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PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
July/Aug. 2020
3 hours

AITEL JOINT MOCK EXAMINATIONS

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five questions from section B

Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked

Show all the necessary workings clearly

Begin each question on a fresh page of paper

Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a

list of formulae may be used

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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)
Attempt all questions in this section

1. Given that a = log5 35 and b = log9 35 , show that log5 21 = 1 (2ab − 2b + a ) .

2b
(05 marks)

2. Solve the inequality: x − 2  3 2 x + 1 . (05 marks)

1 5 4
3. Prove that: tan −1 − cos ec −1 = cos −1 . (05 marks)
2 2 5

1 1
4. Expand up to the term in x 2 and by letting x = , show that
1+ x 4
256
5 . (05 marks)
115
5.

A, B, C and P are four points such that 3AP = 2AB + AC , show that

B, P and C are collinear and that P is the point of trisection of the line BC

. (05 marks)
−x
Given that y = e x − e − x , show that d 2y + 2 y dy = 0 .
x 2
6. (05 marks)
e +e dx dx

7. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating the area bounded by the
1
curve y = cos x from x=0 to x =  about the x − axis. (05 marks)
2

dy
8. Solve the d.e given cos x − 2 y sin x = 1 . (05 marks)
dx

2
 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
Attempt any five questions in this section

10

9 (a) Evaluate the coefficient of x in the expansion of  x + 2  .

2
(05 marks)
 x 

n
1 3 2n + 1
(b) Prove by Mathematical induction that: r
r=2
2
= −
− 1 4 2n(n + 1)
.

(07 marks)

3
10 (a) Prove the identity: cos6 x + sin 6 x = 1 − sin 2 2 x . (06 marks)
4

(b) Solve the equation: 4 sin 2 x + 8 cot 2 x = 5 cos ec 2 x for 0  x  2 . (06 marks)

4 + 3x − x 2
11. Sketch the curve y = , clearly find the nature of the turning
x−8
points and state their asymptotes. (12 marks)

 5  5
12 (a) The points P 5 p,  and Q 5q,  lie on the rectangular hyperbola
 p  q
xy = 25 . Find the equation of the tangent at P and hence deduce the
equation of the tangent at Q . (05 marks)
(b) The tangents at P and Q meet at point N , show that the coordinates of N
 10 pq 10 
are  ,  , hence find the locus of N given that pq = − 1 .
 p+q p+q
(07 marks)

13 (a) Given that z(5 + 5i ) = a(1 + 3i ) + b(2 − i ) where a and b are real numbers and

that arg z = and z = 7 , find the values of a and b . (06 marks)
2

(b) Describe the locus of the complex number z when it moves in the argand
 z −3  
diagram such that arg  = . (06 marks)
 z − 2i  4


3
14 (a) Evaluate: 0
x sin 3x dx (06 marks)

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3
 4 1
 cos ec x dx = In3
3
(b) Prove that: (06 marks)
2

15 (a) Find the point of intersection between the plane r . (2i − j + k ) = 4 and the

line passing through the point (3, 1, 2) and is perpendicular to this plane.

(05 marks)

(b) Find the perpendicular distance of the point (4, − 3, 10) to the line

x −1 z−3
=2− y= . (07 marks)
3 2

16. A liquid is being heated in an oven maintained at a constant temperature of

180o C . It is assumed that the rate of increase in the temperature of the
liquid is proportional to (180 −  ) , where  o C is the temperature of the
liquid at time t minutes . If the temperature of the liquid rises from 0 o C to
120o C in 5 minutes , find the temperature of the liquid after a further
5 minutes . (12marks)
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