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MATHEMATICS 9709/33
Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3 (P3) May/June 2019
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1 Use logarithms to solve the equation 53−2x = 4 7x , giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
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1 − cos 21 + sin 21
3 Let f 1 = .
1 + cos 21 + sin 21
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1 + e−x
4 The equation of a curve is y = , for x > 0.
1 − e−x
dy
(i) Show that is always negative. [3]
dx
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(ii) The gradient of the curve is equal to −1 when x = a. Show that a satisfies the equation
e2a − 4ea + 1 = 0. Hence find the exact value of a. [4]
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y
a x
O b
The diagram shows the curve y = x4 − 2x3 − 7x − 6. The curve intersects the x-axis at the points a, 0
and b, 0, where a < b. It is given that b is an integer.
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(ii) Hence show that a satisfies the equation a = − 13 2 + a2 + a3 . [4]
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(iii) Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (ii) to determine a correct to 3 decimal
places. Give the result of each iteration to 5 decimal places. [3]
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dy
(i) Find . [2]
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the formula for cos A + B, show that, at the stationary points on the curve,
(ii) By considering
cos 2x + 13 0 = 0. [2]
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(iii) Hence find the exact x-coordinates of the stationary points. [3]
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(i) Express u in the form x + iy, where x and y are real and exact. [3]
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(iii) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, shade the region whose points represent complex numbers z
satisfying the inequalities z < 2 and z − u < z . [4]
2x 5 − x
9 Let f x = .
3 + x 1 − x 2
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(ii) Hence obtain the expansion of f x in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x3 .
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(i) The point P has position vector 4i + 2j − 3k. Find the length of the perpendicular from P to l.
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(ii) It is given that l lies in the plane with equation ax + by + 2z = 13, where a and b are constants.
Find the values of a and b. [6]
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