Final Examinations 2019 – 20

F. 6DEF Mathematics Extended Part

Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus)
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Time: 2 hrs. Date: 14 – 2 – 2020
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INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of Section A and Section B. Each section carries 50 marks.

2. Answer ALL questions in this paper.

3. All workings must be clearly shown.

4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must be exact.

5. In this paper, vectors may be represented by bold type letters such as u, but students are expected
to use appropriate symbols such as u in their working.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

FORMULAS FOR REFERENCE

AB AB
sin(A  B)  sin A cos B  cos A sin B sin A  sin B  2 sin cos
2 2

AB AB
cos(A  B)  cos A cos B  sin A sin B sin A  sin B  2 cos sin
2 2

tan A  tan B AB AB

tan(A  B)  cos A  cos B  2 cos cos
1  tan A tan B 2 2

AB AB
2 sin A cos B  sin(A  B)  sin(A  B) cos A  cos B  2 sin sin
2 2

2 cos A cos B  cos(A  B)  cos(A  B) 2 sin A sin B  cos(A  B)  cos(A  B)

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F. 6DEF Mathematics Module 2
Section A (50 marks)

1. Let f ( x)  ( x 2  2) ln x . Find f (1) from first principles.

(4 marks)

2. Let P( x)  (1  x) 7 (1  2 x) n , where n is a positive integer. It is given that the coefficient of x 2

in the expansion of P ( x) is  9 .
(a) Find the possible values of n.
(b) For the smaller value of n found in (a), find P' (n  2) .
(5 marks)

3
3. Let OA  a and OB  b , where O is the origin. It is given that a  5 , b  and
2
2
AOB  . Find
3
(a) a  b ,

(b) a  2b

(5 marks)

dx
4. (a) Find x 2
9
.

(b) Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by revolving the region bounded by the
1
curve y = , the two axes and the line x = 3 about the x-axis.
x 9
2

(6 marks)

2n
5. (a) Using mathematical induction, prove that k
k 1
3
 n 2 ( 2 n  1) 2 , for all positive integers n.

(b) Using the result of (a), find

(i) 13  2 3  3 3  ...  96 3 ,
(i) 13  2 3  3 3  5 3  6 3  7 3  ...  93 3  94 3  95 3 .
(8 marks)

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F. 6DEF Mathematics Module 2
6. Consider the following system of linear equations in real variables x, y, z

x  y  z  0

(E):  x  k 2 y  (3k  5) z  2m , where k, m  R.
2 x  2 y  kz  m  3


(a) Assume that (E) has a unique solution.

(i) Find the range of values of k.

(ii) Express z in terms of k and m.

(b) Assume that (E) has infinitely many solutions. Solve (E).

(6 marks)

kx
7. Let f(x) = , where k is a constant.
x  4x  3
2

(a) Find all the asymptote(s) of the graph of y = f (x).

 1 
(b) It is given that the graph of y = f (x) passes through the point   1 ,   .
 32 
(i) Find f (x).
(ii) Find the minimum point(s) of the graph of y = f(x).
(7 marks)

8. Let f(x) be a continuous function defined on R, where R is the set of all real numbers. Denote the
1
curve y = f(x) by Γ. It is given that Γ passes through the point P (1, 1  ) and f' ( x)  x 3 e  x .
2

e
Find
(a) the equation of the tangent at P,
(b) the equation of Γ,
(c) the points(s) of inflexion of Γ.
(9 marks)

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F. 6DEF Mathematics Module 2
Section B (50 marks)
a b  1 1 
9. (a) Suppose that X    is a non-zero matrix. Let Q    , where m is a
c d  0 m
non-zero real number.
(i) Show that Q 1 exists.
 r 0
(ii) Suppose that QXQ 1    , where r and s are real numbers.
0 s 
(1) Express d in terms of a and b .
(2) Express X n in terms of a and b .
(8 marks)
n
2020 1
  4
(b) Evaluate    . (4 marks)
n 1  0 5 

10. Consider the curve C: y  16  4 x 2 , where 0  x  2 , and the two lines L1: y  4 x  8 and

L2: y  8 .
(a) (i) Find the point of intersection of L1 and C.
(ii) Find the area of the region bounded by L1, L2, C and the y-axis.
(7 marks)
(b) A vase is formed by revolving the region in (a)(ii) about the y-axis. Water is poured into
the vase at a constant rate of 16 cubic units per second such that the water level is h units
above the x-axis.
(i) Let V cubic units be the volume of water in the vase for 4  h  8 . Find V in terms of h.
(ii) Someone claims that the water level increases at a rate lower than 0.5 unit per second
when water level is 5 units. Is the claim correct? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

cos   sin 
11. (a) Find  sin   cos 
d . (2 marks)

sin 3
(b) (i) Prove that  2 cos 2  1 .
sin 
 cos 3  sin 3
(ii) By putting     in the above identity, prove that  1  2 sin 2 .
4 sin   cos 
 
cos 3 sin 3
(iii) Prove that 
0
2
sin   cos
d    2
0 sin   cos
d .

cos 3
Hence, evaluate 
0
2
sin   cos
d .

(9 marks)

8 cos   6 sin 
3
(c) Hence, using cos 3  4 cos 3   3 cos  , evaluate 0
2
sin   cos
d .

(2 marks)

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F. 6DEF Mathematics Module 2
12. OAB is a triangle. D is a point lying on OA such that OD: OA = 1 : 3 while E is a point on OB
such that OE : EB = 3 : 2. AE and BD intersects at P. OP is produced to meet AB at F. Let
OA  a and OB  b.
(a) Let m and n be constants such that AP : PE  m : 1 and BP : PD  n : 1 .

(i) Express OP in terms of m, a and b.

(ii) Express OP in terms of n, a and b.
(iii) Hence, find the values of m and n.
(5 marks)
(b) Let k be a constant such that AF  kAB . By expressing OF in terms of k, a and b, find
the value of k. (2 marks)

(c) Suppose OA  6i + 12j  6k, OB   4i  10j + 6k and OQ  2i  6j  k, where O is the

origin. Denote the plane which contains O, A, B and P by Π .

(i) Find the area of OAB .
(ii) Someone claims that P is the projection of Q on Π . Do you agree? Explain your
answer.
(iii) Find the angle between OQ and Π , correct to the nearest 0.1.
(6 marks)

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