Cambridge O Level: Additional Mathematics 4037/21
Cambridge O Level: Additional Mathematics 4037/21
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INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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Mathematical Formulae
1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation
Binomial Theorem
n n n
(a + b) n = a n + e o a n - 1 b + e o a n - 2 b 2 + f + e o a n - r b r + f + b n
1 2 r
n
where n is a positive integer and e o =
n!
r (n - r) !r!
Arithmetic series un = a + (n - 1) d
1 1
Sn = n (a + l ) = n {2a + (n - 1) d}
2 2
Geometric series un = ar n - 1
a (1 - r n )
Sn = ( r ! 1)
1-r
a
S3 = ( r 1 1)
1-r
2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin 2 A + cos 2 A = 1
sec 2 A = 1 + tan 2 A
cosec 2 A = 1 + cot 2 A
1 (a) Solve the equation 5 w - 1 = 12, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [2]
2 1
(b) Solve the equation x 3 - 5x 3 + 6 = 0. [3]
3 Variables x and y are such that when 3 y is plotted against x 2, a straight line passing through the points
(9, 8) and (16, 1) is obtained. Find y as a function of x. [4]
5 (a) (i) Write down, in ascending powers of x, the first three terms in the expansion of (1 + 4x) n .
Simplify each term. [2]
(ii) In the expansion of (1 + 4x) n (1 - 4x) the coefficient of x 2 is 6032. Given that n 2 0, find
the value of n. [3]
10
x 8
(b) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of e - 4 o . [2]
2 x
6 (a) (i) A 5-digit number is to be formed from the seven digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Each digit can be
used at most once in any number and the number does not start with 0. Find the number of
ways in which this can be done. [2]
(ii) Find how many of these 5-digit numbers are even. [3]
(b) A team of 7 people is to be selected from a group of 9 women and 6 men. Find the number of
different teams that can be selected which include at least one man. [2]
n 1
(c) (i) Show that C 3 + n C 2 = ( n 3 - n) for n H 3. [5]
6
n
(ii) Hence solve the equation C3 + n C2 = 4n where n H 3. [2]
(1 + sin 3x) 4
7 Variables x and y are such that y = . Use differentiation to find the approximate change
x
in y when x increases from 1.9 to 1.9 + h, where h is small. [6]
8 In this question, i is a unit vector due east and j is a unit vector due north. Distances are measured in
kilometres and time is measured in hours.
At 09 00, ship A leaves a point P with position vector 5i + 16j relative to an origin O. It sails with a
constant speed of 6 3 on a bearing of 120°.
(c) At 11 00 ship B leaves a point Q with position vector 29i + 16j. It sails with constant velocity
- 12 3 j. Write down the position vector of B, t hours after it starts sailing. [1]
(d) Find the distance between the two ships at 12 00. [3]
x
h
The diagram shows a water container in the shape of a triangular prism. The depth of water in the
container is h. The container has length 5. The water in the container forms a prism with a uniform
cross-section that is an equilateral triangle of side x.
5 3 h2
(a) Show that the volume, V, of the water is given by V = . [4]
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(b) Water is pumped into the container at a rate of 0.5 m 3 per minute. Find the rate at which the depth
of the water is increasing when the depth of the water is 0.1 m. [4]
d2y 2
dy e 2
at the point ee, + e 2o .
3
x+1 e
(b) A curve is such that = e o . It is given that = + 2e
dx 2
x dx 2 6
Using your answer to part (a), find the exact equation of the curve. [8]
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y
x
y = e2
r
x=
4
A
y = cos 5x
O B C x
x
r
The diagram shows part of the curves y = e 2 and y = cos 5x and part of the line x = . The
4
r
curves intersect at A. The curve y = cos 5x cuts the x-axis at B. The line x = cuts the x-axis at C and
4
x
the curve y = e at D. Find the exact area of the shaded region, ABCD.
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