02 - P2, Specimen-2019, QP
02 - P2, Specimen-2019, QP
02 - P2, Specimen-2019, QP
Specimen Paper
Mathematics
International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level
Pure Mathematics P2
• Fcandidate number.
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
ill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
• Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
• A– nswer
clearly labelled.
the questions in the spaces provided
• Ywithout
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ou should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers
• stated.
working may not gain full credit.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise
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booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
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your answers if you have time at the end.
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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1. (a) Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of x, in the binomial expansion of
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2.
y
Figure 1
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y = 2x x − – 6x + 9 x>0
x2
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve, the x‑axis and
the line with equation x = 9
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3. In an arithmetic series
● the sixth term is 11
(a) show that the first term is –9 and calculate the common difference.
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4.
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y = f(x)
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f(x) = 2x 3 + x – 18x + 3
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(a) Find the set of values of x for which f(x) is decreasing.
(4)
Given that the equation f(x) = k, where k is a constant, has one real root,
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5. f(x) = x3 – 8x + a
(ii) prove that the equation f(x) = 0 has only one real root.
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6. (a) Sketch the curve with equation
y = a x, a > 1
x
The table above shows corresponding values of x and y for y = 3 + x. The values of y are
given to two decimal places as appropriate.
Using the trapezium rule with all the values of y in the given table,
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∫2 (3
x
(b) obtain an estimate for + x) dx, giving your answer to one decimal place.
(3)
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7. (i) Find, in terms of log23, an exact solution of the equation
x – 2 x
3 × 2 =8
2 log5(2y + 1) – log5(2 – y) = 1
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8. The depth of water, D metres, in a harbour on a particular day is modelled by the equation
πt
(c) Find the first two times of the day, after 05:00, when the depth of the water in the
harbour is 3.5 metres. Show all steps in your working and give your answers to the
nearest minute.
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9. The first three terms of a geometric series are
2sin2 θ + sin θ – 2 = 0
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(b) find the value of θ giving your answer to one decimal place.
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10.
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O x
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Q(10, –6)
Figure 3
(a) Find an equation for l, giving your answer in the form px + qy + r = 0, where p, q and
r are integers to be found.
(4)
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