2017 

RI Y5 H2 Math Promotion Examination 
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Solutions will be published on Ivy in the revision folder under “modules” on 21st Sept 2018 (Fri). 

1 The equation of a circle C is given by x 2  y 2  ax  by  c  0, where a, b and c are

real constants. The line y  x  3 intersects C at the points where x  3 and x  2.
Given further that the centre of C lies on the line y  2 x  1, find the values of a, b
and c. [4]

2 Referred to the origin O, points A and B have position vectors a and b respectively,
such that a and b are non-parallel vectors. Point C lies on line AB, such that the length
 
of projection of OC onto OB is 5 units. Given that b  2 and ab  1, find the possible
position vectors of C in terms of a and b. [6]

3 (a) A piece of paper in the form of a semi-circle of radius r is cut into twelve sectors
such that the areas are in arithmetic progression, and the area of the biggest
sector is three times that of the smallest sector.

Find the exact area of the smallest sector in terms of r. [2]

(b) An arithmetic series A has first term a and common difference d, where a and d
are non-zero. A convergent geometric series G has common ratio r.

The first three terms of G are equal to the first, eleventh and seventeenth terms
of A, respectively.

(i) Find r. [4]

(ii) Using your answer in part (i), find the exact ratio of the sum to infinity
of G to the sum of the first four terms of G. [2]

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
4 (i) Find the first three non-zero terms in the series expansion of (1  x ) 2 2 . [3]

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1 x  2 1
Show that 

(ii)  can be written in the form ( a  bx ) (1  x 2
) 2 for real
 1 x 
constants a and b to be determined. Hence or otherwise, find the first four non-
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1 x  2
zero terms in the series expansion of   . [3]
 1 x 
1
By setting x  in your answer, obtain an approximation of 2 as a
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fraction in lowest terms. [2]

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5 The equation of a curve C is x 2  xy  y  k , where k is a constant and k  1.

dy
(i) Find in terms of x and y. [2]
dx

(ii) It is given that C has a tangent which is parallel to the x-axis.

Show that the y-coordinate of the point of contact of the tangent with C must
satisfy y 2  4 y  4k  0. Hence find the range of values of k. [4]

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(iii) In the case where k  , find the equations of tangents to the curve that are
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parallel to the x-axis. [2]

6 Given that f ( r )  sin(2r  1) , show that f ( r )  f ( r  1)  A cos Br sin  , where A and
B are constants to be found. [2]

Use the result above to show that

sin(2 N  1) 1
cos 2  cos 4    cos 2 N   . [3]
2sin  2

Hence find cos 2 2  cos 2 4    cos 2 2 N . [3]

7 Functions f and g are defined by

2  2x 1
f :x , x  , x  ,
2x 1 2
g : x  2  x, x  .

(i) Sketch the graph of y  f ( x), stating the equations of the asymptotes and the
coordinates of the points where the curve crosses the x- and y- axes. On the same
diagram, sketch the graph of y  g( x). [3]

(ii) Find the exact values of the x-coordinates of the points of intersection of the
graphs in part (i). [3]

g( x )
(iii) Hence solve the inequality  1. [3]
f ( x)

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8 (a) The complex number u is such that u 2  4u  7  4i. Find the possible values
of u, giving your answer in the form a  bi, where a and b are real numbers.
[2]

(b) The complex number v is such that vv  2v  7  4i, where v is the complex
conjugate of v. Find the possible values of v, giving your answer in the form
c  di, where c and d are real numbers. [3]

(c) The complex numbers z and w are given by z  2  2i and w  6  2 i.

Without using a calculator, find an expression for z and w in the form re i ,
where r  0 and      . [3]

w2
Hence express in the form of r (cos   i sin  ), where r  0 and
z3
     . [3]

9 A curve C is defined by the parametric equations

x  tan  , y  sec

for 0    .
2
dy
(i) Show that  sin  . [1]
dx

The tangent and normal at P  tan  , sec   meets the x-axis at Q and R respectively.

(ii) Show that the area, A, of the circle passing through P, Q and R can be expressed
2
 1 
as A    tan    . [5]
 2 tan  

2
 1
(iii) Using differentiation, find the minimum value of  t   for t  0, proving
 2t 
that it is a minimum. [4]

Deduce the minimum value of A. [1]

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10 The function f is defined as follows

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f :x for x  , x  2, x  1.
( x  1)( x  2)

(i) Sketch the graph of y  f ( x ), giving the equations of any asymptotes, the exact
coordinates of any points where the curve crosses the x- and y-axes, and the
exact coordinates of any turning points.           [4]

(ii) If the domain of f is further restricted to x  k , find the least value of k for which
the function f 1 exists and write down the domain of f 1. [2]

(iii) For the value of k found in (ii), show that if f 1 ( x)  x, then

x 3  x 2  2 x  8  0 . Hence use an algebraic method to find the exact value of x
for which f 1 ( x)  x. [4]

In the rest of the question, the domain of f is x   , x  2, x  1, as originally defined.

The function g is defined as follows

1 1
g:x  for x  , x   , x  0, x  1.
x 2

(iv) Solve the inequality fg(x) > 0. [3]

 4 1  h  1  h  1
       
11 The planes p and q have equations r   2   13 and r   0     1     3 
7 1  2   2 
       
respectively, where h is a constant and  and  are parameters.
 h  1   h  1
   
(i) Find  1    3  in terms of h. [2]
 2   2 
   

(ii) Find the value of h such that p and q are perpendicular. [2]

(iii) Given instead that p and q are parallel, find the perpendicular distance between
p and q. [3]

(iv) In the case where h  0, p and q intersect in a line l. The line l cuts the xz-plane
at the point A and the yz-plane at the point B.

Find the position vectors of the points A and B. [4]

Hence find an equation that describes the set of all points which are equidistant
from the points A and B. [3]

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