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Math questions

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MAJET SECONDARY SCHOOL

PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 Answer all the eight questions in section A and only five questions in section B
 Additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
 All working must be shown clearly.
 Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a list of
formulae may be used.
SECTION A
1. Find the equation of a line through the point (7,1) and parallel to another line 2x - y=4
2. Solve the equation: log 5 𝑥 + 2 log 𝑥 5 = 3

3. Express 1- 6x-x2 in the form a – (x+b)2. Hence find the maximum value of the function

f(x) = 1- 6x-x2 and state the value of x when it occurs?

4. Solve for x in the equation: √(5𝑥 + 1) + √(𝑥 + 1) = √(10𝑥 + 6). Verify your answers?
5. Solve the equation: 32x + 1 + 26(3x) – 9 = 0
6. Given that the quadratic equation 4x2 + (k-2)x + 1 = 0 has repeated roots. Find the possible
values of k.
7. Differentiate y = x2 – 7x + 3 from first principle.
8. Solve the equation sin 2𝜃 + cos 𝜃 = 0: for 00 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600

SECTION B.

9. The polynomial P(x) = x4 + 4x3+px2+qx+n is a perfect square of the second degree.


a. Show that: q + 8 = 2p and 16n = q2
b. If the polynomial p(x) leaves a remainder of 64 when divide by (x-1). Find the exact
values of p. q and n
10. a) Prove that in any triangle ABC.
a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos 𝐴
b). Show that cos2𝜃 + cos 2 𝜃 = 2 – 3sin2 𝜃. Hence solve the equation cos2𝜃 + cos 2 𝜃=0.5
for 00 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600
11. given the complex numbers Z1 = 2 – 3𝜄 and Z2 = 𝜄 + 3.

find (a) Z2 - Z1

(b) Z2

Z1
(c) Calculate the modulus of Z1 Z2
1 𝑑𝑦 −1
12. a) Given that y=(x - 1)(2x + 1) 2. Show that 𝑑𝑥 = 3x(2x + 1) 2

b. if y2 – 2xy + x2 = 4tan 𝑥, determine the gradient of the curve at point, P(0, 1).
1
13. a) If 5x . 252y = 1 and 35x . 9y = . Find the value of x and y.
9
13
b) Show that : 52018 + 52016 = 54 ( )
12
2014 2012
5 +5
14. Express 6 cos 𝑥 + 8sin 𝑥 in the form Rsin(𝑥+ ∝) where R > 0 and ∝ is acute. Hence Find
the maximum value of the expression 16 and state the values 2 – 6cos 𝑥 - 8sin 𝑥 of x when
it occurs. 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 900
15. a) A group consists of 4 boys and 7 girls. In how many ways can a team of five people be
selected if it is.
i) to contain no boy
ii) to contain at least one member of each gender.

16. a) If the roots of equation x2 + bx + c = 0 differ by 3. Show that b2 = 9 + 4c


b) The roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + 1 = 0 are ∝ and 𝛽. Find an equation whose roots
are ∝ + 2 and 𝛽 + 2.

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