St.
Paul’s College
F.4 Mid-year Examination 2019-2020
MATHEMATICS Extended Part
Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics)
Question-Answer Book
Time Allowed: 1 hour
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Class
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Attempt ALL questions.
2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.
3. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
4. Marks will be deducted for poor and untidy presentation.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or given to 4 decimal
places.
6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Question No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
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1. Solve the equation 8 x 2
= 27 for x 0 .
(2 marks)
2. (a) Simplify C3n + Cnn−2 .
(b) Solve Cnn++13 = 5n .
(4 marks)
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3. (a) Express 35ln 3 in terms of e.
(b) Solve the equation 2e − x − 2e x = 3 and give your answer in terms of natural logarithms.
e3 x − 2e5 x
(c) Simplify x
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2 − 2e 2
(7 marks)
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4. (a) Solve the equation e3 − ln(x −1) = 3.
(b) Solve the logarithmic equation log( x + 4) + log( x − 3) = 2 log( x − 1) .
log( xy3 ) − log( x y 6 )
(c) Simplify , where x 0 , y 0 and x, y 1 .
log x − log y 3
(8 marks)
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5. Let k be a constant.
(a) Expand (1 + ekx ) 2 in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x 2 .
(b) If the coefficient of x and the constant term in the expansion of (3 − x)6 (1 + ekx )2 is in the
ratio of 2 :1, find the coefficient of x 2 .
(7 marks)
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6. The number (N) of mosquitoes in an area after t weeks is given by N =P(1.32)t, where P is a
constant. Initially, the number of mosquitoes in an area is 200.
(a) Find the value of P.
(b) Find the number of mosquitoes after 5 weeks, correct to the nearest integer.
(c) Consider the following statement:
‘If the value of t is doubled, the value of N will be multiplied by (1.32)2.’
Is it correct? Explain your answer
(3 marks)
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7. There is a graph of log y against log x for the relationship log y = n log x + log k , where n
and k are positive constants. The graph passes through (−0.54, 0.04) and (0.04, 0.33) .
(a) Find the values of n and k.
(b) Express y in terms of x.
(5 marks)
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8. After the implementation of the prohibition on elephant hunting in a district for t years, the
15ebt
number of elephants N (in thousands) can be modelled by N = (t 0) , where a and b
ebt + a
are constants.
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(a) Express ln( − 1) as a linear function of t.
N
(b) It is given that the slope and the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph of the linear
function obtained in (b) are −0.05 and 4.317 respectively. Find the values of a and b.
(4 marks)
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