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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

    General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level

    MATHEMATICS 9709/02
    Paper 2 Pure Mathematics 2 (P2) May/June 2008
    1 hour 15 minutes
    Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper
    *8159059644*

    Graph Paper
    List of Formulae (MF9)

    READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

    If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
    Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
    Write in dark blue or black pen.
    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.
    The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.
    You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

    At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
    The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
    The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
    Questions carrying smaller numbers of marks are printed earlier in the paper, and questions carrying larger
    numbers of marks later in the paper.

    This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page.

    © UCLES 2008 [Turn over


    2

    1 Solve the inequality |3x − 1| < 2. [3]

    2 Use logarithms to solve the equation 4x = 2(3x ), giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
    [4]

    1
    6
    π
    3 Find the exact value of  (cos 2x + sin x) dx. [5]
    0

    4 The polynomial 2x3 + 7x2 + ax + b, where a and b are constants, is denoted by p(x). It is given that
    (x + 1) is a factor of p(x), and that when p(x) is divided by (x + 2) the remainder is 5. Find the values
    of a and b. [5]

    5 (i) Express 5 cos θ − sin θ in the form R cos(θ + α ), where R > 0 and 0◦ < α < 90◦ , giving the exact
    value of R and the value of α correct to 2 decimal places. [3]

    (ii) Hence solve the equation


    5 cos θ − sin θ = 4,
    giving all solutions in the interval 0◦ ≤ θ ≤ 360◦ . [4]

    6 It is given that the curve y = (x − 2)ex has one stationary point.

    (i) Find the exact coordinates of this point. [5]

    (ii) Determine whether this point is a maximum or a minimum point. [2]

    7 The equation of a curve is


    x2 + y2 − 4xy + 3 = 0.

    dy 2y − x
    (i) Show that = . [4]
    dx y − 2x

    (ii) Find the coordinates of each of the points on the curve where the tangent is parallel to the x-axis.
    [5]

    © UCLES 2008 9709/02/M/J/08


    3
    a
    1
    8 The constant a, where a > 1, is such that  x +  dx = 6.
    x
    1

    (i) Find an equation satisfied by a, and show that it can be written in the form
    √
    a = (13 − 2 ln a). [5]

    √
    (ii) Verify, by calculation, that the equation a = (13 − 2 ln a) has a root between 3 and 3.5. [2]

    (iii) Use the iterative formula


    √
    an+1 = (13 − 2 ln an ),
    with a1 = 3.2, to calculate the value of a correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each
    iteration to 4 decimal places. [3]

    © UCLES 2008 9709/02/M/J/08


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    University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
    Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

    9709/02/M/J/08

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