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MATH EP
M2 HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION 2013

MATHEMATICS Extended Part

Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus)
Question Book

8.30 am – 11.00 am (2½ hours)

This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement of the start of examination, you should first write your Candidate Number in the space
provided on Page 1 and stick barcode labels in the appropriate spaces.

2. This paper consists of Section A and Section B. Answer ALL questions in this paper.

3. Write your answer in the spaces provided in the answer book. Do not write in the margins. Answers written in the
margins will not be marked.

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request. Write your Candidate Number, mark the
question number box and stick a barcode label on each sheet, and fasten them with string INSIDE the book.

5. The Question book and the answer book will be collected separately at the end of examination.

6. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

7. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must be exact.

8. In this paper, vectors may be represented by bold-type letter such as u, but candidates are expected to use
appropriate symbols such as u in their working.

9. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

10. No extra time will be given to candidates for sticking on the barcode labels or filling in the question number boxes
after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.

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 FORMULAS FOR REFERENCE

sin( A  B)  sin A cos B  cos A sin B A B A B

sin A  sin B  2sin cos
2 2
cos( A  B)  cos A cos B sin A sin B
A B A B
tan A  tan B sin A  sin B  2 cos sin
tan( A  B)  2 2
1 tan A tan B

2sin A cos B  sin( A  B)  sin( A  B) A B A B

cos A  cos B  2 cos cos
2 2
2cos A cos B  cos( A  B)  cos( A  B)
A B A B
cos A  cos B  2sin sin
2sin A sin B  cos( A  B)  cos( A  B) 2 2

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Section A (50 marks)

d
1. Find (sin 2 x) from first principles. (3 marks)
dx

2. Suppose the coefficients of x and x2 in the expansion of (1 + ax)n are –20 and 180 respectively.

Find the values of a and n. (4 marks)

3. Prove, by mathematical induction, that for all positive integers n

1 1 1 1 4n  1
1    ...   . (4 marks)
1 4 4  7 7  10 (3n  2)(3n  1) 3n  1

dy
4. The slope at any point (x, y) of a curve is given by  e x  1 . Given that the curve passes through the point (1, e).
dx

(a) Find the equation of the curve.

(b) Find the equation of tangent to the curve at the point where the curve cuts the y-axis. (6 marks)

3  3x 2
5. Consider a continuous function f(x) = . It is given that
3  x2
x  1 x  1 1  x  0 x0 0  x 1 x 1 x 1

f '( x) + + + 0 – – –
f ''( x) + 0 – – – 0 +

(‘+’ and ‘–’ denote ‘positive value’ and ‘negative value’ respectively.)

(a) Find all the maximum and/or minimum point(s) and point(s) of inflexion. Continued

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 (b) Find the asymptote(s) of the graph of y = f(x).

(c) Sketch the graph of y = f(x). (7 marks)

Figure 1

 x2
6. Figure 1 shows the shaded region with boundaries C: y   2 x  4 , L1: y  4 and L2: x  5 .
2
It is given that C intersects L1 at (0, 4) and (4, 4).

(a) Find the area of the shaded region.

(b) Find the volume of solid of revolution when the shaded region is revolved about L1. (5 marks)

sin 2 x
7. (a) Prove that identity tan x  .
1  cos 2 x
sin 8 y cos 4 y cos 2 y
(b) Using (a), prove the identity tan y  (4 marks)
(1  cos8 y)(1  cos 4 y)(1  cos 2 y)

 1 k 0
 
8. Let M be the matrix  0 1 1  , where k ≠ 0.
 k 0 0
 
(a) Find M 1 .

 x  2
   
(b) If M  1    2  , find the value of k. (5 marks)
 z  1
   

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 9. Consider the system of linear equations in x, y, and z

 x  ay  z  2

( E ) 2 x  (1  2a) y  (2  b) z  a  4 , where a, b  R.
 3x  (1  3a) y  (3  ab) z  4


It is given that (E) has infinitely many solutions.

(a) Find the values of a and b.

(b) Solve (E). (6 marks)

Figure 2

 
10. Let OA = 2i and OB = i + 2j. M is the mid-point of OA and N lies on AB such that BN : NA = k : 1. BM intersects
ON at P. (See Figure 2).


(a) Express ON in terms of k.

(b) If A, N, P and M are concyclic, find the value of k. (6 marks)

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Section B (50 marks)

 d
11. (a) Let 0   
2
. By finding
d
ln(sec   tan  ) or otherwise, show that  sec d  ln(sec  tan  )  constant .


du
(b) (i) Using (a) and a suitable substitution, show that  ln(u  u 2  1)  constant for u > 1.
u 1
2

1

2x
(ii) Using (b)(i), show that dx  ln(6  4 2  3 3  2 6) .
0
x  4 x2  3
4

d 1
(c) Let t = tan  . Show that  .
dt 1  t 2

tan 
Hence evaluate 0
4

1  2 cos 2 
d .

(11 marks)

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 12. In Figure 3, the distance between two houses A and B lying on a straight river bank is 40 m. The width of the river is
always 30 m. In the beginning, Mike stands at the starting point P in the opposite bank which is 30 m from A. Mike’s
wife, situated at A, is watching him running along the bank for x m at a constant speed of 7 m/s to point Q and then
swimming at a constant speed of 1.4 m/s along a straight path to reach B.

(a) Let T seconds be the time that Mike travels from P to B.

(i) Express T in terms of x.

(ii) When T is minimum, show that x satisfies the equation 2 x2  160 x  3125  0 .

25 6
Hence show that QB = m.
2

(b) In Figure 4, Mike is swimming from Q to B with QB equals to the value mentioned in (a)(ii).

Let MAB   and ABM   , where M is the position of Mike.

200 tan 
(i) By finding sin  and cos  , show that MB  .
tan   2 6
(ii) Find the rate of change of  when   0.2 . Correct your answer to 4 decimal places.
(13 marks)

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 a b 
13. For any matrix M    , define tr(M) = a + d.
c d 
1 0
Let A and B be 2  2 matrices such that BAB 1   .
 0 3

e f
(a) (i) For any matrix N    , prove that tr(MN )  tr( NM ) .
g h

(ii) Show that tr( A)  4.

(iii) Find the value of |A|.

 p q  x  x  x  x  x
(b) Let C    . It is given that C     1   and C     2   for some nonzero matrices   and
 r s  y  y  y  y  y
distinct scalars  1 and  2.

p  1 q p2 q
(i) Prove that  0.
r s  1 r s2

(ii) Prove that  1 and  2 are the roots of the equation  2  tr(C )  C  0 .

 x  x  x
(c) Find the two values of  such that A       for some nonzero matrices   .
 
y  
y  y

(13 marks)

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 14. Figure 5 shows a fixed tetrahedron OABC with AOB  BOC  COA  90 . P is a variable point such that
  
       OA OB  OC
AP BP BP CP CP AP  0 . Let D be the fixed point such that OD  .
3
    
Let OA  a , OB  b , OC  c , OP  p and OD  d .

 
(a) (i) Show that AP BP  p  p  (a  b)  p .

(ii) Using (a)(i), show that p  p  2p  d.

(iii) Show that p  d  d . Hence show that P lies on the sphere centered at D with a fixed radius.

(b) (i) Alice claims that O lies on the sphere mentioned in (a)(iii). Do you agree? Explain your answer.

   
(ii) Suppose P1, P2 and P3 are three distinct point on the sphere in (a)(iii) such that DP 1 DP 2  DP 2  DP 3 Alice
claims that the radius of the circle passing through P1, P2 and P3 is OD. Do you agree? Explain your answer.

(13 marks)

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