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Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section 7. (a) (b) (c) (d) If
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2 The second and the fifth terms of a geometric series are 24 and 3 respectively. Find the smallest value of n for which the difference between the sum of the first n terms and the sum to infinity is less than 0.005. [5 marks]
1 2 2 5 a 4 3 Given that P = 1 1 3 , Q = 8 5 c and PQ = kI , where k is a constant and I 4 c 3 b 1 c [4 marks] is the 3 3 identity matrix. Find the values of a, b and c .
8. (a) The position vectors of the points A , B and C are i + 3 j + 5k , 4i 9 j k and pi j + 3k respectively. find the unit vector parallel to AB . [3 marks] find the value of p if A, B and C are collinear. [3 marks] if p = 2 , find the position vectors of the points D such that DABC is a parallelogram. [3 marks] (b)
4 x + 2 y 3z = 5 x + y 2z = 2 2 x y + 3z = 1
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2 The complex number z is such that zz* = 64 and arg( z ) = . 3 [3 marks] Find z in polar form and deduce z 5 in polar form. Find the complex numbers w such that w3 = 4 + 4 3i in the form of a + bi . [5 marks]
x2 y2 5 The equation of an ellipse is given by + =1. 9 25 (a) Find the centre, vertices and the foci of the ellipse and sketch the curve. [6 marks] (b) If the distances of a point on the ellipse from the foci are d1 and d 2 , show that (d1 + d 2 ) 2 is constant. [4 marks]
0 2 4 1 . Find the acute angle between the lines r = 1 + m 3 and r = 7 + t 2 4 1 7 2
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