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This document provides examples of problems in various areas of mathematics including: 1) Solving inequalities, long division, and factoring polynomials. 2) Solving equations involving logarithms, exponents, and simultaneous equations. 3) Sketching trigonometric graphs, proving trigonometric identities, and solving trigonometric equations. 4) Differentiating functions including logarithmic, exponential, trigonometric and implicit functions. 5) Integrating functions using substitution and integration by parts. 6) Finding roots of equations numerically using iteration. 7) Working with vectors including finding angles between lines and intersections of lines. 8) Solving a differential equation modeling the flow of water into and out

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Revision 9709 Paper 3

This document provides examples of problems in various areas of mathematics including: 1) Solving inequalities, long division, and factoring polynomials. 2) Solving equations involving logarithms, exponents, and simultaneous equations. 3) Sketching trigonometric graphs, proving trigonometric identities, and solving trigonometric equations. 4) Differentiating functions including logarithmic, exponential, trigonometric and implicit functions. 5) Integrating functions using substitution and integration by parts. 6) Finding roots of equations numerically using iteration. 7) Working with vectors including finding angles between lines and intersections of lines. 8) Solving a differential equation modeling the flow of water into and out

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1 ALGEBRA Solve the following inequality:


a) |x – 2| < 2x

b) |x + 2| > 2x + 1

c) 4|x| > |x – 1|

d) Find the quotient and remainder for 3x 4 + x2 – 7x + 6 ÷ (x + 3) by


long division.

e) The polynomial x4 + 4x2 + x + a is denoted by p(x). It is given that


(x2 + x + 2) is a factor of p(x). Find the value of a and the other
quadratic factor of p(x).
1
f)

(g)

(h)
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2 LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS Solve the following equations:
(a) 32x + 1 – 82(3x) + 27 = 0
(b) 22x+3 + 2x+3 = 1 + 2x
(c) 2log2y = 4 + log2(y + 5)
(d) Solve the simultaneous equation,
3x = 9(27)y
log27 – log2(11y – 2x) = 1

(e) The figure shows part of a straight line graph obtained by plotting
values of the variables indicated. Express y in terms of x.
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3 TRIGONOMETRY (a) Sketch the graph of the following from 0° < θ < 180°
(i) y = 2 + sin θ
(ii) y = 5cos 2θ – 1
(iii) y = sec 2θ
(iv) y = 2 cosec θ
(b) Prove that cos θ – cos 3θ = 4 sin2 θ cos θ.
(c) Prove that sin (A + B) + sin (A – B) = 2 sinAcosB.
(d) Prove the identity cot θ – tan θ = 2 cot 2θ.
(e) (i) It is given that f(x) = 3sin2x + 2 cos 2x. Express f(x) in the form
R sin (2x +α), where R > 0, and 0 < α < ½ π.
(ii)Find the solution, in radians, of the equation f(x) = 1, given that
0 ≤ x ≤ π.
No Objectives Examples
4 DIFFERENTIATION Differentiate with respect to x,
(a) ln(sin32x)
(b) e1+sinx (d) 2x e3x
1  sin 2 x
(c) ln x - x (e)
cos 2 x
(f) A curve is defined by the parametric equations x = 120t – 4t2,
dy
y = 60t – 6t2. Find the value of at each of the points where the
dx
curve crosses the x-axis.
(g) The equation of a curve y4 + x2y2 = 4a3(x + 4a), where a is a
constant. Find the gradient of the curve at (a, 2a).

5 INTEGRATION Integrate the following:


1
2x + 5
(a) 3 e (b) sin(3x – 2) 2
(c) sec (2x + 1) (d) 2 x  1

Integrate the following:


(e) 2 cos2 x (f) sin2 2x
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5 Integrate the following:
2 x 1
(g)   (h) tan x,
2x  1 1  x 2
( 2  x) 2
3x
(i) cot 2x, (j)
x 2
2

Integrate the following by parts,


(k)  ln(2 x  1)dx (l) x
2
e x 1dx

(m)Using the substitution z = 1 – x, or otherwise, evaluate


1
x (1  x)dx .
2
0

(n) By making the substitution x = ½ (1 + sin θ), show that


3  3
x 1 6 x
1
4
4

x  x2
dx 
2  6
 (1  sin  ) d . Hence evaluate 
1
4
4

x  x2
dx .

(o) Use the trapezium rule with 3 ordinates to obtain an approximation

 1  

for the integral 2 sin  d giving your answer to two
0

decimal places.
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6 NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS (a) (i) Sketch on the same diagram suitable graphs to illustrate clearly

that the equation, e x cos ecx  20 has exactly one root.


(ii) Show that the iterative formula,
e xn
x n 1  sin 1
20
gives the same root α as equation (i).
(iii) Use the iteration formula, with the first approximation of
x = 0.1, to find the root α correct to 3 decimal places.
7 VECTORS (a) The points A and B have position vectors 3i + 2j and i – j
respectively, with respect to the origin. The line l has a vector
equation r = 5i + 5j + t(2i – j). Find the angle between l and the
line passing through A and B.
(b) Show that the lines given by
r = (5i + 2j + 4k) + λ(I + 3j + k) and r = (3i + j + k) + μ(4i + 7j + 5k)
intersect, and find the point of intersection.
(c) (i) The straight line l passes through the points A and B with
position vectors 7i – 3j + 6k and 10i + 3k respectively. The plane p
has equation 3x – y + 2z = 8. Show that l is parallel to p.
(ii) The point C is the foot of the perpendicular from A to p. Find a
vector equation for the line which passes through C and is parallel
to l.

(d) Referred to the origin O, the position vectors of points A and B are
4i – 11j + 4k and 7i + j + 7k respectively.
(i) Find a vector equation for the line l passing through A and B.
(ii) Find the position vector of the point P on l such that OP is
perpendicular to l. [4]
(iii) Find the equation of a plane that contain l and perpendicular
to the plane 2x + y – z = 0. [6]
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8 (a) A rectangular water tank has a horizontal square base of side 1
metre. Water is being pumped into the tank at a constant rate of
400 cm3/s. Water is also flowing out fo the tank from an outlet in
the base. The rate at which water flows out at any time t seconds is
proportional to the square root of the depth, h cm, of water in the
tank at that time. When t = 0, the depth of the water in the tank is
81 cm and the rate at which water is flowing out is 500 cm3/s.
(i) Explain how the information given above leads to the
dh
differential equation  0.04  0.01 h [4]
dt
(ii) Show that the solution of the differential equation in part (i)
100
is given by t dh. [1]
4 h

(iii) Use substitution x  h  4 to find the time for the depth


of the water in the tank to decrease from 81 cm to 64 cm.
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(a) u  2  i, uv  1  2i . Find in the form of a + ib,

(i) u(1- v)
(ii) v

 1  3i
(b) Show that is a complex root of the equation
2
2x2 + 2x + 5 = 0. Hence, state the other root of the equation.
(c) Sketch on an Argand diagram the complex numbers 1 + 2i, 1 – 2i,
-3 + i and -3 - 3i. Describe the complex numbers geometrically.
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(d) Find the modulus and argument of u= 3  i , giving the
argument in terms of π. Write the complex number u, in the form
of r(cos θ + i sin θ). [3]
(e) The complex number x + iy is such that (x + iy)2 = i. Find the
possible values of the real numbers x and y, giving your answers in
exact form. [4]
Hence find the possible values of the complex number w such that
w2 = - i. [2]

(f) Show by means of an argand diagram, the locus of z such that z


satisfies the following inequalities, |z – u| < 4, and |z – u| > |z|,
where u = i - 2

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