S5 M2 Mock Paper 8
S5 M2 Mock Paper 8
3. Find
𝑥+3
(a) ∫ 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
6𝑥5
(b) ∫ 𝑑𝑥
2𝑥3 −3
2
4. (a) Find ∫(4 − √𝑡 + 9) 𝑑𝑡
5. A container in the form of an inverted right circular cone is held vertically. The height and the base
radius of the container are 15 cm and 20 cm respectively.
(a) Let 𝑉 cm3 and 𝐴 cm2 be the volume of water in the container and the wet surface area of the
container respectively and ℎ be the depth of water in the container. Prove that
16𝜋 3 20𝜋 2
𝑉= ℎ and 𝐴 = ℎ
27 9
(b) Water is flowing out of the container at a constant rate of 9𝜋 cm3 s −1. Find the rate of change of
the wet surface area of the container when the volume of water in the container is 432𝜋 cm3 .
6. (a) Using mathematical induction, prove that sin 𝑥 ∑𝑛𝑘=1 cos 2𝑘𝑥 = sin 𝑛𝑥 cos(𝑛 + 1)𝑥 for all
positive integers 𝑛.
2 𝑘𝜋
(b) Using (a), evaluate ∑689
𝑘=1 sin 26
𝑎 𝑏
7. Let 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 and 𝑑 be real numbers such that 𝑏𝑐 ≠ 0. Define 𝑀 = ( ) where 𝑀2 = 𝑀
𝑐 𝑑
(a) Show that 𝑎 + 𝑑 = 1. Express 𝑏𝑐 in terms of 𝑎.
(b) Show that 𝑀 is a singular matrix.
(c) Prove by mathematical induction that (𝐼 − 𝑀)𝑛 = 𝐼 − 𝑀 for all positive integers 𝑛. where 𝐼 is
the 2 × 2 identity matrix.
8. (a) Solve the following system of linear equations:
𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 12
{
2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = −5
(b) (i) Using (a), or otherwise, solve the following system of linear equations:
𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 12
(𝐸): { 2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = −5 , where 𝜆 is a constant.
4𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 𝜆𝑧 = 19
(ii) Suppose 𝜆 = 5. Calvin claims that there is at least one set of solution such that 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧
are all positive even numbers. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
Section B
𝑥2 +𝑎𝑥+10
9. Define 𝑓(𝑥) = for all 𝑥 ≠ 6. Denote the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) by 𝐺. The line 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 1
𝑥−6
is an oblique asymptote of 𝐺.
(a) Find the value of 𝑎 and the remaining asymptote.
(b) Find 𝑓 ′ (𝑥)
(c) Find the maximum point(s) and minimum point(s) of 𝐺.
(d) Let 𝑅 be the region bounded by 𝐺 and the 𝑥-axis. Find the area of 𝑅.
10. (a) Let 𝑓(𝑥) be a continuous function defined on the interval [0, 𝑎], where 𝑎 is a positive
𝑎 𝑎
constant. Prove that ∫0 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = ∫0 𝑓(𝑎 − 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥
𝜃
(ii) Hence, prove that ∫0 ln(1 + tan 𝜃 tan 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = 𝜃 ln sec 𝜃
𝜋
𝑥 sec2 𝑥
(c) Evaluate ∫03 𝑑𝑥
1+√3 tan 𝑥
𝑘+1 −𝑘 𝑝 1
11. Let 𝑀 = ( ) and 𝐴 = ( ), where 𝑘 and 𝑝 are real numbers and 𝑝 ≠ 1.
1 0 1 1
(a) (i) Find 𝐴−1 in terms of 𝑝
𝑘 0
(ii) Show that 𝐴−1 𝑀𝐴 = ( )
𝑝−𝑘 1
(iii) Suppose 𝑝 = 𝑘. Using (ii), find 𝑀𝑛 in term of 𝑘 and 𝑛, where 𝑛 is a positive integer.
3 −2
(b) Let 𝐵 = ( ). For any positive integer 𝑛, find 𝐵 + 𝐵 3 + 𝐵 5 + ⋯ + 𝐵 2𝑛−1.
1 0
(c) A sequence is defined by
𝑥1 = 1, 𝑥2 = 3 and 𝑥𝑛 = 3𝑥𝑛−1 − 2𝑥𝑛−2 for 𝑛 = 3, 4, 5 …
𝑥𝑛 3 −2 𝑥𝑛−1
It is known that this sequence can be expressed in the form of (𝑥 ) = ( ) (𝑥 ).
𝑛−1 1 0 𝑛−2