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Maths Paper

This document is an examination paper for A-level Mathematics, specifically Paper 2, which allows 1 hour and 30 minutes for completion. It includes instructions for candidates, a variety of mathematical questions covering topics such as logarithms, trigonometry, calculus, and statistics, and provides spaces for answers. The paper is structured into sections with specific marks allocated for each question.

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Maths Paper

This document is an examination paper for A-level Mathematics, specifically Paper 2, which allows 1 hour and 30 minutes for completion. It includes instructions for candidates, a variety of mathematical questions covering topics such as logarithms, trigonometry, calculus, and statistics, and provides spaces for answers. The paper is structured into sections with specific marks allocated for each question.

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AS
MATHEMATICS
Paper 2

Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes


Materials For Examiner’s Use
l You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑level Mathematics booklet.
Question Mark
l You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification. 1
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Instructions 3
l Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
l Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
l Answer all questions. 5
l You must answer each question in the space provided for that question. 6
l If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 7
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 8
l Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
l Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 9
l Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want 10
to be marked. 11
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l The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
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l The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
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Advice 16
l Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the 17
booklet. 18
l You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided. 19
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

1 Simplify log2 8a

Circle your answer.


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2 It is given that sin y ¼ and 90 < y < 180
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Find the value of cos y

Circle your answer.


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3 (b) A curve has gradient function ¼ 2x3 þ 2
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The x-intercept of the curve is at the point (2, 0)

Find the equation of the curve.


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4 Find the exact solution of the equation ln (x þ 1) þ ln (x  1) ¼ ln 15  2 ln 7 box

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5 It is given that sin 15 ¼ and cos 15 ¼
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6 A curve has equation box

y ¼ 2 x 2 þ px þ 1

A line has equation

y ¼ 5x  2

Find the set of values of p for which the line intersects the curve at two distinct points.

Give your answer in exact form.


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7 The curve C has equation y ¼ f (x) box

C has a maximum point at P with coordinates (a, 2b) as shown in the diagram below.

P
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O a x

7 (a) C is mapped by a single transformation onto curve C1 with equation y ¼ f (x þ 2)

State the coordinates of the maximum point on curve C1


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7 (b) C is mapped by a single transformation onto curve C2 with equation y ¼ 4f (x)

State the coordinates of the maximum point on curve C2


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7 (c) C is mapped by a stretch in the x-direction onto curve C3 with equation y ¼ f (3 x)

State the scale factor of the stretch.


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8 Prove that the sum of the cubes of two consecutive odd numbers is always a multiple box
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9 A craft artist is producing items and selling them in a local market. box

The selling price, £P, of an item is inversely proportional to the number of items
produced, n

9 (a) When n ¼ 10 , P ¼ 24

240
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9 (b) The production cost, £C, of an item is inversely proportional to the square of the
number of items produced, n

When n ¼ 10 , C ¼ 60

Find the set of values of n for which P > C


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9 (c) Explain the significance to the craft artist of the range of values found in part (b). box
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10 A piece of wire of length 66 cm is bent to form the five sides of a pentagon. box

The pentagon consists of three sides of a rectangle and two sides of an


equilateral triangle.

The sides of the rectangle measure x cm and y cm and the sides of the triangle
measure x cm, as shown in the diagram below.

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10 (a) (i) You are given that sin 60 ¼
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10 (a) (ii) Show that the area enclosed by the wire, A cm2 , can be expressed by the formula

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10 (b) Use calculus to find the value of x for which the wire encloses the maximum area. box

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Give your answer in the form p þ q 3 , where p and q are integers.

Fully justify your answer.


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11 The line L1 has equation x þ 7y  41 ¼ 0 box

L1 is a tangent to the circle C at the point P(6, 5)

The line L2 has equation y ¼ x þ 3

L2 is a tangent to the circle C at the point Q(0, 3)

The lines L1 and L2 and the circle C are shown in the diagram below.

y
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11 (a) Show that the equation of the radius of the circle through P is y ¼ 7x  37
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

12 The mass of a bag of nuts produced by a company is known to have a mean of


40 grams and a standard deviation of 3 grams.

The company produces five different flavours of nuts.

The bags of nuts are packed in large boxes.

Given the information above, identify the continuous variable from the options below.

Tick (3) one box.


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The flavours of the bags of nuts

The known standard deviation of the mass of a bag of nuts

The mass of an individual bag of nuts

The number of bags of nuts in a large box

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13 The table below shows the frequencies for a set of data from a continuous variable X box

x Frequency
11 < x  21 7
21 < x  24 9
24 < x  42 36
42 < x  50 18

A histogram is drawn to represent this data.

Find the frequency density of the bar in the histogram representing the
class 24 < x  42

Circle your answer.


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2 18 36 70

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14 The manager of a factory wants to introduce a bonus scheme. box

The factory has 65 employees who work in production and 28 employees who work in
the office.

The manager decides to collect the opinions of a sample of these 93 employees.

14 (a) Explain how the manager could collect a simple random sample of 20 employees.
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14 (b) The manager collected a simple random sample of 20 employees.

The manager noticed that all 20 of the employees in the sample worked in production
and therefore the sample was not representative.

State a different method of sampling that would give a representative sample.


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15 Numbered balls are placed in bowls A, B and C box

In bowl A there are four balls numbered 1, 2, 3 and 7

In bowl B there are eight balls numbered 0, 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9

In bowl C there are nine balls numbered 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6 and 7

This information is shown in the diagram below.

2 6 1 3 7
9 5 0 1
0 8 3 6
1 3
7 2 3 0 2 3

A B C

A three-digit number is generated using the following method:


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15 (a) Find the probability that the number generated is even.


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15 (b) Find the probability that the number generated is 703


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16 The discrete random variable X has probability distribution box

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X = x) 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

The discrete random variable Y has probability distribution

y 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(Y = y) 0.3 p 0.2 0.1 p 3p + 0.05

It is claimed that P(X  3) is greater than P(Y  4)

Determine if this claim is correct.

Fully justify your answer.


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17 An archer is training for the Olympics. box

Each of the archer’s training sessions consists of 30 attempts to hit the centre of
a target.

The archer consistently hits the centre of the target with 79% of their attempts.

It can be assumed that the number of times the centre of the target is hit in any
training session can be modelled by a binomial distribution.

17 (a) Find the mean of the number of times that the archer hits the centre of the target
during a training session.
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17 (b) Find the probability that the archer hits the centre of the target exactly 22 times during
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17 (c) Find the probability that the archer hits the centre of the target 18 times or less during
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17 (d) Find the probability that the archer hits the centre of the target more than 26 times in box
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18 It is believed that 25% of the customers at a bakery buy a loaf of bread. box

In an attempt to increase this proportion, the manager of the bakery provided free
samples for the customers to taste.

To decide whether providing free samples had been effective, a large random sample
of customers leaving the bakery were asked whether they had purchased a loaf
of bread.

A hypothesis test at the 5% significance level was carried out on the data collected.

The test statistic calculated was found to be in the critical region.

18 (a) State the Null and Alternative hypotheses for this test.
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18 (b) State, in context, the conclusion to this test.


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19 A comparison of the masses (in kg) of convertible cars was made using the box
Large Data Set.

A sample of 20 masses was chosen from both the 2002 data and the 2016 data.

The masses of the 20 cars in each sample were used to create a box plot for
each year.

The box plots were labelled Box Plot A and Box Plot B as shown in the
diagram below.

Box Plot A

Box Plot B

0 500 1000 1500 2000


Mass (kg)

19 (a) Estimate the median of the masses from Box Plot A


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19 (b) It is claimed that Box Plot B must be incorrectly drawn.

19 (b) (i) Give a reason why this claim was made.


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19 (b) (ii) Comment on the validity of this claim.


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19 (c) It is claimed that Box Plot B must be from the 2002 data. Give a reason why this
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