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P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
JULY 2017
3 HOURS

ST. JOSEPH OF NAZARETH HIGH SCHOOL


UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
INTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATION 2017
PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

- Answer all the questions in Section A and only five questions in


Section B.

- Show all necessary working clearly.

- Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical


tables with a list of formula may be used.
SECTION A (40 MARKS)
Attempt all questions from this section.
√ √
1. If √ Find the values of and . (5 marks)
√ √

2. The ninth term of an arithmetic progression is twice the third term, and the
fifteenth term is 27. Evaluate the sum of the first 25 terms of the series. (5 marks)

3. Differentiate with respect to (5 marks)

4. Evaluate the definite integral ∫ (5 marks)

5. Solve the equation for . (5 marks)

6. Find the equation of the circle which touches the line at the point
and passes through the point (5 marks)

7. The roots of the equation are and . Given that


find the possible values of . (5 marks)

8. Prove that . Hence solve the equation


(5 marks)

SECTION A (60 MARKS)


Answer any five questions from this section.

9. (a) If determine the Cartesian equation of the locus given by

| | (6 marks)

(b) Sketch the loci defined by the equations:


(i)

(ii) ( )
(6 marks)
10. (a) Prove that (6 marks)

(b) Solve the equation (6 marks)


11. Find the coordinates of any maxima, minima and points of inflexion of the
function that it may have. Hence sketch the curve
(12 marks)
12. (a) Find ∫ √

(b) Express ∫ (9 marks)

13. (a) Find the particular solution of the differential equation


Given that when (6 marks)

(b) A lump of radioactive substance is disintegrating. At time days after it was


first observed to have the mass of 10 grams and where is a
constant.Find the time, in days for the substance to reduce to 1 gram in mass,
given that its half –life is 10 days. (The half – life is the time in which half of any
mass of the substance will decay.) (6 marks)

14. (a) Find the values of for which the line is a tangent to the circle
(3 marks)

(b) Find the points where the line meets the circle
Obtain the equation of the tangents and normal
to the circle at these points(6 marks)

15. (a) Show that the points A,B and C with position vectors
respectively are the vertices of a triangle. Find the area of the triangle.
(5 marks)

(b) Find a vector perpendicular to the vectors and

Hence, find the equation of a plane passing through the point and
parallel to and . Find the angle between the plane and the line
(7 marks)
16. (a) If ( ) show that (6 marks)
√

(b) Use the Maclaurin’s theorem to find the first four terms of the expansion of
. (6 marks)
~END~

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