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Past Math T P1 Questions ('99 - '07) - Numbers & Sets

This document contains 11 math problems from past STPM exam papers ranging from 1999 to 2007. The problems cover topics like numbers and sets, complex numbers, logarithms, and algebra. They involve skills like simplifying expressions, solving equations, using properties of sets and logarithms, and representing complex numbers in rectangular and polar form.

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Past Math T P1 Questions ('99 - '07) - Numbers & Sets

This document contains 11 math problems from past STPM exam papers ranging from 1999 to 2007. The problems cover topics like numbers and sets, complex numbers, logarithms, and algebra. They involve skills like simplifying expressions, solving equations, using properties of sets and logarithms, and representing complex numbers in rectangular and polar form.

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Past-STPM Questions (Paper 1)

Chapter 1 Numbers and Sets

1. Determine the value of a if


√ 2+ai is a real number and find this real number.
1+ √ 2 i
[4] (STPM 1999)

2. Simplify (1 + 2√ 3 i )5 – (1 – 2√ 3 i )5.
[4] (STPM 2000)

3. Show that a2 + b2 ≥ 2ab.


1
If x +y + z = c, show that x2 + y2 + z2 ≥ 3 c2.
[2] (STPM 2001)

4. Express √ 59−24 √ 6 as p√ 2 + q√ 3, where p and q are integers.


[7] (STPM 2002)

5. If (x + iy)2 = i, find all the real values of x and y.


[6] (STPM 2003)

6. Using the laws of the algebra of sets, show that, for any sets A and B,
(A – B) ∪ (B – A) = (A ∪ B) – (A ∩ B).
[6] (STPM 2004)

7. Using the laws of the algebra of sets, show that


(A ∩ B)' – (A' ∩ B) = B'.
[4] (STPM 2005)

8. The complex numbers z1 and z2 satisfy the equation z2 = 2 – 2√ 3 i .


(a) Express z1 and z2 in the form of a + bi, where a and b are real numbers.
(b) Represent z1 and z2 in an Argand diagram.
(c) For each of z1 and z2, find the modulus and the arguments in radians.
[6, 1, 4] (STPM 2005)

9. If A, B and C are arbitrary sets, show that


[(A ∪ B) – (B ∪ C)] ∩ (A ∪ C)' = ∅ .
[4] (STPM 2006)

10. If loga ( ax ) = 3 log 2 – log (x – 2a), express x in terms of a.


2 a a

[6] (STPM 2007)

11. Simplify
2
( √ 7+ √3 ) 2(1+3 i)
(a) (b) , where i =√ −1
2( √7 + √ 3) (1−3i)2
[3, 3] (STPM 2007)

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