)
(Total for Question 15 is 8 marks)
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16. Use algebra to prove that the square of any natural number is either a multiple of 3 or
one more than a multiple of 3
(4)
(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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