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C1 Practice Paper B2

This document provides the paper reference and instructions for candidates taking the Edexcel GCE Core Mathematics C1 Advanced Subsidiary examination. It consists of 9 multi-part questions testing a range of mathematics concepts and skills. Calculators are not permitted for the exam.

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C1 Practice Paper B2

This document provides the paper reference and instructions for candidates taking the Edexcel GCE Core Mathematics C1 Advanced Subsidiary examination. It consists of 9 multi-part questions testing a range of mathematics concepts and skills. Calculators are not permitted for the exam.

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Paper Reference(s)

6663
Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C1
Advanced Subsidiary
Set B: Practice Question Paper 2

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials required for examination Items included with question papers


Mathematical Formulae Nil

Calculators may NOT be used in this examination.

Instructions to Candidates
When a calculator is used, the answer should be given to an appropriate degree of accuracy.
Information for Candidates
A booklet mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables is provided.
Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
This paper has 9 questions.
Advice to Candidates
You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the examiner.
Answers without working may gain no credit.
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1. Given that 2x = and 2y = 42,
2
(a) find the exact value of x and the exact value of y, (3)
(b) calculate the exact value of 2 y x . (2)
[P1 January 2002 Question 1]

( x 2 3) 2
2. f(x) = , x 0.
x3
(a) Show that f(x) x 6x1 + 9x3. (2)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, differentiate f(x) with respect to x. (3)
[P1 June 2004 Question 6*]

n
3. The sum of an arithmetic series is (80 3r ) .
r 1

(a) Write down the first two terms of the series. (2)
(b) Find the common difference of the series. (1)
Given that n = 50,
(c) find the sum of the series. (3)
[P1 November 2003 Question 1]

4. Find the set of values for x for which


(a) 6x 7 < 2x + 3, (2)
2
(b) 2x 11x + 5 < 0, (4)
(c) both 6x 7 < 2x + 3 and 2x2 11x + 5 < 0. (1)
[P1 June 2003 Question 2]

5. The equation x2 + 5kx + 2k = 0, where k is a constant, has real roots.

(a) Prove that k(25k 8) 0. (2)

(b) Hence find the set of possible values of k. (4)


(c) Write down the values of k for which the equation x2 + 5kx + 2k = 0 has equal roots. (1)
[P1 June 2001 Question 3]
6. Initially the number of fish in a lake is 500 000. The population is then modelled by the recurrence
relation un + 1 = 1.05un d, u0 = 500 000.
In this relation un is the number of fish in the lake after n years and d is the number of fish which are
caught each year.
Given that d = 15 000,
(a) calculate u1 , u2 and u3 and comment briefly on your results. (3)
Given that d = 100 000,
(b) show that the population of fish dies out during the sixth year. (3)

(c) Find the value of d which would leave the population each year unchanged. (2)
[P2 January 2002 Question 5]

7. Figure 1
y
Q

y2 = 4(x 2)
2x 3y = 12

O A x

Fig. 1 shows the curve with equation y2 = 4(x 2) and the line with equation 2x 3y = 12.
The curve crosses the x-axis at the point A, and the line intersects the curve at the points P and Q.
(a) Write down the coordinates of A. (1)
(b) Find, using algebra, the coordinates of P and Q. (6)
(c) Show that PAQ is a right angle. (4)
[P1 January 2004 Question 6]
8. The points A(1, 2), B (7, 2) and C(k, 4), where k is a constant, are the vertices of ABC. Angle
ABC is a right angle.
(a) Find the gradient of AB. (2)

(b) Calculate the value of k. (2)

(c) Show that the length of AB may be written in the form p5, where p is an integer to be found.
(3)
(d) Find the exact value of the area of ABC. (3)
(e) Find an equation for the straight line l passing through B and C. Give your answer in the form
ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers. (2)
[P1 June 2001 Question 8*]

dy
9. The curve C has equation y = f(x). Given that = 3x2 20x + 29 and that C passes through the
dx
point P(2, 6),

(a) find y in terms of x. (4)


(b) Verify that C passes through the point (4, 0). (2)
(c) Find an equation of the tangent to C at P. (3)
The tangent to C at the point Q is parallel to the tangent at P.
(d) Calculate the exact x-coordinate of Q. (5)
[P1November 2002 Question 7]

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