MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE

JC2 Preliminary Examination

Higher 2

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H2 Mathematics 9740/01
Paper 1 13 September 2016

3 Hours
Additional Materials: Writing paper
List of Formulae (MF 15)
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name and civics group 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 staples, 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 graphing calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphing calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states
otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphing 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, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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1 A graphic calculator is not to be used for this question.

Show algebraically that x 2 2 x + 5 is always positive for x , and solve the
x x+2
inequality 3 . [4]
x 2 x + 5 x 2 x2 + 5x
2

ex ex + 2
Hence solve the inequality 2 x . [2]
e 2e x + 5 e3 x 2e2 x + 5e x

p
2 (a) Find, in terms of p, ln ( x ) dx , where p > 1.
1
[2]

(b)

8
q

1
q x
O 1 q

The diagram shows the curve with the equation y = x3 . The area of the region
bounded by the curve, the lines x = 1 , x = q and the x-axis is equal to the area
of the region bounded by the curve, y = 1, y = 8 and the y -axis , where q > 1 .
1
Find the exact value of q in the form a b , where a and b are integers. [4]

3 Prove by mathematical induction that

1 1 1 1
1+ + ... + = 2 1 , nZ .
+
+ [5]
1+ 2 1+ 2 + 3 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n n +1
1 1 1
Hence state the value of the infinite series 1 + + + ... + + ....
1+ 2 1+ 2 + 3 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n
[1]

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1
4 Let f ( x ) = cos x, where 1 < x < 1 and 0 < f ( x ) < . Show that

(1 x ) f ( x ) = x f ( x ).
2
[2]

By further differentiation of this result, or otherwise, find the first three non-zero terms
in the expansion of f ( x ) in ascending powers of x. [3]

The diagram shows a triangle ABC. Given that the lengths of AB and AC are 1 and x

units respectively, show that sin 1 x + cos 1 x =

[1]
.
2
A

1
x

B C
Hence find the series expansion of sin 1 x in ascending powers of x, up to and
including the term in x3 . [1]

4 3
5 [It is given that a sphere of radius r has surface area 4 r 2 and volume r .]
3

A rice farmer wants to build a new grain silo to store his rice grains. The cylindrical
section has height h m and the hemispherical roof has radius r m. After building the
grain silo, the farmer will be painting its rooftop and the external curved surface. The
time needed to paint the grain silo will be 20 minutes per square metre for the curved
surface area of the cylinder and 35 minutes per square metre for the hemispherical roof.
Given that a total time of 60 000 minutes is taken to paint the grain silo, find, using
differentiation, the value of r which gives a grain silo of maximum volume. [8]

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6 The diagram below shows the graph of y = 2ln ( x 1) + 4 x .

The two roots of the equation 2ln ( x 1) + 4 x = 0 are denoted by and , where
< .
y

x
1

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

[2]

A sequence of real numbers x1 , x2 , x3 , ...where xn > 1, satisfies the recurrence relation

xn +1 = ln( xn 1) 2 + 4 for n 1 .
(ii)Prove algebraically that if the sequence converges, it must converge to either
or . [2]

(iii)Use a calculator to determine the behaviour of the sequence for each of the

cases x1 = 3, x1 = 12 . [2]

(iv) By considering xn+1 xn and the graph above, prove that

xn+1 > xn if < xn < ,
xn+1 < xn if 1 < xn < or xn > . [2]

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7 The equations of three planes are

x + 2 y + z = 60
4 x + 5 y + 10 z = 180
2 x + 3 y + 4 z = 100
(i) It is given that all three planes meet in the line l. Find a vector equation of l. [2]

(ii) Find a cartesian equation of the plane which contains l and the origin. [3]

A technology company specialises in manufacturing circuit boards that are used for
space exploration. It manufactures only 3 types of circuit boards (A, B and C). Each
circuit board requires particular amounts of different raw materials for manufacturing.
The amounts of raw material (in units) required for each type of circuit board and the
total amounts of raw material available to the company are shown in the following
table.

Copper Lead Fibreglass

Circuit Board A 1 4 2
Circuit Board B 2 5 3
Circuit Board C 1 10 4
Total amount of material 60 180 100
available (in units)

The company is required to use all the materials available to manufacture its circuit
boards.

x

The vector r = y is defined such that variables x, y, and z represent the number of
z

circuit boards A, B and C that are manufactured respectively.

(iii) With the aid of your answer in part (i), solve for r. Leave your answer clearly in
the form of a + b and state the possible values for . [2]
(iv) Explain, in context, why your vector equation in part (i) is not an appropriate
answer for part (iii). [2]

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8 Functions f and g are defined by

2
1
f :xa , x > 1,
x +1
g : x a ln x, x > 0.

(i) Show that gf exists and express gf in a similar form. [3]

(ii) Sketch, in a single diagram, the graphs of g and gf, labelling each graph clearly.
Write down the range of gf. [3]

(iii) Describe a sequence of transformations which maps the graph of g onto the graph
of gf. [4]

9 It is given that
x
f ( x) = , where 1 < x < 1.
(
1 x2 )
(i) Show by differentiation that f is strictly increasing. [3]

(ii) Sketch the graph of y = f ( x ) , stating the equations of any asymptotes and the

coordinates of any points of intersection with the axes. [3]

The diagram below shows the graph of y = g ( x ) , which is continuous and differentiable

on ( 1,1) . It has a minimum turning point at ( 0, 3) .

x
O

(iii) It is given that w ( x ) = g ( x ) f ( x ), where 1 < x < 1 . By finding w ' ( x ) and using

your earlier results in (i) and (ii), determine the number of stationary points on the
graph of w. [4]

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10 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations

5
z = w + 2i 1 and z 2 iw + = 0,
2
giving z and w in the form x + yi where x and y are real. [5]
1
(b) (i) Given that z = w where w = 2 ( cos + isin ), < , express the
w
real and imaginary parts of z in terms of . [3]

(ii) Hence show that locus of z on an Argand diagram lies on the curve with

x2 y 2
cartesian equation 2 + 2 = 1 where a and b are constants. [3]
a b
(iii) Sketch this locus on an Argand diagram, indicating clearly the points of
intersection with the axes. [2]

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y

x
O Q

It is given that curve C has parametric equations

x = t 3 , y = (1 t 2 ) for 0 t 1 .

The diagram shows the curve C and the tangent to C at P . The tangent at P meets
the x -axis at Q .

(i) The point P on the curve has parameter p . Show that the equation of the

tangent at P is 3 p 1 p2 3 py 1 p 2 = x p3 .
( ) ( ) [3]

(ii)Given further that the line y = ( 4 3) x meets the curve at point P , find the

exact coordinates of P . [3]

(iii) Hence find the exact coordinates of Q . [2]

(iv) Show that the area of the region bounded by C , the tangent to C at P , and the
9 3 1 2
x-axis is given by 1 3t (1 t 2 ) dt . [3]
32 2

Show that the substitution t = sin u transforms the above integral to

9 3 3 2
1 cos 4u du . Hence, evaluate this area exactly. [6]
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