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    Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic algebra, differentiation and / or integration. Full marks may be obtained for answers to all questions. The booklet 'Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables', available from Edexcel, may be used.

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    Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic algebra, differentiation and / or integration. Full marks may be obtained for answers to all questions. The booklet 'Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables', available from Edexcel, may be used.

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    Core Mathematics C3

    Advanced Level

    For Edexcel

    Paper K
    Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
    Instructions and Information
    Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic algebra, differentiation and/or integration.
    Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
    The booklet Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables, available from Edexcel, may be
    used.
    When a calculator is used, the answer should be given to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

    Advice to Candidates
    You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
    Answers without working may gain no credit.

    Published by Elmwood Press


    80 Attimore Road
    Welwyn Garden City
    Herts. AL8 6LP
    Tel. 01707 333232
    These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchasers institute.
    Elmwood Press

    Science Exam Papers

    1. Express as a single fraction


    2x 2 + x 6
    x1
    .

    4x 2 9
    (x + 2)2

    2.

    (5)

    The functions f and g are defined by


    f: x  x + 2,
    g: x 

    2
    ,
    x3

    xR
    x  R,

    x  = 3.

    (a) Express the functions gf and fg in the form : x  . In each case give the domain
    of the combined function.
    (4)
    (b) Show that there are no real values of x which satisfy the equation
    fg(x) = gf(x).

    (3)

    3. Differentiate with respect to x,


    x
    ,
    1 x2

    (3)

    (b) x 2 ln x,

    (3)

    (c) esin x .

    (3)

    (a)

    4. (a) Prove that


    cosec sin 0

    for all in the range

    0 < < .

    (4)

    (b) Find the values of x, 0 < x 360, which satisfy the equation
    sec2 x 4 tan x + 2 = 0.

    Edexcel

    (5)

    Science Exam Papers

    C3 paper K page 1

    5. The curve
    1
    y = x 4 + x 3 3x
    4
    has three turning points.
    (a) Show that one of these turning points has an x coordinate of where lies in the
    interval [0, 1].
    (4)
    (b) Show that the equation
    x 3 + 3x 2 3 = 0
    can be written as

    
    x=

    (c) Using the iteration

    
    xn+1 =

    3
    x+3

    3
    ,
    xn + 3

    (2)

    with x0 = 1,

    find the values of x1 , x2 , x3 and x4 .

    (2)

    (d) Hence give the value of to 3 decimal places.

    (1)

    6.
    y
    A

    The figure shows the curves y = ln 3x and y = ln(x + 2) intersecting at A, and crossing
    the x-axis at B and C.
    (a) Write down the equations of the asymptotes to each curve.

    (2)

    (b) Write down the coordinates of the points B and C.

    (2)

    (c) Find the coordinates of the point A.

    (1)

    The angle between the tangents to both curves at the point A is .


     
    1
    (d) Prove that = arctan
    .
    2
    Edexcel

    (6)

    Science Exam Papers

    C3 paper K page 2

    7. (a) Letting A + B = P , and A B = Q and using the expansions for sin(A B),
    prove that
    

    
    
    
    P +Q
    P Q
    sin P sin Q = 2 cos
    sin
    .
    2
    2

    (5)

    (b) Hence or otherwise solve the equation,


    sin 4 sin 2 + cos 3 = 0,

    for

    0 < < 360 .

    (6)

    8. You are given that


    f(x) = x 2 3x,

    x  R,

    1
    x1 .
    2

    (a) Find the range of f.

    (1)

    (b) Write down the domain and range of f 1 .

    (2)

    (c) Sketch the graph of f 1 , indicating clearly the coordinates of any point at which the
    graph intersects the coordinate axes.
    (4)
    Given that g(x) = |x 4|,

    x  R,

    (d) find an expression for gf(x).

    (2)

    (e) Solve gf(x) = 6.

    (5)
    END

    Edexcel

    TOTAL 75 MARKS

    Science Exam Papers

    C3 paper K page 3

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