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Section A
[45 marks]
Answer all questions in this section.
1.

Sketch on the same axes, the graphs of y x 3 and y 2 x 3 .

Find the x-coordinates of the points of intersection.
1
Hence, solve the inequality x 3 x 3
2

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2. In a G.P. the sum of the first five terms is 44 and the sum of the next five terms is

11
.
8

1
and determine the first term of the progression.
2
Find the sum to infinity of the progression.
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Show that the common ratio is

4 8 3

3. Find the inverse matrix 3 5 1 by using elementary row operations

1 4 3

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Hence, solve the simultaneous equation
4 x 8 y 3z 2

3x 5 y z 3
x 4 y 3z 5
4. Express the complex number 1 i and 1 i in polar form.
(1 i) 7
Find the modulus and argument of
(1 i) 9
5. The equation of a hyperbola is given by
9 y 2 16 x 2 36 y 32 x 124 0
a) Obtain the standard form for the equation of hyperbola.
b) Find the coordinates of the centre C, vertex V1 and vertex V2,
focus F1 and focus F2 of the hyperbola.
Sketch the hyperbola, and indicate the points C, V1 and V2, F1 and F2
of the hyperbola.
6. Three vectors a = p i + q j, b = - 5i + j and c = 4i +7j are such that a and b are

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perpendicular and the scalar product of a and c is 78.
a) Determine the values of p and q
b) Find the angle between a and c

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Section B
[15 marks]
Answer any one question in this section.
1
7. Use the formula for cos (A+B) to show that cos 2 x (1 cos 2 x) ,
2
2
and write down a similar expression for sin x .

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Given that f ( x) 10 cos 2 x 4 sin 2 x 8 sin x cos x , express f(x) in the form of
3
a b sin (2 x ) , where a and b are constants and tan = .
4
Hence,
a) Find the greatest and the least values of f(x)
b) Sketch the graph of y f (x) for 0 x 2
5

8.

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1
1

a) Find the coefficient of x4 in the binomial expansion of x x

x
x

4
b) Show that ,if x is so small that x and higher powers of x can be neglected,

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1 x 5 5 3x px 3 , where p is a constant to be determined.

1

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5 2x

c) By substituting a suitable value of x, show that the difference between 5 1.02 and
is approximately 1.28 x 10-7

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