Cambridge International AS & A Level

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MATHEMATICS 9709/31
Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3 May/June 2020

1 hour 50 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

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INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 75.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 Find the set of values of x for which 2 31−2x
< 5x . Give your answer in a simplified exact form. [4]

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2 (a) Expand 2 − 3x
−2 in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x2 , simplifying the
coefficients. [4]

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(b) State the set of values of x for which the expansion is valid. [1]

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3 Express the equation tan 1 + 60Å
= 2 + tan 60Å − 1
as a quadratic equation in tan 1, and hence solve
the equation for 0Å ≤ 1 ≤ 180Å. [6]

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4 The curve with equation y = e2x sin x + 3 cos x
has a stationary point in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ π.

(a) Find the x-coordinate of this point, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [4]

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(b) Determine whether the stationary point is a maximum or a minimum. [2]

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5 (a) Find the quotient and remainder when 2x3 − x2 + 6x + 3 is divided by x2 + 3. [3]

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2x3 − x2 + 6x + 3
3
(b) Using your answer to part (a), find the exact value of Ô
x2 + 3
dx. [5]
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A

O 2x rad T

The diagram shows a circle with centre O and radius r . The tangents to the circle at the points A and
B meet at T , and angle AOB is 2x radians. The shaded region is bounded by the tangents AT and BT ,
and by the minor arc AB. The area of the shaded region is equal to the area of the circle.

(a) Show that x satisfies the equation tan x = π + x. [3]

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(b) This equation has one root in the interval 0 < x < 12 π. Verify by calculation that this root lies
between 1 and 1.4. [2]

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(c) Use the iterative formula

xn+1 = tan−1 π + xn

to determine the root correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal
places. [3]

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Let f x
=
cos x
1 + sin x
7 .

(a) Show that f ′ x
< 0 for all x in the interval − 12 π < x < 32 π. [4]

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1π

(b) Find Ó
2
f x
dx. Give your answer in a simplified exact form. [4]
1π
6

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8 A certain curve is such that its gradient at a point x, y
is proportional to  . The curve passes
x x
through the points with coordinates 1, 1
and 4, e
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(a) By setting up and solving a differential equation, find the equation of the curve, expressing y in
terms of x. [8]

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(b) Describe what happens to y as x tends to infinity. [1]

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9 With respect to the origin O, the vertices of a triangle ABC have position vectors
−−¿ −−¿ −−¿
OA = 2i + 5k, OB = 3i + 2j + 3k and OC = i + j + k.

(a) Using a scalar product, show that angle ABC is a right angle. [3]

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(b) Show that triangle ABC is isosceles. [2]

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(c) Find the exact length of the perpendicular from O to the line through B and C. [4]

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(a) The complex number u is defined by u =

3i
a + 2i
10 , where a is real.

(i) Express u in the Cartesian form x + iy, where x and y are in terms of a. [3]

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(ii) Find the exact value of a for which arg u* = 13 π. [3]

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(b) (i) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, shade the region whose points represent complex
numbers z satisfying the inequalities  z − 2i ≤  z − 1 − i and  z − 2 − i ≤ 2. [4]

(ii) Calculate the least value of arg z for points in this region. [2]

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