1MA1 Higher themed papers: Solving equations: Quadratics

Solving equations: Quadratics

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 The total mark for this paper is 20. There are 4 questions.
 Questions have been arranged in an ascending order of mean difficulty, as found by all
students in the June 2017–November 2019 examinations.
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 1MA1 Higher themed papers: Solving equations: Quadratics

1 f(x) = 4sin x°
(a) Find f(23)
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(1)

g(x) = 2x – 3
(b) Find fg(34)
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(2)

h(x) = (x + 4)2
Ivan needs to solve the following equation h(x) = 25
He writes
(x + 4)2 = 25
x+4=5
x=1
This is not fully correct.
(c) Explain why.

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(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
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2 Solve (x – 2)2 = 3
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)
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 1MA1 Higher themed papers: Solving equations: Quadratics

3 (a) Solve 3x2 = 108

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(2)
(b) Factorise x2 − 2x − 35

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(2)
3t
u= 4 +2

(c) Make t the subject of the formula.

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(3)
(Total for Question 3 is 7 marks)
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4 For all values of x

f(x) = 2x – 3 and g(x) = x2 + 2

(a) Find g(−4)

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(1)
(b) Show that gf(x) = 4x2 − 12x + 11

(2)
(c) Solve fg(x) = gf(x)

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(4)
(Total for Question 4 is 7 marks)
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TOTAL MARKS FOR PAPER: 20

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