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    Edexcel C1 Specimen Paper Answer All Questions. Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

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    1. This document is an exam paper containing 10 multi-part questions testing calculus and algebra skills. Questions involve skills like simplifying expressions, solving equations, graphing functions, finding derivatives, and working with curves. 2. The first few questions cover topics like sums, integrals, simplifying surds, solving simultaneous equations and finding equations of lines. Later questions involve arithmetic and geometric sequences, quadratic equations, graphing parabolas, and working with functions defining curves. 3. The final questions deal with tangents to curves, gradients, normals and finding the length between points where normals intersect the y-axis. A range of techniques are tested across the various multi-part questions.

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    1. This document is an exam paper containing 10 multi-part questions testing calculus and algebra skills. Questions involve skills like simplifying expressions, solving equations, graphing functions, finding derivatives, and working with curves. 2. The first few questions cover topics like sums, integrals, simplifying surds, solving simultaneous equations and finding equations of lines. Later questions involve arithmetic and geometric sequences, quadratic equations, graphing parabolas, and working with functions defining curves. 3. The final questions deal with tangents to curves, gradients, normals and finding the length between points where normals intersect the y-axis. A range of techniques are tested across the various multi-part questions.

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    1. This document is an exam paper containing 10 multi-part questions testing calculus and algebra skills. Questions involve skills like simplifying expressions, solving equations, graphing functions, finding derivatives, and working with curves. 2. The first few questions cover topics like sums, integrals, simplifying surds, solving simultaneous equations and finding equations of lines. Later questions involve arithmetic and geometric sequences, quadratic equations, graphing parabolas, and working with functions defining curves. 3. The final questions deal with tangents to curves, gradients, normals and finding the length between points where normals intersect the y-axis. A range of techniques are tested across the various multi-part questions.

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    Edexcel C1 Specimen Paper

    Answer all questions. Time : 1 hour 30 minutes

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    1. Calculate ∑ 5 + 2r
    r =1
    (3)

    2. Find ∫ 5x + 3 x dx (4)

    3. (a) Express √80 in the form a√5, where a is an integer. (1)


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    (b) Express (4 − √5) in the form b + c√5, where b and c are integers. (3)

    4. The points A and B have coordinates (3, 4) and (7, −6) respectively. The straight line
    l passes through A and is perpendicular to AB. Find an equation for l, giving your
    answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers. (5)

    5. y (1, 2)
    Figure 1

    (0, 1)

    (3, 0)
    x

    Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = f(x).

    The curve crosses the coordinate axes at the points (0, 1) and (3, 0). The maximum point
    on the curve is (1, 2).

    On separate diagrams, sketch the curve with equation

    (a) y = f(x + 1), (3)

    (b) y = f(2x). (3)

    On each diagram, show clearly the coordinates of the maximum point, and of each point
    at which the curve crosses the coordinate axes.

    6. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations


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    y + 2x = 5,
    2 x 2 − 3 x − y = 16 . (6)

    (b) Hence, or otherwise, find the set of values of x for which

    2 x 2 − 3 x − 16 > 5 − 2 x (3)

    7. Ahmed plans to save £250 in the year 2001, £300 in 2002, £350 in 2003, and so on until
    the year 2020. His planned savings form an arithmetic sequence with common difference
    £50.

    (a) Find the amount he plans to save in the year 2011. (2)

    (b) Calculate his total planned savings over the 20 year period from 2001 to 2020.
    (3)

    Ben also plans to save money over the same 20 year period. He saves £A in the year 2001
    and his planned yearly savings form an arithmetic sequence with common difference £60.

    Given that Ben’s total planned savings over the 20 year period are equal to Ahmed’s total
    planned savings over the same period,

    (c) calculate the value of A. (4)

    8. Given that
    x 2 + 10 x + 36 = ( x + a ) 2 + b
    where a and b are constants,

    (a) find the value of a and the value of b. (3)

    (b) Hence show that the equation x 2 + 10 x + 36 = 0 has no real roots. (2)

    The equation x 2 + 10 x + k = 0 has equal roots.

    (c) Find the value of k. (2)

    (d) For this value of k, sketch the graph of y = x 2 + 10 x + k , showing the coordinates of
    any points at which the graph meets the coordinate axes. (4)

    9. The curve C has equation y = f(x) and the point P(3, 5) lies on C.

    Given that
    f (x) = 3x − 8x + 6,
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    (a) find f(x). (4)

    (b) Verify that the point (2, 0) lies on C. (2)

    The point Q also lies on C, and the tangent to C at Q is parallel to the tangent to C at P.

    (c) Find the x-coordinate of Q. (5)

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    10. The curve C has equation y = x 3 − 5 x + , x ≠ 0.
    x

    The points A and B both lie on C and have coordinates (1, −2) and (−1, 2) respectively.

    (a) Show that the gradient of C at A is equal to the gradient of C at B. (5)

    (b) Show that an equation for the normal to C at A is 4y = x – 9. (4)

    The normal to C at A meets the y-axis at the point P. The normal to C at B meets the
    y-axis at the point Q.

    (c) Find the length of PQ. (4)

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