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1 ALGEBRA Solve the following inequality:

a) |x – 2| < 2x

b) |x + 2| > 2x + 1

c) 4|x| > |x – 1|

d) Find the quotient and remainder for 3x 4 + x2 – 7x + 6 ÷ (x + 3) by

long division.

e) The polynomial x4 + 4x2 + x + a is denoted by p(x). It is given that

(x2 + x + 2) is a factor of p(x). Find the value of a and the other
quadratic factor of p(x).
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(g)

(h)
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2 LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Solve the following equations:
(a) 32x + 1 – 82(3x) + 27 = 0
(b) 22x+3 + 2x+3 = 1 + 2x
(c) 2log2y = 4 + log2(y + 5)
(d) Solve the simultaneous equation,
3x = 9(27)y
log27 – log2(11y – 2x) = 1
(e) The figure shows part of a straight line graph obtained by plotting
values of the variables indicated. Express y in terms of x.
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3 TRIGONOMETRY (a) Sketch the graph of the following from 0° < θ < 180°
(i) y = 2 + sin θ
(ii) y = 5cos 2θ – 1
(iii) y = sec 2θ
(iv) y = 2 cosec θ
(b) Prove that cos θ – cos 3θ = 4 sin2 θ cos θ.
(c) Prove that sin (A + B) + sin (A – B) = 2 sinAcosB.
(d) Prove the identity cot θ – tan θ = 2 cot 2θ.
(e) (i) It is given that f(x) = 3sin2x + 2 cos 2x. Express f(x) in the form
R sin (2x +α), where R > 0, and 0 < α < ½ π.
(ii)Find the solution, in radians, of the equation f(x) = 1, given that
0 ≤ x ≤ π.
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4 DIFFERENTIATION Differentiate with respect to x,
(a) ln(sin32x)
(b) e1+sinx (d) 2x e3x
1  sin 2 x
(c) ln x - x (e)
cos 2 x
(f) A curve is defined by the parametric equations x = 120t – 4t2,
dy
y = 60t – 6t2. Find the value of at each of the points where the
dx
curve crosses the x-axis.
(g) The equation of a curve y4 + x2y2 = 4a3(x + 4a), where a is a
constant. Find the gradient of the curve at (a, 2a).

5 INTEGRATION Integrate the following:

1
2x + 5
(a) 3 e (b) sin(3x – 2) 2
(c) sec (2x + 1) (d) 2 x  1

Integrate the following:

(e) 2 cos2 x (f) sin2 2x
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5 Integrate the following:
2 x 1
(g)   (h) tan x,
2x  1 1  x 2
( 2  x) 2
3x
(i) cot 2x, (j)
x 2
2

Integrate the following by parts,

(k)  ln(2 x  1)dx (l) x
2
e x 1dx

(m)Using the substitution z = 1 – x, or otherwise, evaluate

1
x (1  x)dx .
2
0

(n) By making the substitution x = ½ (1 + sin θ), show that

3  3
x 1 6 x
1
4
4

x  x2
dx 
2  6
 (1  sin  ) d . Hence evaluate 
1
4
4

x  x2
dx .

(o) Use the trapezium rule with 3 ordinates to obtain an approximation

 1  

for the integral 2 sin  d giving your answer to two
0

decimal places.
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6 NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS (a) (i) Sketch on the same diagram suitable graphs to illustrate clearly

that the equation, e x cos ecx  20 has exactly one root.

(ii) Show that the iterative formula,
e xn
x n 1  sin 1
20
gives the same root α as equation (i).
(iii) Use the iteration formula, with the first approximation of
x = 0.1, to find the root α correct to 3 decimal places.
7 VECTORS (a) The points A and B have position vectors 3i + 2j and i – j
respectively, with respect to the origin. The line l has a vector
equation r = 5i + 5j + t(2i – j). Find the angle between l and the
line passing through A and B.
(b) Show that the lines given by
r = (5i + 2j + 4k) + λ(I + 3j + k) and r = (3i + j + k) + μ(4i + 7j + 5k)
intersect, and find the point of intersection.
(c) (i) The straight line l passes through the points A and B with
position vectors 7i – 3j + 6k and 10i + 3k respectively. The plane p
has equation 3x – y + 2z = 8. Show that l is parallel to p.
(ii) The point C is the foot of the perpendicular from A to p. Find a
vector equation for the line which passes through C and is parallel
to l.

(d) Referred to the origin O, the position vectors of points A and B are
4i – 11j + 4k and 7i + j + 7k respectively.
(i) Find a vector equation for the line l passing through A and B.
(ii) Find the position vector of the point P on l such that OP is
perpendicular to l. [4]
(iii) Find the equation of a plane that contain l and perpendicular
to the plane 2x + y – z = 0. [6]
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8 (a) A rectangular water tank has a horizontal square base of side 1
metre. Water is being pumped into the tank at a constant rate of
400 cm3/s. Water is also flowing out fo the tank from an outlet in
the base. The rate at which water flows out at any time t seconds is
proportional to the square root of the depth, h cm, of water in the
tank at that time. When t = 0, the depth of the water in the tank is
81 cm and the rate at which water is flowing out is 500 cm3/s.
(i) Explain how the information given above leads to the
dh
differential equation  0.04  0.01 h [4]
dt
(ii) Show that the solution of the differential equation in part (i)
100
is given by t dh. [1]
4 h

(iii) Use substitution x  h  4 to find the time for the depth

of the water in the tank to decrease from 81 cm to 64 cm.
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(a) u  2  i, uv  1  2i . Find in the form of a + ib,

(i) u(1- v)
(ii) v

 1  3i
(b) Show that is a complex root of the equation
2
2x2 + 2x + 5 = 0. Hence, state the other root of the equation.
(c) Sketch on an Argand diagram the complex numbers 1 + 2i, 1 – 2i,
-3 + i and -3 - 3i. Describe the complex numbers geometrically.
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(d) Find the modulus and argument of u= 3  i , giving the
argument in terms of π. Write the complex number u, in the form
of r(cos θ + i sin θ). [3]
(e) The complex number x + iy is such that (x + iy)2 = i. Find the
possible values of the real numbers x and y, giving your answers in
exact form. [4]
Hence find the possible values of the complex number w such that
w2 = - i. [2]

(f) Show by means of an argand diagram, the locus of z such that z

satisfies the following inequalities, |z – u| < 4, and |z – u| > |z|,
where u = i - 2