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AQA A-Level Further Maths 2024 Paper 2

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AB⃗ × AC⃗ =
6
(2)
1 4 . What is the area of the triangle ABC?

56 56 2 7 14

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(1 a )
2 4
2 What value of a makes the matrix M = singular.

2 1 0 4
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3 ·· + 2x
Consider the second order di erential equation 3 x = 0.
What kind of damping is exhibited?

No Damping Light Damping

Critical Damping Heavy Damping

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n
2r 3 + r ?
∑
4 What is
i=1

1
n(n + 1)(n 2 + n + 1) n(n + 1)(n 2 + n + 1)
2
1 1
n(n + 1)(n 2 + n + 2) n(n + 1)(n 2 + 1)
4 2
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2 − 2 cos(x)
5 Find lim using l’Hôpital’s rule.
x→0 x2
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6 a) Find the Maclaurin series for f (x) = tan(x) in ascending powers

of x, up to x 4.
[5 marks]

( 3 ) 81
π π
b) Hence, show that tan ≈ (27 + π 2)

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(5 2 ) (1 4 )
3 1 2 7
7 Let A = and B =

Show, that for these matrices, (AB)

−1
a) = B−1A−1

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b) Prove that the above result holds in general for all square
matrices A and B.

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x2 − 7
8 Consider the function f (x) = , {x ∈ ℝ, x ≠ 4}
x+3

a) Find the coordinates of the turning points of f (x) without using

calculus.

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b) Hence, sketch the graph of y = f (x), showing the coordinates of

the turning points and the equations of all asymptotes.
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9 The roots of the equation x 3 − 12x 2 + 39x + k = 0, k a constant,

form an arithmetic progression. Find the roots of the equation.

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10 a) Sketch y = | 9 − x2 |
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b) Solve | 9 − x2 | = 5
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11 The nite region enclosed by the graph of y = arcsin(x), the y− axis,

the x− axis and the line x = 1 is rotated by 2π radians about the x−
axis.
Using Simpson’s rule with 6 strips, estimate the volume of the solid
formed. Give your answer to four decimal places.
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a b 1
12 Find the possible values of a and b for the determinant a 2 b 2 1
a3 b3 1
to be singular.
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1

∫0
x (ln(x)) dx, show that
n
13 a) For In =

1 2
In = (e − nIn−1)
2
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1 2
b) Hence, show that I3 = (e + 3 )
8
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14 a) Let ω be a complex 7th root of unity. Show that,

(1 + ω)(1 + ω 2)(1 + ω 3) − ω 3 + ω 7 = 1

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b) The points z1, z2, and z3 represent the solutions of the equation
z 3 = 27i.
Find the exact area of the triangle z1z2 z3 as plotted on an Argand
diagram.
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15 A parabola has equation y 2 = 16x and is shown on the grid below.

Find the equations of the curves given by applying the following
transformations and sketch them on the grid too.

a) A re ection in the y− axis

b) A re ection in the line y =x

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1 0 3
( 0 0 4)
16 Let A be the matrix A = −1 2 1

a) Given that the eigenvalues of A are λ1 = 1, λ2 = 2 and λ3 = 4

nd the corresponding eigenvectors.

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b) What is the geometrical signi cance of the eigenvector

corresponding to λ1 = 1 ?
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c) What is the geometrical signi cance of the eigenvectors

corresponding to λ2 and λ3.
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d) By diagonalising A nd A4
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17 On a large arable farm in Alabama there is a population of mice and
cats. At time t the number of mice is m and the number of cats is c.

It is assumed that:

• The number of cats increases at a rate proportional to the

number of mice. When there are 55 mice the number of cats is
increasing at a rate of 6 cats per unit period of time.
• If no cats are present the number of mice would increase by
130 % .
• When both cats and mice are present the cats kill the mice at
a rate equal to 110 % the number of cats.
• At time t = 0 there are 20 cats and 120 mice.

a) Construct a set of coupled di erential equations to model this

situation and solve to nd a mathematical model for the number
of mice.
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b) What does this say about the number of mice over time?

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