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CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE


General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
Higher 2
JC1 Promotional Examination

MATHEMATICS

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Paper 1

2 October 2015

3 hours

Additional Materials: List of Formulae (MF15)


Name: ___________________________

Class: ________________

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Write your name and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all the questions.


Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case of
angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
You are expected to use a graphing calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphing calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states
otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphing calculator are not allowed in a question, you are required
to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

At the end of the examination, arrange your answers in NUMERICAL ORDER.
Place the cover sheet given in front and fasten all your work securely together.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.








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Differentiate the following expressions with respect to x, simplifying your answers whenever
possible.
(a)

tan 1 e3 x ,

[2]

(b)

52 x ,

[2]

(c)

( )

ax
x3 + 1

[3]

where a is a constant .

A curve is defined by the parametric equations


x = sin t cos t ,

(i)

Show that the gradient of the tangent to the curve at the point P, where the curve
crosses the y-axis, is

(ii)

t
y = ln , where 0 < t .
2

2 2

[3]

What can be said about the curve as t 0 ?

[1]

(iii) Sketch the graph of the curve, showing clearly its endpoints if any.

[2]

(iv) Hence, find the range of values of x for which the curve is strictly increasing.

[1]

( y + 5)

( x 1)

= 1 , where a and b are positive constants.


b2
a2
The curve has a minimum point at (1, 1) and an oblique asymptote with equation y = 2 x 7 .
A hyperbola C has equation given by

(i)

Show that a = 2 and b = 4.

[2]

(ii)

Find the other oblique asymptote.

[1]

(iii) Sketch the graph of C, indicating clearly the axial intercepts, asymptotes and the
stationary points, if any.



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[3]

3

2n

(a)

Find

ln 3

in terms of n.

[2]

r =n

(b)

(c)

Determine whether the terms of the sequence ln 1, ln 3, ln 5, ln 7, are in


arithmetic progression. State your reason clearly.

[2]

A geometric series is given by

1+

x 2 5 ( x 2 5)2
( x 2 5)n
+
+ ... +
+ ... ... .
4
16
4n

(i)

Find the range of values of x such that the series converges.

[2]

(ii)

If the ratio of the sum of the first five even-numbered terms to the sum of the
x
first five odd-numbered terms is
, determine the sum to infinity of the
3
geometric series.

[3]

(a)

(b)

Expand 1 + A in ascending powers of A up to and including the term in A3 , giving


the coefficients in fractions. State the range of values of A for which the expansion is
valid.

[2]

Given that y = 1 + sin x .


2

(i)
(ii)

d2 y
dy
Show that 2 + 2 y 2 = 1 y 2 .
dx
dx
By further differentiation of the result in (i), obtain the Maclaurins series of y
up to and including the term in x 3 .

(iii) By using the power series expansion in part (a) and the standard series
expansion for sin x , verify the correctness of the Maclaurins series found in
part (b)(ii).

[2]

[3]
[2]

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(a)

The equation of a line l is given by

x 5 y +1
=
= z + 1. A point P, not lying on l,
2
2

has position vector 9i + 7 j 2k.


(i) Given that Q is a point on l such that PQ = 6 3 , find the possible coordinates
of Q.
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the position vector of the foot of perpendicular from
P to l.
(b)

[4]
[2]

Referred to the origin O, the points A and B have position vectors a and b respectively.
It is given that a = 3, b = 3 and a b = 3.
(i)

By considering the scalar product (a b ) (a b ) , find the value of a b .

[3]
[1]

(ii) Deduce that a and b are non-parallel vectors.






1
1
A
, where A is a constant to be determined.

=
r r + 1 r ( r + 1)

(i)

Show that

(ii)

Prove by the method of mathematical induction that


n
1
n
.
=

n +1
r =1 r ( r + 1)

[1]

[4]

1 Bn2
1
, where B is a constant to be determined.
1

=
r r + 1 2n + 1
r =1
(iv) By using the method of differences, verify the result in part (iii).
(iii) Deduce that

2n

r 2 r 1

r = 2 r ( r 1)

[2]
[2]

2n

(v)

Hence, find

[3]

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(a) The quadratic function y = ( A C ) x2 + (3B 2) x + 1 , where A, B and C are real


numbers, is obtained by transforming the function y = Ax 2 + Bx + C through the
following sequence of transformations:
Step 1: Translation of 5 units in the negative y-axis direction;
1
Step 2: Scaling parallel to the x-axis with scale factor
.
2
Show that 4 A + B + C = 0 .

[3]

(b) The diagram below shows the graph of y = f ( x ) . The graph has a maximum and a

minimum point with coordinates 1, and ( 4, 4 ) respectively. It intersects the


2

x-axis at (0.5, 0) and (1.5, 0) , intersects the y-axis at ( 0, 1) and has asymptotes

x = 2 and y =

1
x + 1.
2

[The graph above is not drawn to scale.]


Sketch, on separate clearly labelled diagrams, the graphs of
(i)

y = f ' ( x ),

[2]

(ii)

y = f(| x | 1) ,

[3]

1
,
f ( x)

[4]

(iii)

y=

showing clearly the axial intercepts, coordinates of turning points and the equations of
asymptotes, if applicable.

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The function f is defined as follows:


x

e 2 1, x .

f :x
(i)

With the aid of a diagram, explain why f has an inverse.

[2]

(ii)

Find f 1 ( x) and state the domain of f 1 .

[3]

(iii) On the same diagram as in part (i), sketch the graphs of y = f 1 ( x) and y = x. You
should indicate clearly the relationship between the graphs.
(iv) Hence, find the value(s) of x that satisfy the equation x ln( x + 1)2 = 0, where

x > 1 . Justify your answer.

[2]
[3]

The function g is defined as follows:

g: x
(v)

( x 1)

3, x , x 0 .

Show that the composite function fg exists. Give a definition (including the domain)
of fg and state its range in exact form.

[4]

10 The points A, B and C have position vectors given respectively by


a = i + 2k, b = 2i + j and c = 2i + 2j + 3k.
It is known that the plane 1 contains A, B and C.
(i)

Show that the cartesian equation of plane 1 is 5x 3y + z = 7.

[3]

(ii)

The point P has position vector 5i + j k. Find the position vector of the foot of
perpendicular from P to plane 1 and hence find the exact distance from P to the

[4]

plane 1 .
(iii) The point P is the reflection of point C about another plane 2 . Show that the

[3]

cartesian equation of plane 2 is 3x y 4z = 5.


(iv) Find the equation of the line of intersection between planes 1 and 2 .

[2]

(v)

[2]

A third plane 3 has equation x + y + z = 3 . Given that the planes 1 , 2 and

3 meet in an infinite number of points, find .

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