Cambridge International AS & A Level

CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
*5425242053*

MATHEMATICS 9709/23
Paper 2 Pure Mathematics 2 October/November 2022

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
³ Answer all questions.
³ Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
³ Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
³ Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
³ Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
³ Do not write on any bar codes.
³ If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
³ You should use a calculator where appropriate.
³ You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
³ Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 50.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Solve the inequality 2x − 5 > x. [4]

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2 Use logarithms to solve the equation 14e−2x = 5x+1 , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
[4]

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It is given that sec 1 = 17 where 0 < 1 < 12 π.


3

Find the exact value of tan 1 + 14 π
. [4]

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4 (a) By sketching a suitable pair of graphs on the same diagram, show that the equation
− 12 x
e = x5
has exactly one real root. [2]

?
5 −1x
(b) Use the iterative formula xn+1 = e 2 n to determine the root correct to 4 significant figures. Give
the result of each iteration to 6 significant figures. [3]

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5 A curve has equation 4e2x y + y2 = 21.

Find the gradient of the curve at the point 0, −7
. [5]

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6 The polynomial p x
is defined by

p x
= 12x3 − 9x2 + 8x − 4.

(a) Find the quotient when p x
is divided by 4x − 3
and show that the remainder is 2. [3]

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12 @ A
(b) Hence find Ô − 3x2 dx, giving your answer in the form a + ln b.
p x

4x − 3
[6]
2

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7
y

A x
O 3

The diagram shows the curve with equation y =

2 ln x
3x + 1
. The curve crosses the x-axis at the point A
and has a maximum point B. The shaded region is bounded by the curve and the lines x = 3 and y = 0.

(a) Find the gradient of the curve at A. [3]

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(b) Show by calculation that the x-coordinate of B lies between 3.0 and 3.1. [3]

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(c) Use the trapezium rule with two intervals to find an approximation to the area of the shaded
region. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [3]

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8 The expression f 1
is defined by f 1
= 12 sin 1 cos 1 + 16 cos2 1.

(a) Express f 1
in the form R cos 21 − !
+ k, where R > 0, 0 < ! < 12 π and k is a constant. State
the values of R and k, and give the value of ! correct to 4 significant figures. [5]

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(b) Find the smallest positive value of 1 satisfying the equation f 1
= 17. [3]

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(c) Find Ó f 1
d1. [2]

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