C3 chap 7-8 and C4 chap 1-2-3 REV

1. The curve C has equation

3x - 2
y= , x 2
( x - 2) 2

The point P on C has x coordinate 3.

Find an equation of the normal to C at the point P in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b

and c are integers.
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 2. Solve, for 0 q < 2p

2 cos 2q = 5 - 13sin q

Give your answers in radians to 3 decimal places.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

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3. (a) Use the binomial expansion, in ascending powers of x, of to show that
(1 - 2 x)
2 + 3x
2 + 5 x + 6 x 2 , |x| < 0.5
(1 - 2 x)
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(b) Substitute x = into
20

2 + 3x
= 2 + 5x + 6x2
(1 - 2 x)

to obtain an approximation to 10 .

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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4. (i) Given x = tan2 4y, 0 < y < , find as a function of x.
8 dx
1
A ( x p + xq )
Write your answer in the form , where A, p and q are constants to be found.

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5. (a)Given that

2cos(x + 30) = sin(x 30)

without using a calculator, show that

tan x = 3 3 4
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(b) Hence or otherwise solve, for 0 < 180,

2cos(2 + 40) = sin(2 20)

Give your answers to one decimal place.

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 6.

The curve C has parametric equations

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x = ln(t + 2), y= t>0
t2
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve C, the x-axis and the lines
with equations x = ln3 and x = ln5.

(a) Show that the area of R is given by the integral

3
4
6 1 t (t + 2)
2
dt
6
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(b) Hence find an exact value for the area of R.

Write your answer in the form (a + lnb), where a and b are rational numbers.
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(c) Find a cartesian equation of the curve C in the form y = f(x).
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7.

Figure 3 shows a sketch of part of the curve C with equation

x 2 ln x
y= - 2 x + 4, x > 0
3

Point A is the minimum turning point on the curve.

(a) Show, by using calculus, that the x coordinate of point A is a solution of

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x=
1 + ln( x 2 )
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(b) Starting with x0 = 2.27, use the iteration

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xn +1 =
1 + ln( xn 2 )

to calculate the values of x1, x2 and x3, giving your answers to 3 decimal places.
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(c) Use your answer to part (b) to deduce the coordinates of point A to one decimal place.
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 8. (a) Express 10cos 3sin in the form Rcos ( + ), where R > 0 and 0 < < 90

Give the exact value of R and give the value of to 2 decimal places.
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Alana models the height above the ground of a

passenger on a Ferris wheel by the equation

H = 12 10cos(30t) + 3sin(30t)

where the height of the passenger above the

ground is H metres at time t minutes after the
wheel starts turning.

(b) Calculate

(i) the maximum value of H predicted by this model,

(ii) the value of t when this maximum first occurs.

Give each answer to 2 decimal places.

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(c) Calculate the value of t when the passenger is 18m above the ground for the first time. 8

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

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(d) Determine the time taken for the Ferris wheel to complete two revolutions.
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9. Given that

tan q = p, where p is a constant, p 1,

use standard trigonometric identities, to find in terms of p,

(a) tan 2q ,
(2)
(b) cos q ,
(2)
(c) cot (q 45).
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Write each answer in its simplest form.

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 10. g(q ) = 4 cos 2q + 2 sin 2q.

Given that g(q ) = R cos (2q ), where R > 0 and 0 < < 90,

(a) find the exact value of R and the value of to 2 decimal places.
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(b) Hence solve, for 90 < q < 90,

4 cos 2q + 2 sin 2q = 1,

giving your answers to one decimal place.

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Given that k is a constant and the equation g(q ) = k has no solutions,

(c) state the range of possible values of k.

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11. The point P lies on the curve with equation

x = (4y sin 2y)2.

p
Given that P has (x, y) coordinates p, , where p is a constant,
2

(a) find the exact value of p.

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The tangent to the curve at P cuts the y-axis at the point A.

(b) Use calculus to find the coordinates of A.

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 12.

Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation

g(x) = x2(1 x)e2x, x 0.

(a) Show that g' (x) = f(x)e2x, where f(x) is a cubic function to be found.
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(b) Hence find the range of g.
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(c) State a reason why the function g1(x) does not exist.
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REV
13. (a) Prove that
cos A + sin A (2n + 1)p
sec 2A + tan 2A , A , n .
cos A - sin A 4
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(b) Hence solve, for 0 q < 2p,
1
sec 2q + tan 2q = .
2
Give your answers to 3 decimal places.
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 14. Given that k is a negative constant and that the function f(x) is defined by

( x - 5k )( x - k )
f (x) = 2 , x 0,
x 2 - 3kx + 2k 2

x+k
(a) show that f (x) = .
x - 2k
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(b) Hence find f ' (x), giving your answer in its simplest form.
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(c) State, with a reason, whether f (x) is an increasing or a decreasing function.
Justify your answer.
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15. (a) Find the binomial expansion of
1 4
(4 + 5 x) 2 , x < ,
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in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x2.
Give each coefficient in its simplest form.
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(b) Find the exact value of (4 + 5 x ) 2 when x = .
10

Give your answer in the form k 2, where k is a constant to be determined.

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(c) Substitute x = into your binomial expansion from part (a) and hence find an
10
approximate value for 2.

p
Give your answer in the form q , where p and q are integers.
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 16. A curve C has parametric equations
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x = 4t + 3, y = 4t + 8 + , t 0.
2t

dy
(a) Find the value of at the point on C where t = 2, giving your answer as a fraction in
dx
its simplest form.
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(b) Show that the cartesian equation of the curve C can be written in the form

x 2 + ax + b
y= , x 3,
x-3

where a and b are integers to be determined.

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