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1. Find

writing each term in simplest form.

(4)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
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2. In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

f(x) = 4x3 + 5x2 – 10x + 4a x∈ℝ

where a is a positive constant.
Given (x – a) is a factor of f(x),
(a) show that
a(4a2 + 5a – 6) = 0
(2)
(b) Hence
(i) find the value of a
(ii) use algebra to find the exact solutions of the equation

f(x) = 3
(4)
(Total for Question 2 is 6 marks)
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3. Relative to a fixed origin O
• the point A has position vector 5i + 3j + 2k
• the point B has position vector 2i + 4j + ak
where a is a positive integer.

(a) Show that =

(1)
(b) Find the smallest value of a for which

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)
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4. In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

The curve C has equation y = f(x) where x ∈ ℝ

Given that

• f ′(x) = 2x + cos x
• the curve has a stationary point with x coordinate α
• α is small
(a) use the small angle approximation for cos x to estimate the value of α to
3 decimal places.
(3)
The point P(0, 3) lies on C
(b) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at P, giving your answer in the
form y = mx + c, where m and c are constants to be found.
(2)
(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)
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5. A continuous curve has equation y = f(x).
The table shows corresponding values of x and y for this curve, where a and b
are constants.

x 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4

y a 16.8 b 20.2 18.7 13.5

The trapezium rule is used, with all the y values in the table, to find an approximate area
under the curve between x = 3 and x = 4
Given that this area is 17.59
(a) show that a + 2b = 51
(3)
Given also that the sum of all the y values in the table is 97.2
(b) find the value of a and the value of b
(3)
(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)
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6. a = log2 x b = log2(x + 8)

Express in terms of a and/or b

(a) log2
(1)
(b) log2(x2 + 8x)
(2)

(c) log2

Give your answer in simplest form.

(3)
(Total for Question 6 is 6 marks)
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7. The function f is defined by

f(x) = 3 + x∈ℝ x>2

(a) State the range of f

(1)
(b) Find f –1
(3)
The function g is defined by

g(x) = x∈ℝ x≠3

(c) Find gf(6)

(2)
(d) Find the exact value of the constant a for which

f(a2 + 2) = g(a)
(2)
(Total for Question 7 is 8 marks)
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8.

Figure 1 shows the plan view of a stage.

The plan view shows two congruent triangles ABO and GFO joined to a sector OCDEO
of a circle, centre O, where
• angle COE = 2.3 radians
• arc length CDE = 27.6 m
• AOG is a straight line of length 15 m
(a) Show that OC = 12 m.
(2)
(b) Show that the size of angle AOB is 0.421 radians correct to 3 decimal places.
(2)
Given that the total length of the front of the stage, BCDEF, is 35 m,
(c) find the total area of the stage, giving your answer to the nearest square metre.
(6)
(Total for Question 8 is 10 marks)
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9. The first three terms of a geometric sequence are

3k + 4 12 – 3k k + 16

where k is a constant.

(a) Show that k satisfies the equation

3k2 – 62k + 40 = 0
(2)

Given that the sequence converges,

(b) (i) find the value of k, giving a reason for your answer,
(ii) find the value of S∞
(5)
(Total for Question 9 is 7 marks)
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10. A circle C has equation

x2 + y2 + 6kx – 2ky + 7 = 0

where k is a constant.

(a) Find in terms of k,

(i) the coordinates of the centre of C
(ii) the radius of C
(3)
The line with equation y = 2x – 1 intersects C at 2 distinct points.
(b) Find the range of possible values of k.
(6)
(Total for Question 10 is 9 marks)
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11.

The value, V pounds, of a mobile phone, t months after it was bought, is modelled by

V = abt

where a and b are constants.

Figure 2 shows the linear relationship between log10 V and t.
The line passes through the points (0, 3) and (10, 2.79) as shown.
Using these points,
(a) find the initial value of the phone,
(2)
(b) find a complete equation for V in terms of t, giving the exact value of a and giving
the value of b to 3 significant figures.
(3)
Exactly 2 years after it was bought, the value of the phone was £320
(c) Use this information to evaluate the reliability of the model.
(2)
(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)
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12. y = sin x
where x is measured in radians.
Use differentiation from first principles to show that

= cos x

You may
• use without proof the formula for sin(A ± B)

• assume that as h → 0, and

(5)
(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)
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13. On a roller coaster ride, passengers travel in carriages around a track.
On the ride, carriages complete multiple circuits of the track such that
• the maximum vertical height of a carriage above the ground is 60 m
• a carriage starts a circuit at a vertical height of 2 m above the ground
• the ground is horizontal

The vertical height, H m, of a carriage above the ground, t seconds after the carriage
starts the first circuit, is modelled by the equation

H = a – b(t – 20)2

where a and b are positive constants.

(a) Find a complete equation for the model.
(3)
(b) Use the model to determine the height of the carriage above the ground when t = 40
(1)
In an alternative model, the vertical height, H m, of a carriage above the ground,
t seconds after the carriage starts the first circuit, is given by

H = 29 cos(9t + α)° + β 0 ≤ α < 360°

where α and β are constants.

(c) Find a complete equation for the alternative model.
(2)
Given that the carriage moves continuously for 2 minutes,
(d) give a reason why the alternative model would be more appropriate.
(1)
(Total for Question 13 is 7 marks)
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14. Prove, using algebra, that

(n + 1)3 – n3

is odd for all n ∈ ℕ

(4)
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
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15. A curve has equation y = f(x), where

(a) Show that

where A and B are constants to be found.

(5)
(b) Hence show that the x coordinates of the turning points of the curve are solutions of
the equation

(2)

The equation has two positive roots α and β where β > α

A student uses the iteration formula

in an attempt to find approximations for α and β

Diagram 1 shows a plot of part of the curve with equation y = and part of the
line with equation y = x
Using Diagram 1 below
(c) draw a staircase diagram to show that the iteration formula starting with x1 = 1 can
be used to find an approximation for β
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Use the iteration formula with x1 = 1, to find, to 3 decimal places,
(d) (i) the value of x2
(ii) the value of β
(3)
Using a suitable interval and a suitable function that should be stated
(e) show that α = 0.432 to 3 decimal places.

(2)
(Total for Question 15 is 13 marks)
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