EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD
(HKDSE Examination Mock Paper 2012)
MATHEMATICS
Extended Part
Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus)
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
This paper must be answered in English
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of Section A and Section B. Answer ALL questions in this paper.
2. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
3. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must be exact.
4. In this paper, vectors may be represented by bold-type letter such as u, but candidates
are expected to use appropriate symbols such as u in their working.
5. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
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FORMULAS FOR REFERENCE
A B A B
sin( A B) sin A cos B cos A sin B sin A sin B 2 sin cos
2 2
A B A B
cos(A B) cos A cos B sin A sin B sin A sin B 2 cos sin
2 2
tan A tan B A B A B
tan( A B) cos A cos B 2 cos cos
1 tan A tan B 2 2
A B A B
2 sin A cos B sin( A B) sin( A B) cos A cos B 2 sin sin
2 2
2 cos A cos B cos(A B) cos(A B)
2 sin A sin B cos(A B) cos(A B)
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Section A (50 marks)
1. Let f (x) = sin 4x. Find f '( ) from first principles.
2
(3 marks)
2. Let n be a positive integer. If the coefficient of x2 in the expansion of (1 + x2)n + (1 – 3x)n
is 30, find the value of n.
(5 marks)
3. Prove, by mathematical induction, that for all positive integers n,
1 × 1! + 2 × 2! + 3 × 3! + ... + n × n! = (n + 1)! – 1.
(5 marks)
4. (a) Find x ( x 1) dx .
(b) Using the substitution u = x3 – 1, find x 5 x 3 1 dx .
(5 marks)
4 x2 8x 9
5. Find the maximum point(s) and the asymptotes of the graph of y = .
x2
(6 marks)
2
6. Figure 1 shows a container in the shape of a vertically inverted right circular cone with
vertical angle 60 and height 15 cm. Water is poured into the container. Let h cm
(0 h 15) be the depth of water inside the container at time.
60 h cm
Figure 1
(a) Express the wet surface area of the container in terms of h only.
(b) If the water is flowing into the container at a constant rate of 8 cm3/s, find the rate of
increase of the wet surface area of the container at the instant when h = 8.
(6 marks)
7. It is given that OP = –4i – 2j – k and OQ = 6i + 3j – 6k.
(a) Find PQ .
(b) Let R be a point on PQ such that PR = 4RQ . Find the unit vector in the direction of
OR .
(5 marks)
8. Consider the following system of linear equations in x, y and z:
x y z 3
(E) x y 2 z 0
2 x z 3
(a) Solve (E).
(b) Using (a) or otherwise, solve the following system of linear equations:
x y z 3
x y 2z 0
, where k is a constant.
2 x z 3
kx y z 9
(5 marks)
3
9.
(a) Using integration by parts, find x ln x dx .
(b)
Figure 2
Figure 2 shows the shaded region bounded by the curve y = ln x, the x-axis and the
line x = 2. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region about the
y-axis.
(4 marks)
3 tan x tan 3 x
10. (a) Show that tan 3x = .
1 3 tan 2 x
(b) If tan 2x = cot 3x, show that 5 tan4 x – 10 tan2 x + 1 = 0.
(6 marks)
Section B (50 marks)
11. (a) Solve the equation
6 x 2
= 0 …………(*).
2 1 x
(2 marks)
1 c
(b) Let and ( < ) be the roots of (*). Let P = . It is given that
b d
6 2 1 1 6 2 c c
, and |P| = –3,
2 1 b b 2 1 d d
where b, c and d are constants.
(i) Find P.
6 2
(ii) Evaluate P 1 P .
2 1
6
6 2
(iii) Using (b)(ii), evaluate .
2 1
(11 marks)
4
12. B
×P
O A
Figure 3
Figure 3 shows △OAB with circumcentre P. Let OA = 6a, OB = 4b and
1
OP = ma + nb, where a and b are unit vectors. It is given that a b .
4
(a) By considering OA PM , where M is the mid-point of OA, show that 4m + n = 12.
(3 marks)
(b) Find the values of m and n.
(3 marks)
(c) B
× R
H
×P
O A
Figure 4
In Figure 4, H is the orthocentre of △OAB and R is the mid-point of AB.
Let OH : PR = r : 1.
(i) Express BH in terms of r, a and b.
(ii) Express OH in terms of a and b.
(6 marks)
13. (a) Let f (x) be a continuous function and T be a constant such that f (x) = f (T – x) for all
T T T
real numbers x. Show that
0
x f ( x) dx
2 f ( x) dx .
0
(4 marks)
(b) (i) By using the substitution u = cos x, or otherwise, show that
sin 3 x 1 1
0 2 sin 2 x
dx 2
1 1 u 2
du 2 .
sin 3 x
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, evaluate
0 2 sin 2 x
dx .
(6 marks)
x sin 3 x
(c) Evaluate 0 2 sin 2 x
dx .
(3 marks)
5
14. Figure 5 shows the graphs of the curves C1 and C2. The equation of C1 is given by
2
y = x 2 2 x 6 . L is the common tangent to C1 and C2 at P(3, –6) and Q(8, q)
3
dy
respectively. The slope of the tangent to C2 at (x, y) is given by = 3x – k, where k is a
dx
constant.
Figure 5
(a) Find the equation of L.
(3 marks)
(b) (i) Find the values of k and q.
(ii) Find the equation of C2.
(5 marks)
(c) Find the area of the shaded region.
(4 marks)
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