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4 Additional Mathematics Revision Exercise (2008-11-28)

1. Solve (2x  1)(x + 1)  (x + 1)(3x  5) .
2. Solve ( 5x + 2)2 > 7 .
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3. Let  ,  be roots of x2 (m  3)x + 5m = 0.
(a) Factorize x2 (m  3)x + 5m in terms of , .
(b) If 1  m  2, determine the range of (5 + )(5 + ).
4. If the maximum value of x satisfying x 2  ax  4  0 is 4, find the minimum value of x .
5. If x2 + 3x  k < 3k + 1 for any value of x , determine the range of values of k .
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(a) Let y = x 2  2 x  2 . Express the expression in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0.

2 x 2  12 x  23

(b) If x is real, show that  3  y  1.

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(c) Write down the maximum and minimum values of the following expressions:
( x  1) 2  2( x  1)  2
(i) ;
2( x  1) 2  12( x  1)  23
x 2  2x  2
(ii) .
2 x 2  12 x  23

( x 2  4) 2  2( x 2  4)  2
(d) John said that the maximum value of must be 1, do you agree?
2( x 2  4) 2  12( x 2  4)  23
Explain briefly.
7. Let Tn = (n  1)2n . Prove by Mathematical Induction that
T1 + T2 + … + Tn = 1 n(n  1)(n + 1)(3n  2)
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for any natural number n .
8. (a) Show that 11 divides 55n + 1 + 45n + 2 + 35n for all positive integers n .
(b) Find the remainder when 5501 + 4502 + 3500  2003 is divided by 11 .
9. Prove by mathematical induction that 7 n  2 2n 1  3 is divisible by 6 for all positive
integers n.
10. (a) Expand (1  x) n  x (1  x) n 1  x 2 (1  x ) n  2 in ascending power of x up to x 2 where n
is a positive integer.
(b) If the sum of the coefficients of x and x 2 is 23, find n.
11. Let f(n) = 1  12 . Prove by mathematical induction that f(2)f(3)f(4)…f(n) = 1 (1  1 )
n 2 n
for any natural number n > 1 .
12. Solve |x| = 6  x2 .
13. Solve |x|  3 = |x  3|.
14. (a) Let a be a natural number greater than 1. By mathematical induction, prove that
(a + 1)n  an  1 is divisible by a2 for all positive integers n .
(b) By (a), show that 7n  4n  3n is divisible by 9 for all positive integers n .
15. (a) Prove by mathematical induction that
 123 + 235 + 347 + … + n(n + 1)(2n + 1) = n( n  1) (n  2)
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for all natural numbers n.
(b) Given that, for any natural number n,

12 + 23 + 34 + … + n(n + 1) = n(n  1)(n  2)

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By using (a) or otherwise, evaluate 122 + 223 + 324 + … + 992100.
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16. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of  2  x  1  .
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17. The straight line y = x + c touches the quadratic curve
y = + ax + b
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y = x + ax + b at the point (2 , 5) .
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(a) Evaluate c , a and b .
(b) Find the equation the axis of symmetry of the quadratic y=x+c
curve.
(b) Without performing further calculation, write down the
(2 , 5)
number of point(s) of intersection of the following,
 x2
y   ax  (5  d 2
)
 2
y  x  c
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18. E : (t  1)x2 + (t + 2)(x + 1) = 0

Given E is a quadratic equation in x. Find the range of t such that E has two distinct real roots.
19. (a) Sketch the graph of y = |x  1| and y = |x + 1| + 2 on the following graph paper.
(b) Solve |x  1| = |x + 1| + 2.
20. Given csc(90 + A) = 3 with
180 < A < 270. Evaluate tan(A  270).
21. Given that sin(180 + x) = 3 where
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270 < x < 360. Without evaluating x,
find the value of cot(x  90).
22. Prove the identity 1  sec A  tan A
tan A sec A  1
(where tanA  0).

23. Simplify
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 cos( A  360) csc( A  90) 2   1 

 .
 csc(  A) cot(90  A) 
24. Suppose csc is a root of 2x2 + 5x + 2 = 0, evaluate  for 0 <  < 360.