General Certificate of Education

January 2006
Advanced Level Examination

MATHEMATICS MFP2
Unit Further Pure 2

Friday 27 January 2006 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm

For this paper you must have:

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an 8-page answer book
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the blue AQA booklet of formulae and statistical tables
You may use a graphics calculator.

Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Instructions
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Use blue or black ink or ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this
paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is MFP2.
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Answer all questions.
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All necessary working should be shown; otherwise marks for method may be lost.

Information
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The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets.

Advice
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Unless stated otherwise, formulae may be quoted, without proof, from the booklet.

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Answer all questions.

1 (a) Show that

1 1 2r ‡ 1
2
ˆ 2
2 (2 marks)
r …r ‡ 1† r …r ‡ 1†2

(b) Hence find the sum of the first n terms of the series

3 5 7
‡ 2 ‡ 2 ‡: : : (4 marks)
12 22 2 3 2 3  42

2 The cubic equation

x3 ‡ px 2 ‡ qx ‡ r ˆ 0

where p, q and r are real, has roots a, b and g.

(a) Given that

a‡b‡g ˆ4 and a 2 ‡ b 2 ‡ g 2 ˆ 20

find the values of p and q. (5 marks)

(b) Given further that one root is 3 ‡ i, find the value of r. (5 marks)

3 The complex numbers z1 and z2 are given by

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1‡i 1 3
z1 ˆ and z2 ˆ ‡ i
1 i 2 2

(a) Show that z1 ˆ i . (2 marks)

(b) Show that j z1j ˆ j z2 j . (2 marks)

(c) Express both z1 and z2 in the form reiy , where r > 0 and p<y4p. (3 marks)

(d) Draw an Argand diagram to show the points representing z1 , z2 and z1 ‡ z2 . (2 marks)

(e) Use your Argand diagram to show that

5 p
tan p ˆ2‡ 3 (3 marks)
12

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4 (a) Prove by induction that

2 ‡ …3  2† ‡ …4  22 † ‡ . . . ‡ …n ‡ 1† 2n 1 ˆ n 2n

for all integers n 5 1. (6 marks)

(b) Show that

2n
X
…r ‡ 1† 2r 1 ˆ n 2n …2n‡1 1† (3 marks)
rˆn‡1

5 The complex number z satisfies the relation

jz ‡ 4 4i j ˆ 4

(a) Sketch, on an Argand diagram, the locus of z . (3 marks)

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(b) Show that the greatest value of j z j is 4 … 2 ‡ 1† . (3 marks)

(c) Find the value of z for which

arg…z ‡ 4 4i† ˆ 16 p

Give your answer in the form a ‡ ib . (3 marks)

Turn over for the next question

Turn over
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6 It is given that z ˆ e iy .

(a) (i) Show that

1
z‡ ˆ 2 cos y (2 marks)
z

(ii) Find a similar expression for

1 (2 marks)
z2 ‡ 2
z

(iii) Hence show that

1 1 (3 marks)
z2 z‡2 ‡ ˆ 4 cos2 y 2 cos y
z z2

(b) Hence solve the quartic equation

z4 z3 ‡ 2z2 z‡1ˆ0

giving the roots in the form a ‡ ib . (5 marks)

7 (a) Use the definitions

1 1
sinh y ˆ …ey e y† and cosh y ˆ …ey ‡ e y †
2 2
to show that:

(i) 2 sinh y cosh y ˆ sinh 2y; (2 marks)

(ii) cosh2 y ‡ sinh2 y ˆ cosh 2y. (3 marks)

(b) A curve is given parametrically by

x ˆ cosh3 y, y ˆ sinh3 y

(i) Show that

   2
dx 2 dy 9
‡ ˆ sinh2 2y cosh 2y (6 marks)
dy dy 4

(ii) Show that the length of the arc of the curve from the point where y ˆ 0 to the
point where y ˆ 1 is
 3

1
…cosh 2†2 1 (6 marks)
2

END OF QUESTIONS

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