2017 Additional Mathematics
2017 Additional Mathematics
2017 Additional Mathematics
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
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 80.
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2 (i) Sketch the graph of y = 4x2 for x < 16. [2]
x
(ii) Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the curve y = 4x2 and the line
4y = 7x + 4. [4]
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3 The variables x and y are such that when values of — are plotted against -y= a straight line is obtained.
It is given thaty = 0.25 when x = 0.04 and thaty = 0.50 when x = 1.00. Find the value ofy when x “ 9.
[5]
4 The roots of the quadratic equation 7X2 - 3x + 1 = 0 are ~ 1 Find a quadratic equation with
1 and 4.
roots a2 and fl2, ? [6]
(ii) Hence find, for 0 the values ofx in radians for which = 4- Pl
SvCX COSCCX £
6 A tennis club makes three equally sized tennis courts, positioned next to each other as shown in the
diagram below. Each tennis court is rectangular and has sides of lengthxm andym. The lines in the
diagram represent wire netting. The total length of wire netting used is 288 m.
ym
xm
(i)
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Show that the total area, /tm2, of the three tennis courts is given by A = 216x — -^x . [3]
(ii) Given that x can vary, find the dimensions of each tennis court that make A a maximum. [3]
(You are not required to show that A is a maximum.)
7 The triangle ABC is such that its area is ^(9 + V3) cm2, the length of AB is (V3 + 1) cm and
(i) the length, in cm, of AC in the form a + b V3, where a and b are integers, [3]
(ii) an expression, in cm2, for BC2 in the form c + dV3, where c and d are integers. [3]
6+llx —5x2
(ii) Express 3x3 — x2 + Tlx — 9 in partial fractions. [5]
9 A bungee jumper falls vertically from rest from a point O. Her velocity, vm/s, t seconds after leaving
0, is such that -^=10. After 4 s, she reaches a point X. By integration, find
On reaching AT, she then slows so that her velocity, Km/s, T seconds after reaching AT, is such that
dV
jyT — 10 - kT, where k is a constant
(iii) Given that she first comes to rest at a point Y when T- 3, show that k = [3]
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The diagram shows a circle, centre O. Points A, B, C and D lie on the circle. The line AD is a diameter
and BC is parallel to AD, The lines BBT and QDT are tangents to the circle at B and D respectively.
(i) Explain, with working, why the curve has no turning points. [3]
The diagram below shows part of the curve y = Points P(2, 5) and <2(4, 3) lie on the curve.
(ii) By expressing
X 1
in the form a +
X J
j
-r, where a and b are constants, find, showing full
working, the area of the shaded region. [5]
12 The equation of the normal to the circle x2+y2 + 8x-24y + 96 = 0 at the point 7? is 3y + 4x-k.
(ii) Given that R lies between S and the centre of the circle, find the length of [5]
Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
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 100.
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2 (i) Show that -^(tanx — x) = tan x. [2]
(ii) Without using a calculator, find the value of each of the constants a and b for which
/ 3 n9
3 (i) By considering the general term in the binomial expansion of I px 4- — 1 , where p is a constant,
explain why there are no even powers of x in this expansion. [3]
(ii) Given that the coefficient of x11 in the expansion of I px3 4- -M is twice the coefficient of x7,
find the value ofp. V 7 [4]
(ii) Determine, with working, whether the x-coordinate of P is greater or less than the x-coordinate
of M. [5]
(ii) Solve the equation log^ 100 = Igy, giving your answer to 2 significant figures. [5]
(ii) Using this value of m, and given that the curve passes through (~2, 19), find the coordinates of P.
[4]
(iii) Given that L is not a tangent to the curve, what can be deduced about Z? [1]
7 (a) The percentage, P, of carbon-14 remaining in a piece of fossilised wood is given by P = 1 OOe-**,
where & is a constant and t is measured in years. It takes 5730 years for the carbon-14 to be reduced
to half of the original amount. Calculate
(ii) the percentage of carbon-14 which w.ould indicate a fossil age of 8000 years. [2]
(b) The size, S, and intensity, Z, of a naturally occurring event are connected by the formula S = lg-,
where c is a constant. Calculate, to 1 decimal place, the size of the event which has intensity
50 times that of an event of size 2.4. [4]
8 (a) A particle moves along the curve >> = ln(3jc — 1) in such a way that the y-coordinate of
the particle is increasing at a constant rate of 0.06 units per second. Find the rate at which the
x-coordinate of the particle is increasing at the instant when x = 7. [3]
(i) Explain why the curve has only one stationary point and why this is a point of inflexion. [5]
The diagram shows a trapezium with vertices A (-2, 1), B (0, p), C (1, 3) and D. The sides AB and DC
are parallel and the angle DAB is 90°. Angle ABO is equal to angle CBO>
(i) Express the gradients of the lines AB and CB in terms of p and hence, or otherwise, show that
p = 5. [4]
(i) State the amplitude and the period, in degrees, of (a)<y1, (b)y2. [2]
(iii) sketch, on the same diagram, the graphs of^ andy2, [4]
(iv) find the set of values of x for which ~y2 > 0. [2]
The diagram shows an area of rough ground bordered by a straight road XY. The point O is such that
OX = 5 km, OY = 3 km and angle XOY = 90°. A cross-country runner leaves O and reaches P on the
roadXYafter running for 4km in a straight line inclined at an angle 0to OY.
(i) Express the shortest distance of P from OX and from OY in termsof 0. [1]
(iii) Express 20 cos 0+12 sin 0 in the form R cos (0 — a), where R >0 and a is acute. [4]