Maths Year 1 Assignment 9

Due Date: Friday 27th January 2023

NAME…………………………………… CLASS……………

Instructions to Students
All questions must be attempted – get help from one of the Maths team if
you encounter any problems.
You should present your solutions on 5mm squared paper and submit
them with a copy of this question paper.
All work is to be handed in to your teacher on or before the due date
above – work handed in late may NOT be marked.

Teacher’s Mark: Grade:

This assignment is checking that you can……

• Differentiate a function and use this to find stationary points or the equation of a
tangent or normal

• Integrate a function with any kind of indices (including fractional or negative)

• Use definite integration to find the area under a curve

• Perform calculations with Vectors

• Model situations using Vectors

Comments or Actions for Improvement:

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 Maths Year 1 Assignment 9

1. (a) The function f is defined for all values of x by f(x) = x3 – 3x2 – 6x + 8.

(i) Find the remainder when f(x) is divided by x + 1.

(2)
(ii) Given that f(1) = 0 and f(–2) = 0 , write down two linear factors of f(x).
(2)
(iii) Hence express x3 – 3x2 – 6x + 8 as the product of three linear factors.
(2)
(b) The curve with equation y = x3 – 3x2 – 6x + 8 is sketched below.

(i) The curve intersects the y-axis at the point A. Find the y-coordinate of A.
(1)
(ii) The curve crosses the x-axis when x = –2, when x = 1 and also at the point B. Use the results
from part (a) to find the x-coordinate of B.
(1)
(c) (i) Find ∫(𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8)d𝑥
(4)
(ii) Hence find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the x-axis.
(3)
(Total 15 marks)

2. The diagram shows a part of the graph of y = x – 2x4.

y

O x
dy
(a) (i) Find .
dx
(2)
1
(ii) Show that the x-coordinate of the stationary point P is .
2
(2)
(iii) Find the y-coordinate of P.
(1)
(b) (i) Find  (x – 2x 4
) dx .
(2)
(ii) Hence find the area of the shaded region.
(3)
(Total 10 marks)
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3.
y

The diagram represents the curve

y = 4 – x2
and the straight line
x + 2y = 5,
which intersect at the points P and Q.

(a) Find the coordinates of the points where

(i) the straight line intersects the coordinate axes,

(ii) the curve intersects the coordinate axes.

(3)
(b) Show that the x-coordinates of P and Q satisfy the equation

2x2 – x – 3 = 0.
(3)
125
(c) Show that the area of the shaded region is .
48
(10)
(Total 16 marks)

4. At the point (x, y) on a curve, where x > 0, the gradient is given by

𝑑𝑦
= 7√𝑥 5 − 4
𝑑𝑥

(a) Write √𝑥 5 in the form xk, where k is a fraction.

(1)
(b) Find ∫(7√𝑥 5 − 4)d𝑥
(3)
(c) Hence find the equation of the curve, given that the curve passes through the point (1, 3).
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

5. (a) Write √𝑥 in the form xk, where k is a fraction.

(1)
(b) Hence express √𝑥(𝑥 − 1) in the form xp – xq.
(2)
(c) Find ∫ √𝑥(𝑥 − 1) 𝑑𝑥.
(3)
2 4
(d) Hence show that ∫1 √𝑥(𝑥 − 1) 𝑑𝑥 = 15
(√2 + 1).
(3)
(Total 9 marks)

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6. A curve C is defined for x > 0 by the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 1 + 𝑥 2 and is sketched below.

4 d𝑦
(a) (i) Given that 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 1 + , find
𝑥2 d𝑥
(3)
(ii) The curve C has a minimum point M. Find the coordinates of M.
(4)
(iii) Find an equation of the normal to C at the point (1, 6).
(4)
4
(b) (i) Find ∫(𝑥 + 1 + 𝑥2
)d𝑥
(3)
(ii) Hence find the area bounded by the curve C, the lines x = 1 and x = 4 and the x-axis.
(2)
(Total 16 marks)

1 3
7. Given that p = ( ) and q = ( )
4 −1

(a) Find 2p + q.
(2)
1
(b) Find a and b such that ap + bq = ( ).
0
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

8. The points A, B and C have coordinates (2, –1), (3, 2) and (–4, 0) respectively.
(a) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , 𝐴𝐶
Write down the vectors 𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and 𝐵𝐶
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ .
(3)
(b) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ |.
Find |𝐵𝐶
(2)
(c) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ .
Find a unit vector in the direction of 𝐴𝐵
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

9. The points P, Q and R have coordinates (1, 4), (2, 1) and (-2, 3) respectively.
(a) The point S is such that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑆𝑅 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑄 . Find the coordinates of S.
(4)
(b) What shape is quadrilateral PQRS?
(1)
(c) M is the midpoint of PR. Find the vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑄𝑀.
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

10. Three forces F1 = 2i + 3j N, F2 = 5i – j N and F3 = 3i + aj N, act on a box. The resultant force acts in the
direction 2i + j.

Find the value of a and the magnitude of the resultant force.

(Total 5 marks)
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