London Examinations GCE: Mathematics Syllabus B
London Examinations GCE: Mathematics Syllabus B
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Mathematics Syllabus B
Ordinary Level
Paper 2
Tuesday 11 May 2010 – Afternoon
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Instructions to Candidates
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Check that you have the correct question paper.
Answer ALL the questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper.
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1. 15 kg of apples cost £10.80
(Total 3 marks)
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2. y = (3 – x)(2 + 5x)
dy
Find the value of
when x = –2
dx
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3. Three boys agree to meet at midday tomorrow. The probability of each boy remembering
3 4 5
to meet is , and .
4 5 8
Calculate the probability that
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4. The cost of making a statue is divided between materials and labour in the ratio 3 : 8
(Total 6 marks)
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5.
Diagram NOT
B
accurately drawn
9 cm C
6 cm
X
A 4 cm
P
12 cm D
Figure 1
In Figure 1, DB and AC are chords of a circle ABCD and X is the point of intersection of
these chords. The point P is such that PD is the tangent to the circle at D and PAXC is a
straight line.
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6. y
(0, 1)
D
(2, 0)
O A x
C B
(0, –4) (10, –4)
On the graph, O is the origin and A, B and C are the points (2, 0), (10, –4) and (0, –4)
respectively. D is the point (0, 1) and DAB is a straight line.
(b) Find an equation of the straight line which passes through D and B.
(2)
(c) Write down the four inequalities which define the shaded region OABC.
(4)
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7. B 2.8 cm C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
1.6 cm
A 5.2 cm D
Figure 2
Figure 2 shows a symmetrical trapezium with BC = 2.8 cm, AD = 5.2 cm, and AB = CD.
F
E
B 2.8 cm
C
8 cm
1.6 cm
A 5.2 cm D
Figure 3
Figure 3 represents a solid gold bar resting on a horizontal surface. The faces ABCD and
EFGH are identical symmetrical trapezia and both faces are vertical.
The four remaining faces ABGF, BGHC, HEDC and DAFE are all rectangles with
DE = 8 cm.
Calculate
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Question 7 continued
The gold bar is melted down to produce a number of identical gold blocks and no gold is
lost in this process. Each block is a cuboid with a cross-sectional area of 0.8 cm2.
Given that the mass of the gold bar is 1 kg and the mass of each block is 50 g,
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8. Two queues A and B form at passport control in a large international airport. The passport
of each person in queue A is processed manually and x passports are processed each hour.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the mean time, in minutes, to process one
passport in queue A.
(1)
The passport of each person in queue B is processed electronically and (x + 120) passports
are processed each hour.
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the mean time, in minutes, to process one
passport in queue B.
(1)
The difference in the mean time to process a passport in queue A and the mean time to
process a passport in queue B is 27 seconds.
(c) Express 27 seconds as a fraction of a minute, giving your fraction in its simplest
form.
(1)
(d) Using your answers to parts (a), (b) and (c), form an equation in x.
(2)
(e) Show that your answer to part (d) simplifies to x2 + 120x – 16 000 = 0
(3)
(g) Hence, find the mean time, in seconds, for a passport to be processed in queue B.
(2)
−b ± √ (b 2 − 4ac)
[Solutions of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 are x = ]
2a
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Question 8 continued
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9. A
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
22.5 cm
O 25.5 cm
B
D
5 cm
C E
Figure 4
The point D is such that BD is parallel to CE and AD is the tangent to the circle at A.
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Question 9 continued
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10. y
7
x
–7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7
The points (2, 3), (5, 3) and (2, 5) are the vertices of triangle A.
Triangle B is the image of triangle A after an enlargement with scale factor –1 and centre
(–1, 2).
Triangle C is the image of triangle B after a rotation of 90° clockwise about the point
( –3, 1).
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Question 10 continued
(f) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle D onto triangle A.
(2)
(g) Find the matrix of the single transformation which maps triangle D onto triangle A.
(2)
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11. (a) Given that f(x) = 2x3 – 5x2 – 4x + 3,
x –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 1 1 1
4x –8 0 4 8 20
–3x2 –12 0 –3 –12 –75
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(1 + 4x – 3x2) –9.5 0.5 1 –1.5 –27
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The graph of y = x3 – 4x2 + 2 for –2 - x - 5 has been drawn on the grid on page 25.
(c) On the same grid, plot the points from your completed table and join them to form a
smooth curve.
(3)
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(d) Show that x3 – 4x2 + 2 = (1 + 4x – 3x2) can be written as 2x3 – 5x2 – 4x + 3 = 0.
2
(2)
(e) Hence write down the exact values of x which are solutions of
2x3 – 5x2 – 4x + 3 = 0
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Question 11 continued
y
30
20
10
y = x3 – 4x2 + 2
O x
–2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–10
–20
–30
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