Additional Assessment Materials

Summer 2021

Pearson Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

9MA0

Resource Set 1: Topic 2

Algebra and Functions (Test 1)
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Additional Assessment Materials, Summer 2021

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This document contains questions which include the specified topic on the front cover.
These questions have been taken from:

• Sample Assessment Material (SAMS)

• Mock Set 1
• Mock Set 2
• 1806 (Summer 2018)
• 1906 (Summer 2019)
• 2010 (Autumn 2020)

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1. f (x) = 3x3 + 2ax2 – 4x + 5a

Given that (x + 3) is a factor of f (x), find the value of the constant a.

(3)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
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4 x 3 − 19 x 2 + 28 x − 4
2. h(x) = , x > 2.
( x − 2) 2

C
(a) Write h(x) in the form Ax + B + where A, B and C are constants to be found.
( x − 2) 2
(3)
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
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3. The equation 3x2 + k = 5x + 2, k ∈ ℝ, where k is a constant, has no real roots.

Find the range of possible values for k.

(4)
(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)
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4. Given

2x × 4y =

express y as a function of x.
(3)
(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)
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5. g( x) = 4 x3 + ax 2 + 4 x + b , where a and b are constants.

Given that (2x + 1) is a factor of g( x) and that the curve with equation y = g(x) has a point of
1
inflection at x = ,
6

(a) find the value of a and the value of b.

(5)

(b) Show that there are no stationary points on the curve with equation y = g(x).
(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 7 marks)
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12 x
6. The function f is defined by f(x) = , x ∈ ℝ, x ≥ 0.
3x + 4

(a) Find the range of f.

(2)

(b) Find f –1.

(3)

9x
(c) Show, for x ∈ ℝ, x ≠ 0, that ff(x) = .
3x + 1
(3)

7
(d) Show that f f(x) = has no solutions.
2
(2)
(Total for Question 6 is 10 marks)
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7.

Figure 1
Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = f(x), where

f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 7x + 2, x ∈ ℝ.

The curve cuts the x-axis at the points P, Q and R, as shown in Figure 1. The coordinates of Q
are (2, 0).
(a) Write f(x) as a product of two algebraic factors.
(2)
(b) Find, giving your answer in simplest form,
(i) the exact x coordinate of P,
(ii) the exact x coordinate of R.
(2)
(c) Deduce the number of real solutions, for –π ≤ θ ≤ 12π, to the equation
sin3 θ – 6 sin2 θ + 7 sin θ + 2 = 0,
justifying your answer.
(2)
(Total for Question 7 is 6 marks)
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8.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of a curve C with equation y = f (x) and a straight line l.
The curve C meets l at the points (−2, 13) and (0, 25) as shown.
The shaded region R is bounded by C and l as shown in Figure 1.
Given that
● f (x) is a quadratic function in x
● (−2, 13) is the minimum turning point of y = f (x)
use inequalities to define R.
(5)

(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9.

Figure 4 shows a sketch of the graph of y = g (x), where

x⩽2
g (x) =
x>2

(a) Find the value of gg(0).

(2)
(b) Find all values of x for which
g(x) > 28
(4)

The function h is defined by

h(x) = (x – 2)2 + 1 x⩽2
(c) Explain why h has an inverse but g does not.
(1)
(d) Solve the equation

h−1 (x) =
(3)
(Total for Question 9 is 10 marks)
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10. An archer shoots an arrow.

The height, H metres, of the arrow above the ground is modelled by the formula

H = 1.8 + 0.4d – 0.002d 2, d ≥ 0,

where d is the horizontal distance of the arrow from the archer, measured in metres.

Given that the arrow travels in a vertical plane until it hits the ground,

(a) find the horizontal distance travelled by the arrow, as given by this model.
(3)
(b) With reference to the model, interpret the significance of the constant 1.8 in the formula.
(1)

(c) Write 1.8 + 0.4d – 0.002d 2 in the form

A − B(d – C)2

where A, B and C are constants to be found.

(3)

It is decided that the model should be adapted for a different archer.

The adapted formula for this archer is

H = 2.1 + 0.4d – 0.002d 2, d ≥ 0.

Hence, or otherwise, find, for the adapted model,

(d) (i) the maximum height of the arrow above the ground.

(ii) the horizontal distance, from the archer, of the arrow when it is at its maximum height.
(2)
(Total for Question 10 is 9 marks)
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11.

Figure 2 shows a sketch of the graph with equation

y=2|x+4|−5

The vertex of the graph is at the point P, shown in Figure 2.

(a) Find the coordinates of P.

(2)
(b) Solve the equation

3x + 40 = 2 | x + 4 | − 5
(2)

A line l has equation y = ax, where a is a constant.

Given that l intersects y = 2 | x + 4 | − 5 at least once,

(c) find the range of possible values of a, writing your answer in set notation.
(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)
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