SMJK Chung Hwa M1(Trial)

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.
1. (a) Find the roots of the equation e
2 2x
= 2e
x
giving your answer in
terms of ogarithm. [2 marks]
(!) Find x in terms of y when
y x
" #
og 1 og =
. [# marks]
2. $he fun%tion f is defined !y
f & x (x ' 1)(x ' #) for x ( c.
Find the argest )ossi!e vaue of c for whi%h the inverse of f e*ists.
[2 marks]
Find f
1
and %a%uate the vaue of x for whi%h f (x) = f
1
(x). [+ marks]
#. $he sum, -
n
of the first n terms of a series is given !y -
n
= kn . mn
2
.
/iven that -
2
= 0 and -
5
=
2
1
#2
.
(a) Find the vaues of k and n. [4 marks]
(!) Find the n
th
term of the series. [# marks]
(%) -how that the series is an arithmeti% )rogression and find its
%ommon differen%e. [# marks]
4. 1atri* 2 is given !y
2 =

1 # 1
3 2 1
3 3 1
for 2
2
. m2 . n4 = 5.
(a) Find the vaues of m and n. [5 marks]
(!) 6en%e dedu%e 2
#
and 2
1
. [5 marks]
5. 7y using the su!stitution u
2
= x, find

4
1
3 ) 1 ( x x
dx
. [+ marks]
+. -how that
2
2
1
x
e
dx
x
=

.
6en%e, find the )arti%uar soution of the differentia equation
x y
dx
dy
x = 2
whi%h satisfies the !oundary %ondition
2
1
= y
when x = 1. [+ marks]
Section B [15 marks
Answer one !uestion in this section"
8. 4t is given that
) # )( 2 (
1
) (
2
+

=
x x
x x
x f
.
(a) 9*)ress f (x) in )artia fra%tions. [+ marks]
(!) 6en%e, o!tain an e*)ansion of f (x) in as%ending )owers of
x
1

u) to
$he term in
#
1
x
. [+ marks]
(%) :etermine the set of vaues of x for whi%h this e*)ansion is vaid.
[# marks]
0. $he num!er of a s)e%ies of inse%ts in a %oony at the time t is x. $he rate of
growth of the inse%ts is )ro)ortiona to the )rodu%t of x with (h x), where
h is a )ositive %onstant. ;rite a differentia equation to re)resent this situation,
ta<ing k as the %onstant of )ro)ortion. [1 mark]
4f
h x
2+
1
=
when t = 3 and
h x
5
1
=
when t = $. -how that
(a)
2
5
n
2
hT
k =
, [8 marks]
(!)
T
t
h
T
x
2
25
2
5
25
2
5

=
. [8 marks]