CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

Higher 2

MATHEMATICS

9740/01

Paper 1

31 August 2010
3 hours

Additional Materials:

Answer Paper
Graph Paper
List of Formulae (MF 15)

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all the questions.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the
case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
You are expected to use a graphic calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are allowed unless a question specifically
states otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are not allowed in a question, you are
required to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator
commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.
At the end of the examination, arrange your answers in NUMERICAL ORDER. Place this
cover sheet in front and fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

Name : __________________________________________ Class : ___________

Question No.

Marks

Question No.

Marks

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/8

10

/ 15

/8

11

/ 12

/9

TOTAL

/ 100

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Three sisters Audrey, Catherine and Gladys went on a shopping spree while on holiday.
They bought items for their sister Eliza, who could not go due to her A level
examinations. After returning home, they could not recall the prices of the items they had
bought, but they had their credit card statements with the total amounts they each had
spent. The list of items that each sister had bought and the amount on their statements are
summarised in the table below:
Type of Item (Price)
High heels ($x per pair)
Facial Mask ($y per box)
Handbags ($z per piece)
Credit Card Statement ($)

Catherine
5
10
3
1298.20

Audrey
2
7
8
1158.30

Gladys
3
15
5
1837.70

(i) Find the values of x, y and z.

(ii) Hence evaluate the total cost of their gift to Eliza, which consists of 1 pair of high
heels, 5 boxes of facial mask and 2 handbags.
2.

n 1
u n for n 1 .
n2
(i) Write down the values of u 2 , u 3 , u 4 and u5 .

[1]

A sequence is defined by u1 1 and u n 1

[2]

(ii) Hence make a conjecture for u n in terms of n. Prove your conjecture using
mathematical induction.
3.

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[5]

In an East Asia ancient culture, there is a war monument which is formed by placing
concentric circular slabs of granite on top of each other. The slabs of granite are of
decreasing measurements.
(i)

The first slab of the monument has diameter 200 cm and the diameter of each
subsequent slab is three-quarters the diameter of the previous slab. Show that the
total sum of the cross-sectional circular area of the slabs used will be less than
72 000 cm2, no matter how many slabs there are.

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(ii) The first slab of the monument has thickness 50 cm and each subsequent slab has
thickness d cm less than of that for the previous slab. Given that the maximum
possible number of slabs is 14, find the largest integer value of d.

[2]

(iii) Given that d = 3, write down an expression in terms of n for the volume of the nth
slab and hence evaluate the total volume of the monument which consist of 14 slabs.

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The diagram below shows the graph of y 2 ln x 2 x . The two roots of the equation
x 2 ln x 2 are denoted by and , where .
y

(i) Find the values of and , correct to 3 decimal places.

A sequence of real numbers x1, x2, x3, satisfies the recurrence relation
xn1 ln( xn ) 2 2 for n 1 .
(ii) Prove that if the sequence converges, it must converge to either or .
(iii) By considering x n 1 x n and the graph above, prove that
x n 1 x n if x n ,
x n 1 x n if x n or x n .
(iv) Hence deduce the value that xn converges to for x1 2 , giving your answer correct to
3 decimal places.

5.

ax 2 x
The curve C has equation y
where x 1 and a is a constant.
x 1
(i) Show that C does not have any stationary points when 1 a 0 .
(ii) Sketch C when 1 a 0 . Show on your diagram, the equations of the asymptotes
and the coordinates of any points of intersection with the axes.

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6.

(a)

2
2

(1, 3)

The diagram above shows the graph of y f (x) . On separate diagrams, sketch
the graphs of
(i) y2 = f (x)
(ii) y = f (x)
showing clearly in each case the axial intercepts, the asymptotes and the coordinates
of the turning points, where possible.
(b) A graph with equation y = g(x) undergoes in succession, the following
transformations:
A: A reflection in the y-axis
B: A translation of 4 units in the direction of the positive x-axis
C: Scaling parallel to the y-axis by a factor of 2
The equation of the resulting curve is y 2 x 3 . Determine the equation y = g(x).
7.

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Relative to the origin O, the points A, B and C have position vectors

1
2
1



2 , 1 and 2 respectively.
1
3
3



The point P lies on the line AB produced such that AP:PB = 3: 1.
[2]

(i) Find the vector OP .

0 2

(ii) The line l has equation r = 1 1 , where .
2 1

[3]

Determine whether l and the line through A and B are intersecting.

(iii) Find the shortest distance from C to AB. Hence or otherwise, find the area of triangle
ABC.

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9.

The equation of a closed curve is (x + 2y)2 + 3(x y)2 = 27.

(i) Show, by differentiation, that the gradient of the curve at the point (x, y) may be
dy y 4x
expressed in the form dx =
7y x
(ii) The normal to the curve at the point (2, 1) cuts the x-axis at P and the y-axis at Q.
Denoting the origin as O, find the area of the triangle OPQ.
(iii) Find the equations of the tangents to the curve that are parallel to the y-axis.
Let y = ln (1 sin x).
d2y dy2
y dy
(i) Show that e dx = cos x. Hence, show dx2 + dx = ey 1

(ii) Find the Maclaurins series for y, up to and including the term in x3.
cos x
up to and
(iii) Using the result in part (ii), find the Maclaurins expansion for
sin x 1
including the term in x2.
cos x
up to and
(iv) Given that x is small, use binomial expansion to expand
sin x 1
including the term in x2. State the range of x for the expansion to be valid.

10. (a)

Find e 2 x sin x dx .

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(b) A curve C is defined by the parametric equations

x 2t sin t , y 21 cos t for t .
[2]
(i) Sketch the curve C.
(ii) Find the exact area of the region bounded by C and the line y = 4.
[6]
(c) The region R in the second quadrant is bounded by the y-axis, the line y = x + 5, and
2
the curve y e x . Find the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated through 4
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right angles about the y-axis.
11. (a) (i) Solve the equation z 6 18 (18 3 )i , expressing the solutions in the form
re i , where r 0 and .
(ii) Show all the roots on an Argand diagram and write down an equation of the
form x 2 y 2 k which contains all the roots.

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(b) The complex number z satisfies the relations

3
.
4
(i) Illustrate both of these relations on a single Argand diagram.
(ii) Hence write down the exact area represented by the given relations.

z 3 2i 2 3 i and 0 arg z 6 5i

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