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    This document is a past exam paper for the Pure Mathematics Module P4 Advanced Subsidiary / Advanced Level exam. It contains 8 questions on topics including polar curves, solving inequalities, roots of polynomials, differential equations, and complex numbers. Students are allowed 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam.

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    This document is a past exam paper for the Pure Mathematics Module P4 Advanced Subsidiary / Advanced Level exam. It contains 8 questions on topics including polar curves, solving inequalities, roots of polynomials, differential equations, and complex numbers. Students are allowed 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam.

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    GCE Examinations

    Pure Mathematics Module P4


    Advanced Subsidiary / Advanced Level

    Paper F
    Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

    Instructions and Information


    Candidates may use any calculator except those with a facility for symbolic algebra and / or calculus. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Mathematical and statistical formulae and tables are available. This paper has 8 questions.

    Advice to Candidates
    You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner. Answers without working will gain no credit.

    Written by Shaun Armstrong & Chris Huffer

    Solomon Press These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchasers institute.

    1. O

    =0

    Fig. 1 Figure 1 shows the curve with polar equation r = a , 0 < 2, a > 0. (4 marks)

    Find the area of the finite region bounded by the curve and the initial line = 0. 2. Find the set of values of x for which ( x 1)( x + 2) > 4. x+4 3. (a) (b) f(x) = 3x5 7x2 + 3. Show that there is a root, , of the equation f(x) = 0 in the interval [0, 1]. Use linear interpolation once on the interval [0, 1] to estimate the value of .

    (7 marks)

    (2 marks) (2 marks)

    There is another root, , of the equation f(x) = 0 close to 0.62 (c) Use the Newton-Raphson method once to obtain a second approximation to , giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. (3 marks)

    4.

    The Cartesian equation of the curve C is (x2 + y2)2 = a2(x2 y2). (a) Show that, in polar coordinates, the equation of curve C can be written as r2 = a2cos 2 . (b) Sketch the curve C for 0 < 2. (4 marks) (3 marks)

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    5.

    (a)

    Show that the substitution y =

    1 transforms the differential equation u (I)

    dy y + xy2 = 0 dx x into the differential equation du u + x = 0. dx x (b)

    (3 marks)

    Hence find the solution of differential equation (I) such that y = 1 when x = 1, giving your answer in the form y = f(x). (7 marks)

    6.

    (a) (b)

    Find

    r = n +1

    2n

    r2 in terms of n.

    (4 marks)

    Hence, or otherwise, show that

    r = n +1 n


    r =1

    2n

    r2 r
    2

    < 7

    for all positive integer values of n. 7.

    (6 marks)

    A particle moves along the x - axis such that at time t its x - coordinate satisfies the differential equation d2 x dx 2 2 5 3x = 20 sin t. dt dt (a) Find the general solution of this differential equation. (10 marks)

    Initially the particle is at x = 5. Given that the particles x - coordinate remains finite as t , (b) find an expression for x in terms of t. (4 marks)

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    8.

    The complex numbers z1 and z2 are given by z1 = (a) (b) (c) (d) 1+ i , 1 i z2 = 2 . 1 i (2 marks) (2 marks) (4 marks)

    Find z1 in the form a + ib where a and b are real. Write down the modulus and argument of z1. Find the modulus and argument of z2 .

    Show the points representing z1, z2 and z1 + z2 on the same Argand diagram, and hence find the exact value of tan 38 . (8 marks)

    END

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