Name: …………………………………………( ) Class: Sec ………………..

St Gabriel’s Secondary School

2009 ‘O’ Preliminary Examination

Subject : Additional Mathematics
Paper : 4038/02
Level/Stream : 4 Express / 5 Normal
Duration : 2 hours 30 minutes
Date : 16 September 2009
Setter : Mrs Olsen / Mr Lincoln Chan

Additional materials:
Answer paper (8 sheets)
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Mathematical Formulae
1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation

For the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 ,

 b  b 2  4 ac
x
2a
Binomial expansion

n n n

(a  b ) n  a n    a n 1b    a n  2b 2  ...    a n r b r  ...  b n ,
1  2 r 
n n! n( n  1) ... ( n  r  1)
where n is a positive integer and    
 r  r !( n  r )! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1

sec2 A = 1 + tan2 A

cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A

sin( A  B )  sin A cos B  cos A sin B

cos( A  B)  cos A cos B  sin A sin B

tan A  tan B
tan( A  B ) 
1  tan A tan B

sin 2 A  2 sin A cos A

cos 2 A  cos 2 A  sin 2 A  2 cos 2 A  1  1  2sin 2 A

2 tan A
tan 2 A 
1  tan 2 A
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 sin  A  B  cos ( A  B)
2 2
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 cos  A  B  sin ( A  B)
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 cos  A  B  cos ( A  B )
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 sin  A  B  sin ( A  B )
2 2
Formulae for ABC
a b c
 
sin A sin B sin C
2 2 2
a  b  c  2bc cos A
1
= ab sin C
2

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1 In a private school with 1200 students, one student returned from vacation with a
contagious flu virus. The spread of the virus through student body is given by

1200
N ,
1199e kt  1

where N is the total number of infected students after t days and k is a positive constant.
66 students are expected to be infected after 5 days. The school will cancel classes when
35% or more of the students are infected.

(i) Find the value of k, giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. [2]

(ii) How many students will be infected after 10 days? [2]

(iii) After how many days will the school cancel classes? [2]

2π
2 The curve y = 2 + sin 3x is defined for 0 ≤ x ≤ .
3
(i) State the amplitude and period of y. [2]

(ii) Sketch the curve y = 2 + sin 3x for this interval. [2]

(iii) Write down the coordinates of the minimum turning point of the curve in this interval.
[1]
2x
(iv) Sketch, on the same diagram, the graph of y =  1 and hence state the number of
π
2x
solutions, in the interval, of the equation  1 = sin 3x. [2]
π

1
x
3 Show that there is only one stationary point of the curve y = e 2  ln x, where x > 0 and
determine the nature of the stationary point. [7]

5x  6
4 (i) Express in partial fractions. [4]
( x  2)( x 2  4)

5 5x  6
(ii) Hence evaluate  dx [4]
3 ( x  2)( x 2  4)

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5 (i) The equation 3x2 + px + 120 = 0, where p > 0, has roots  and  where    = 3.
Evaluate  and  and hence, or otherwise, find the value of p. [4]

(ii) Using the value of p obtained in (i), find the quadratic equation in x whose roots
are the squares of the roots of the equation 3x2 + px + 120 = 0, where p > 0. [4]

6 (a) Find the value of x and of y of the simultaneous equations

2 x + 2y = 9,
3 x1 = 9  3 y . [4]

2π
(b) Find, in the form (a + b 3 ) cm, the height of a cone with volume (8  3 3 ) cm3
3
whose radius is (1 + 3 ) cm. [4]

7
B
C

D
E O

In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle which passes through A, B and C. A second
circle passes through O, A, D and C. Given that DCB is a straight line, line OD and line
AC meet at point E. Prove

(i) triangle AED and triangle CEO are similar, [3]

(ii) OC  ED = AD  EC, [2]

(iii) ADC = 2  OAC. [3]

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8 A particle moves in a straight line and after passing through a fixed point, O, its
displacement, s m is given by s  2t (t  4) 2 . Find

(i) the time when the particle is again at O, [2]

(ii) the times when the particle is instantaneously at rest, [4]

(iii) the total distance travelled in the first 5 seconds. [4]

9
y
y

x=3

1
y 3 1
(2 x  1) 3 P , 
2 8

x
O Q

1
In the diagram above, the line PQ is normal to the curve y  at the
(2 x  1) 3
 3 1
point P  ,  .
 2 8

(i) Find the equation of the line PQ, giving your answer in the form ax  by  c  0 ,
where a, b and c are integers. [5]

(ii) Find the length of OQ . [2]

1
(iii) Show that the shaded area bounded by the line PQ, the curve y  , the line
(2 x  1) 3
x = 3 and the x-axis is approximately 0.0554 units 2 . [5]

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10 P
S

 15 cm
8 cm

Q T R

The diagram shows a trapezium PQRS. The point T lies on the side QR such that
PT = 15 cm, ST = 8 cm, angle PTS = 90 and angle TPQ = .

(i) Show that QR  15 sin   8 cos and express it in the form R sin(   ) . [5]

(ii) Find the value of  for which QR has a maximum length. [2]
(iii) Find the value of  for which QR = 12 cm and the corresponding perimeter of the
trapezium. [6]

11 The diagram shows a trapezium WXYZ in which WZ is parallel to XY and WX is parallel

to the y-axis. The coordinates of W, Z and Y are (3, 10), (7, 2) and (13, 0) respectively.
The point S lies on XY such that angle XSW = 90o.

y
X

W(3, 10)

Z(7, 2)
O Y(13, 0) x

Find
(i) the gradient of XY, [2]
(ii) the equation of WS, [2]
(iii) the coordinates of X and S, [5]
(iv) the length of WS, [2]
(v) the area of triangle WXZ . [2]
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SAINT GABRIEL’S SECONDARY SCHOOL

2009 ‘O’ LEVEL ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Secondary Four Express Paper 2

Answer Sheet

1(i) k = 0.849 (3dp) (ii) 963 (iii) 8 days

2
2(i) amplitude = 1 ; Period =
3
 
(iii)  ,1 (iv) 1 solution
2 

1
dy 1 2 x 1
3  e  ; it is a minimum point.
dx 2 x

5x  6 1 1 1
4(i) 2
  2
 (ii) 0.819
( x  2)( x  4) ( x  2) ( x  2) ( x  2)

5(i) p = 39 (ii) x2  89x + 1600 = 0

6(a) y = 0, x = 3 (b) 7  2 3 cm

7 Shown

4 25
8(i) 4 seconds (ii) t s or t  4s (iii) 47 m
3 27

93
9(i) 64 x  24 y  93  0 (ii) units (iii) Shown
64

10(i) 17 sin   28.1o  (ii) 61.9o (iii) 16.8o , 45.7cm

11(i) 2 (ii) 2 y  x  17 (iii) X (3, 20) , S (7,12) (iv) 4.47 units

(v) 20 square units

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