Revision Exercise 1

1. (a) Use the inverse matrix method to solve the simultaneous equations 5x + 2y = 13
and 2x = 9 + 3y.

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(b) The area of a triangle PQR is 28 + 6 cm2 and the length of side QR is
2
2 2 + 5 3 cm. Find the length of the perpendicular from P to QR.

2. (a) Find the range of values of k for which the quadratic equation
2kx2 + (8  4k)x + k + 1 = 0
has real roots. State the largest integer k for which this equation has no real roots.

(b) If the equations px2 + qx + 2r = 0 and rx2 + px  q + 1 = 0 each have equal real
roots, find a relation between p and q.

3. Solve the simultaneous equations x + 2y = 7 and x2 + 4y2 = 37. Hence, find the possible
values of a and b, correct to three significant figures, which satisfy the simultaneous
equations 3a + 2b+1 = 7 and 9a + 4b+1 = 37.

4. (a) Given that y = 3(4)x+2, find, without using tables or calculators,

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(i) the value of y when x =  ,
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(ii) the value of x when y = 96.

(b) Solve the following equations, giving your answers correct to three significant
figures.
(i) ln x3 + 2 ln x2  5 ln x + ln x = 5
(ii) 3x = 5 × 2x+1

log 5 9  2 log 5 6  4 log 5 3

5. (a) Without using tables or calculators, evaluate .
log 5 40  log 5 4  1

 2 5
(b) The curve y = abx passes through the points (0, 5) and  ,  . Find the positive
 3 4
value of a and of b.

6. Given that the roots of the equation 2x2  5x  6 = 0 are α and β,

(i) find the value of α2 + β2.
2 2
(ii) form an equation whose roots are and .
 

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Revision Exercise 2

4 5
1. (a) Express in the form a + b 5 .
2 53
(b) Without using tables or calculators, find the value of k for which
2  3 54 15 14 
   =k 3.
2  4 150 294 
(c) A funding body gives a grant to a sports organisation each year from 2002.
The amount of grant, t years after 2002, is given by 20 000 + 50 000(0.85)t
dollars. In which year will the grant first fall below 25 000 dollars?

2. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations 10y  6x = 3 and (x  2)2 + (2y  3)2 = 61.
(b) Given that lg 2 = a and lg 3 = b, express lg 3 972 in terms of a and b. Find x
if lg x = 3a  4b + 1.

3. (a) Find the exact value of x if 8x = 2 8 2 .

(b) Solve the following equations.
(i) 2 log2 x = log3 81 + log2 (x + 5)
(ii) 4e2y  21 = 0
(iii) lg (4z + 2)  z lg 2 = lg 3

4. (a) Find the non-zero value of k for which the equation 3x2 + 2kx  k = 0 has
(i) 2 equal roots,
(ii) 2 real roots, one of which is the reciprocal of the other,
(iii) 2 real roots, one of which is twice the other.
(b) Find the value of k for which the equation 4(x + 1)(x  4) = k has roots which
differ by 8.

5. (a) If the equation x2  2kx + k2  2k  6 = 0 has real roots, show that the equation
x2 + 6x = 3 + k has two distinct real roots.

(b) Find the range of values of x for which x2  3x + 8 has values between 6 and 12.

6. If x and y satisfy the simultaneous equations

ax + (a + 1)y = 2a  3
6x + (2a + 5)y = 3,
where a is a constant,
(a) find the value of a for which these equations have no common solution,
(b) use a suitable inverse matrix to find the values of x and y if a = 3.

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Revision Exercise 3

 5 2
1. (a) Find the inverse of the matrix  and use it to solve the simultaneous
 3 1
equations 5x  2y = 4 and 3x + y = 1.

(b) Solve the simultaneous equations 2x  3y + 1 = 0 and 2y2  xy + 2x = 3.

2. (a) Using the substitution y = 3x, find the values of x such that
9x  10(3x+1) + 81 = 0.

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(b) Given that (3x+2)(5x −1) = 152x, show that 15x = . Hence, or otherwise, find the
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value of x, correct to three significant figures.

3. (a) Find x if lg (2x  1) = 1 + lg x  lg (x + 3).

1 1 1
(b) Find x correct to three significant figures if + + = 3.6.
log x 2 log x 3 log x 6
(c) Solve the simultaneous equations e e x = e2y and log4 (x + 2)  log2 y = 1.

4. (a) If the roots of the equation 3x2 + (k  x)x + 2  k2 = 0 are real, find the range of
values of k.
Hence deduce the number of points at which the line y = 3x  2 intersects the
curve y = 2x2  9.

(b) The equation 2x2 + 7x + a = 0 has roots α and β, and 4x2 + bx + 16 = 0 has roots
α2 and β 2. Calculate the possible values of a and b.

5. (a) Find the range of values of x for which (x  1)(x  3) ≥ 15. Hence, use the
substitution y = x2, or otherwise, to solve the inequality (x2  1)(x2  3) ≥ 15.

(b) Find the range of values of k for which 2x2 + 4x + 3 > k for all real values of x.

6. (a) The roots of a quadratic equation 3x2  24 x  2 = 0 are m and n where m > n.
Without using a calculator,
1 1
(i) show that + = 6,
m n
4 2
(ii) find the value of  in the form a  b .
m n
(b) The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD whose area is 12 + 8 3 cm2. The
line CE is perpendicular to the line ABE. The length of AB is 6  2 3 cm and
the length of BE is 1 + 3 cm. Express in the form a + b 3 , where a and b are
integers,
(i) the length of CE,
(ii) the area of the triangle ADE.

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Answers

Revision Exercise 1

1. (a) x = 3, y = 1
(b) (4 3  2 ) cm
2. (a) k ≤ 1 or k ≥ 8, k ≠ 0; 7
(b) 2p3 = q2  q3
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3. x = 6, y = ; or x = 1, y = 3;
2
a = 1.63, b = 1; or a = 0, b = 1.58
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4. (a) (i) 24 (ii)
2
(b) (i) 7.39 (ii) 5.68
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5. (a) 2 (b) a = 5, b =
8
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6. (i) 12 (ii) 6x2 + 49x + 24 = 0
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Revision Exercise 2

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1. (a) 2 + 5 (b)
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(c) 2017
3 9
2. (a) x = 3, y =  ; or x = 7, y =
2 2
2a  5b 80
(b) ,
3 81
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3. (a)
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(b) (i) 20 (ii) 0.829 (iii) 0, 1
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4. (a) (i) 3 (ii) 3 (iii) 
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(b) 39
5. (a) 1 < x < 1 or 2 < x < 4
3 7
6. (a)  (b) x= , y = 1
2 3

Revision Exercise 3

 1 2
1. (a)  ; x = 2, y = 7
 3 5
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(b) x = 1, y = 1; or x =  , y = 8
2
2. (a) 1, 3 (b) 0.217
3. (a) 3 (b) 3.44 (c) x = 2, y = 1

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4. (a) k ≤  or k ≥ ; 2
3 3
(b) a = 4, b = 33; or a = 4, b = 65
5. (a) x ≤ 2 or x ≥ 6; x ≤  6 or x ≥ 6
(b) k<1
6. (a) (ii) 108  6
(b) (i) (5 + 3 3 ) cm
(ii) (13 + 8 3 ) cm2

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