ALEVEL Math Pepr 1 Set 20

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6 MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2005


P425/1 PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 3 HOURS

Instructions:
Answer all questions in section A and NOT more than 5 in section B

SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

½
1. Differentiate loge (1 + x)e– 2x
1–x

2. Find the equation of the line of intersection of the planes:


2x – y + 5Z = 7 and 5x + 3y – Z = 4

3. Find the foci of the ellipse


9x2 + 25y2 – 54x + 100y – 44 = 0

4. Given that Z1 = 3 + i and Z2 = a + i and arg (Z1,Z2) = /4 Find the value of
a.

5. Using the substitution y = XZ, or otherwise, show that the solution of the
equation
2dy = y + y2 is given by (y – x )2 = C, where C is a constant.
dx x x2 xy2

6. (a) How many different selections, taking any number of letters at a time,
can be made from the letters of the word PARALLELOGRAM?

(b) A group consists of 5 boys and 7 girls. In how many ways can a team
of seven be selected if it is to contain at least 3 boys?

7. By reducing the system of equations to echelon form, solve:


3x – 2y + 4Z = – 7
x + y – 6Z = – 10
2x + 3y + 2Z = 3

8. Solve the equation:

Sin – 1 – Cos – 1 = Sin – 1 1 – X/4


X
/2 X
/2
2

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

9. (a) Prove that if f(x) has a repeated factor (x – a), then (x – a ) is also a
factor of
f 1(x)

(b) Given that p(x) = 8x3 – 12x2 – 18x + K, find the values of K such that
the
equation p(x) = 0 has a repeated root.

(c) Prove that tan 3A = 3tanA – tan3A


1– 3tan2 A

Hence solve x3 – 6x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 to 3 d.p

10. (a) Integrate


(i) 1
4 – 5Sin½x

(ii) x tan – 1 x

2
(b) Evaluate ∫ x5 dx
o
(16 – x )
4

11. (a) Show that the lines r = 2i – j +  (i – 2j – 2k ) and


r = – 4i - 4j + 2k +  (4i + 7j + 4k) Intersect.
State the coordinates of the point of intersection and determine
the angle between the lines.

(b) Find the equation of the plane containing the line


2
–1 1
+t and parallel to 3
2 1
1
–4 2

Hence state the distance from the origin to this plane.


3

12. A body is placed in a room which is kept at a constant temperature. The


temperature of the body falls at a rate KoC per minute where K is a
constant and  is the difference between the temperature of the body and
that of the room at the time t. Express this information in the form of a
differential equation and hence show that  = o e – Kt , where  is the
temperature at time t = 0.

The temperature of the body falls 5oC in the first minute and 4oC in the
second minute. Show that the fall of temperature in the third minute is
3.2oC.

13. Obtain the equation of the normal at P (at2, at) on y2 = 4ax. Prove that this
normal meets the parabola again at a point Q whose parameter is – t – 2/t.
Find the coordinates of the midpoint M of PQ and show that the locus of
M is y4 + 2a(2a – x) y2 + 8a2 = 0

14. For the curve y = 5x – 25 find the range of values of y where


x + 3x – 4
2

the curve does not exist, stating clearly any maximum or minimum points.
Hence sketch the curve.

15. (a) Given that Z (5 + 5i ) = p(1 + 3i ) + q(2 – i ) where p and q are real and
that arg Z = /2 , Z= 7, Find the values of p and q

(b)) By representing the complex numbers Z1,Z2 and Z1 + Z2 on an Argand


diagram where Z1 = 1 + i 3, Z2 = i prove that tan 5 = 2 + 3
2 12

16. (a) Find the equation of the line through the intersection of the lines
3x – 4y + 6 = 0 and 5x + y + 13 = 0 which
(i) passes through the point (2,4)
(ii) makes an angle of 60o with the x – axis.

(b) The circle ax2 + ay2 + 2gx + 2y + c = O


cuts the x – axis at the points A and B. Find in terms of a, c and g, the
distance between A and B
A circle touches the y – axis at distance +4 from the origin and cuts off
intercept B from the x – axis. Find the equation of this circle.

END
RM/CS/04

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