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    P425/1

    PURE MATHEMATICS
    3 HOURS
    ADVANCED LEVEL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCTION
    FEB. 2007

    Answer all questions in section A and any five from section B

    1. Given that y = (3x2 + 2), show that y d2y + dy


    2
    =3
    dx2 dx

    2. Find the values of c for which the line 2x – 3y = c is a tangent to the curve x2 + 2y2 = 2 and
    find the equation of the line joining the points of contact.


    3. Evaluate /2
    ∫ Sec2x dx
    o tan2x + 2tanx + 2

    4. Solve x <2
    x+4

    5. A polynomial P(x) is divisible by (x – 2 ). Show that the remainder when P(x) is divided by
    (x – 2)2 is also divisible by (x – 2)

    6. Show that the area enclosed by the two curves y = x – x2 + 7 and y = (x + 3)2 is 9/8 square
    units.

    7. By reducing the appropriate matrix to echelon form, solve the simultaneous equations.
    x + 3x – z = 4
    2x + 4y + z = 8
    3x + 6y + 2z = 10

    8. Prove that
    Sin α + cosα + Sinβ + Cosβ = Sinθ + cosθ
    Sin (θ – α)Sinα - β ) Sin(θ – β )sin(β- α) Sin(θ – α)sin (θ - β)

    SECTION B:

    9. (a) Prove that log n = logn . log a


    b b b

    (b) If p = log bc , q = log ca , r = log ab


    a b c
    Show that pqr = p + q + r + 2
    2

    10. (a) Find the equation of a plane containing the points (3,2,1) and ( – 5, 1, 2) but not
    intersecting the y – axis.
    (b) Find the distance between the straight lines x – 1 = y – 3 = z + 4 and
    2 –2 –1
    x = 2t, y = 3t – 1, z = 6t – 2.
    (c) Determine the angle between the line x = 2t, y = –2t + 1, z = 2t + 3 and the plane in (a)
    above.

    11. (a) Prove that in any triangle ABC, a cos2B + 2b cosA CosB = cCosB – b Cosc.

    (b) Solve for all pairs of x and y which lie between 0o and 180o, that satisfy the simultaneous
    equations.
    tanx + tany + 3 = 0
    tan2x + tan2y = 0

    12. (a) Show that the expression 2 tanx – sinxCosx – 4lnCosx + x increases as x increases for all
    real values of x.

    (b) Given the curve y = sinxcosx


    1 + 2sinx + 2cosx

    (i) Prove that the tangents to this curve at the points (/2,0) and at the origin, meet in a
    point whose abscissa is /4.
    (ii) Show that the abscissae in the interval 0 < x < 4 at which the curve has turning
    points are in an arithmetic progression whose sum is 7.

    13. (a) Show that 1 ½


    ∫x 1 – x2 dx = /4 – 1
    o 1 + x2


    (b) Evaluate /2
    ∫ 4cos dx

    /6 3 + cos2x

    14. (a) A vessel in the shape of an inverted right circular cone contains a liquid. The rate of
    evaporation of the liquid is proportional to the surface area of the exposed surface to the
    atmosphere. The radius of the base of the cone is 9cm and the height of the cone is 15 cm. If
    it takes one minute for the radius to decrease from 9cm to 4.5cm, how long will it take for the
    liquid to evaporate completely?

    (b) The diagonals of a rhombus are of lengths 2xcm and (10 – x) cm. As x varies, find
    (i) the maximum area of the rhombus,
    (ii) the minimum length of its perimeters.
    3

    15. (a) Given that P(x) = 8x3 – 12x2 – 18x + k, find the value(s) of k such that the equation
    p(x) = 0 has a repeated root.

    (b) Express 2x3 + 5x2 – 4x + 3 in the form (x2 + x – 2) Q (x) + Ax + B; where Q (x) is a
    polynomial in x and A and B are constants. Determine the values of A and B and the
    expression for Q(x).

    16. (a) The first term of a G.P is A and the sum of the first three terms is 7/4 A. Show that there
    are two possible progressions. If A = 4, find the next two terms of each progression.

    (b) Prove by induction that xn – yn is divisible by x – y for all positive integral values of n.

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