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 Mathematical Formulae
1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation
For the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
 b  b 2  4ac
x .
2a
Binomial expansion
n n  n
(a  b) n  a n    a n1 b    a n 2 b 2      a n  r b r    b n ,
1 2 r
n n! n(n  1)...(n  r  1)
where n is a positive integer and     .
 r  r!(n  r )! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin 2 A  cos 2 A  1
sec 2 A  1  tan 2 A
cos ec 2 A  1  cot 2 A
sin(A ± B) = sin A cos B ± cos A sin B
cos(A ± B) = cos A cos B  sin A sin B
tan A  tan B
tan( A  B ) 
1  tan A tan B
sin 2A = 2sin A cos A
cos 2 A  cos 2 A  sin 2 A  2 cos 2 A  1  1  2 sin 2A
2 tan A
tan 2 A 
1  tan 2 A
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 sin ( A  B ) cos ( A  B )
2 2
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 cos ( A  B ) sin ( A  B )
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 cos ( A  B) cos ( A  B)
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 sin ( A  B) sin ( A  B)
2 2
Formulae for ABC
a b c
  .
sin A sin B sin C
a2 = b2 + c2  2bc cos A.

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= ab sin C.
2

1. It is given that ( x  1) is a factor of f ( x)  x 3  px 2  qx  12 where p and q are constants and f(x)

has a stationary value at x  4 .

(i) Find the value of p and of q. [4]

(ii) Factorise f(x) completely and solve f ( x )  0 [3]

(iii) Hence find the values of y such that ( y  3)3  p( y  3)2  qy  36 . [2]

 1 2   3 1
2. Given that A   ,B   and ABX  I , find
 3 4   0 1 
(i) the matrix AB,

(ii) the matrix X. [4]

8
 2
3. (a) Write down and simplify the first four terms in the expansion of  x 2   in
 x
descending powers of x.
2
Hence find the coefficient of x10 in the expansion of (2 x 3  5)( x 2  )8 . [4]
x

(b) In the binomial expansion of (3  kx 2 )n , where n  3 and k is a constant, the coefficient

of x 4 is twice the coefficient of x 2 . Express k in terms of n. [3]

3
4. A curve is such that its gradient function is given by . Given that the tangent of the
(2 x  a )3
1
curve at ( , 9) is perpendicular to the line 3 y  27 x  4 , find
2
(a) the value of a,

(b) the equation of the curve. [5]

5. (a) Find all the values of x between 0 and 360 inclusive for which
4
 tan 2 x  4 [4]
cos x

(b) Find all the values of x between 0 and 5 for which

2cos2 x  6sin x cos x  1 [4]

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6. A circle, C whose equation is given by x 2  y 2  2ax  2 y  20  0 where a  0 has radius
5 units.
(a) Find the value of a.

(b) Find the equation of another circle which passes through the point ( 7, 2) and has the
same centre as C.

(c) the value(s) of k if the line y  k meets the circle, C. [8]

1
7. (a) Prove that (cos   sin  )(tan   )  cos ec  sec  [3]
tan 
5
(b) Given that cos A   and 180  A  270 , evaluate, without using tables or a
13
calculator,

(i) sec (A)

(ii) cot (2 A)

A
(iii) sin [5]
2

5 5 1 1
8. Given that  f ( x)dx  8 , evaluate  f ( x)dx   (  f ( x ))dx . [2]
1 3 3 3x

9. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations

3x  3 y  84
0.2(5x  2 )  5 y
[4]

(b) Solve the equation log 2 ( x  2)  log 2 ( x  1)  3 [4]

10. (a) The table below shows experimental values of two variables x and y which are
known to be related by the equation y  a (1  x )b where a and b are constants.

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 5.2 7.2 9.1 10.9 12.6 14.2

By drawing a suitable straight line graph, use your graph to estimate

(i) the value of a and of b,
(ii) the value of x when y  100.9 . [7]
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(b) The variables x and y are related by the equation y  m x  . When the graph of
x
y 1
against is drawn, a straight line is obtained which has a gradient of 5 and
x x
passes through the point (2,18) .
Find
(i) the value of m and of n,
(ii) the positive value of y when x x  216 . [4]

11.

The diagram above shows a container consisting of a hemisphere of radius r cm and a cylinder
of the same radius and height h cm. The volume of the container is 1215 cm3 .

1215 2r
(i) Show that h   .
r2 3

(ii) Show that the total surface area, A cm 2 , of the container is given by
5 2 2430
A r  .
3 r

(iii) Find the value of r for which A is stationary.

(iv) Hence find the stationary value of A and determine whether it is maximum or minimum .

(v) Using the value of r in (iii), find the rate of decrease of the radius when the rate of
increase in the height is 0.02 cms 1 . [10]

End of Paper

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Answers:

1(i) p  5, q  8 ( x  1)( x  6)( x  2) (iii) y  4,9,1

(ii)
x  1,6,2
  3  1  1 1 
2(i)    
 9 1  (ii)  6 6 
  3 1
 
 2 2
3(a) -336 12
(b) k 
n 1
4(a) a = 4 (b)
3 11
y 2
8
4(2 x  4) 12
5(a) (b)
x  0,101.5,258.5,360 x  0.161,1.73,3.30,4.87
6(a) a =  2 (b) (c)  4  k  6
( x  2) 2  ( y  1) 2  34
3 119 3
7(b)(i)  2 (ii)  (iii)
5 120 13
8. 7.63
9(a) x  4, y  1 (b) x  1.68
10(a)(i) a  3.02, b  0.8 (ii) x  2.31 (b)(i) m  8, n  5 1
(ii) y  47
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11(iii) 9 (iv) A  1270, minimum (v) 0.005 cm/s

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