Booklet 7.

Analysis and Approaches Higher Level

for IBDP Mathematics
Practice Paper Set 7 – Paper 1 (120 Minutes)

Question – Answer Book

Instructions

1. This paper consists of TWO sections: Marker’s Examiner’s

A and B. Use Only Use Only
Question Maximum
Marks Marks
2. Attempt ALL questions. Write your Number Mark
answers in the spaces provided in Section A
this Question - Answer Book.
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3. No calculator is allowed. 2 7
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4. You are suggested to prepare a 4 6
formula booklet of Analysis and
Approaches for IBDP Mathematics 5 6
when attempting the questions. 6 5
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5. Supplementary answer sheets and
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graph papers will be supplied on
request. 9 8
Section A
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6. Unless otherwise specified, ALL Total
working must be clearly shown. Section B
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7. Unless otherwise specified,
numerical answers should be either 11 17
EXACT or correct to 3 SIGNIFICANT 12 19
FIGURES. Section B
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Total
8. The diagrams in this paper are NOT Overall
necessarily drawn to scale.
Paper 1
110
Total
9. Information to be read before you
start the exam:

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Section A (58 marks)

1. The following table gives the examination scores for 50 students from a
school.

Score Number of students Cumulative frequency

20 10 10
40 30
60 5
80 50

(a) Write down the value of

(i) ;

(ii) ;

(iii) .
[3]
(b) By using the above data, estimate

(i) the expected score;

(ii) the probability that a randomly selected student scores more

than marks.
[4]

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2. The function is defined by , , .

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 (a) For the graph of , write down

(i) the -intercept;

(ii) the -intercept;

(iii) the equation of the vertical asymptote;

(iv) the equation of the horizontal asymptote.

[4]
(b) Find an expression of .
[3]

3. (a) Show that the equation can be written in the form

.

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 [1]
(b) Hence, solve the equation , .
[5]

4. The function is defined by , , , . The only

four -intercepts of the graph of are , , and .

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 (a) Find the value of .
[2]

The function is defined as , . It is given that the

coordinates of the maximum point closest to the -axis is .

(b) Write down the value of .

[1]
(c) Find the value of .
[2]
(d) Write down the number of -intercepts of the graph of in .
[1]

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5. Find the range of possible values of such that the graph of
has at least one -intercept.
[6]

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6. The hypotenuse and the shortest side of a right-angled triangle are

and respectively. It is given that is decreasing at a rate of per

second. Find the rate at which the area of the triangle is decreasing
when the shortest side is .
[5]
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7. Let , . The function is defined as , .

(a) Find the possible values of such that has exactly two
solutions.
[2]
Another function is defined as , , .

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 (b) Find the value of if has exactly three solutions.
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(c) Write down the value of such that the graph of has only one
-intercept.
[1]

8. Let , , , . The region enclosed by the graph of ,

the -axis and the -axis is rotated by about the -axis to form a solid.
It is given that the volume of the solid is .

Show that when .

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9. A complex polynomial is given by , ,

. It is given that and are two factors of . Find all the

roots of .
[8]

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Section B (52 marks)

10. A particle moves in a straight line. Its velocity, , at time seconds, is

given by

, for .

It is given that the particle comes at rest in only at .

(a) Find the velocity of the particle when .

[2]
(b) Find .
[3]
(c) Find the ratio of the acceleration of the particle at to that at .
[4]

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 It is given that the particle is initially at the origin.

(d) Find an expression for , the displacement of the particle.

[4]
(e) Find the total distance the particle travelled between the first time and
the second time that it comes to rest, during the first six seconds.
[3]

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11. Let be an arithmetic sequence with first term and common
difference , . Let be another sequence such that .

(a) Show that is a constant.

[2]

(b) Find in terms of , and .

[2]

(c) Find the range of values of such that exists.

[3]

(d) Hence, find if .

[3]

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 Let be another sequence such that . It is also given
that .

(e) Find in terms of and .

[7]

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12. The equations of the two lines and are and

. Let be a point on and be a point on .

(a) Express in terms of and .

[2]
It is given that is perpendicular to both and .

(b) (i) Find the values of and .

(ii) Hence, show that the shortest distance between and is

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The plane is parallel to the direction vector of and contains .

(c) Find a Cartesian equation of .

[5]

Let and , where , is the origin and

lies in .

(d) Find .
[3]

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