Mathematics Edexcel Advanced Subsidiary GCE Core 1 (6663) January 2010

Mathematics Edexcel Advanced Subsidiary GCE
Core 1 (6663) January 2010

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Question 1
to differentiate you multiply by the power and then reduce the power by 1

= 4x3 + x-2/3
Question 2
a) (7 + 5)(3 - 5) = (7 x 3) (5 x 5) + (3 x 5) (7 x 5)
21 5 + 35 - 75 = 16 - 45
b) to get rid of the surds from the denominator we multiply the
numerator and denominator by (3 - 5)
(
) ( )
x
(
) ( )

( )
= (
)( )
numerator: 7 + 5 (3 5 ) = 21 5 + 35 - 75 = 16 - 45 (also this is what we did in part a)

denominator: (3 + 5 )(3 5 ) = 9 5 + 35 - 35 = 4
so we have

( )
=

4 - 5
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Question 3
a) we first need to rearrange the equation so that it is in the form y = mx + c
then the gradient is the number in front of the x
subtract 3x from both sides
5y 2 = -3x
add 2 to both sides
5y = -3x + 2
divide both sides by 5

y= +
so the gradient is

b) the gradient of l2 will be the negative reciprocal of the gradient of l1

gradient =

We now have the gradient and a point (3, 1) that the line goes through so we can work out the
equation of the line using the formula y y1 = m(x x1)

y 1 = (x 3)
expand the brackets

y1= -5
add 1 to both sides
y=

-4
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Question 4
Before we can integrate we need to rewrite

= 5x
-1/2
+x
3/2

with single powers of x
We want y = (5 / + / ) dx

to integrate we add a power and divide by the new power
y=
/
/
/
/
+ c = 10x1/2 +
/

+c
now we know that y = 35 when x = 4 so we can use this information to work out what c is
35 = 10(4
1/2
)+
35 = (10 x 2) +
35 = 20 +

( )

+c

+c
+c

35 = 20 + + c
subtract 20 from both sides

15 = + c

subtract

=c

from both sides
now put back into the equation for y

y = 10x1/2 +
/

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Question 5
we can easily rearrange the first equation to make y the subject, then we can substitute this into the
second equation
add 3x to both sides
y + 2 = 3x
y = 3x 2
substitute this into the second equation
(3x 2)2 - x 6x2 = 0
(3x 2)(3x 2) x 6x2 = 0
expand the brackets
9x2 + 4 6x 6x x 6x2 = 0
group terms
3x2 13x + 4 = 0
to factorise we need to multiply 3 by 4 to get 12
then we need to find two numbers that multiply to give 12 but
add to give -13
these two numbers are -1 and -12
rewrite the quadratic with -13x split into -1x and -12x
3x2 1x 12x + 4 = 0
factorise in pairs
x(3x 1) 4(3x 1) = 0
we have the same thing in both brackets as we should
factorise again
(3x 1)(x 4) = 0
so either 3x 1 = 0
add 1 to both sides
3x = 1
divide by 3

x=
or
x4=0
add 4 to both sides
x=4
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put both of these x values into one of the original equations to get the corresponding y values

x=

y (3 x ) + 2 = 0
y1+2=0
y+1=0
y = -1
x=4
y (3 x 4) + 2 = 0
y 12 + 2 = 0
y 10 = 0
add 10 to both sides
y = 10
so we have x = , y = -1 or x = 4, y = 10
we should check by putting back into the other equation

(-1)2 - - (6 x ()2) = 1 - - ! = 0
and
102 4 (6 x 42) = 100 4 96 = 0
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Question 6
a) we need to expand the numerator and then divide through by x
(x + 3)(x 8) = x2 24 + 3x 8x = x2 5x 24

=
x 5 24x-1
now we can differentiate

to differentiate we multiply each term by the power of x and then reduce the power by 1

= 1 + 24x-2 = 1 +
b) if we put x = 2 into we will have the gradient of the tangent

=1+

=1+6=7
we need to find the corresponding y coordinate when x = 2

substitute x = 2 into the equation for c
y=
(
)( #)

=

-15
We now have the gradient (7) and a point (2, -15) that the tangent goes through so we can work out
the equation of the tangent using the formula y y1 = m(x x1)
y - -15 = 7(x 2)
expand the bracket
y + 15 = 7x 14
y = 7x - 29
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Question 7
a) the arithmetic sequence is 150, 160, 170, 180
so the first term (a) is 150
the difference (d) is 10
a = 150, d = 10
we want to know the 10th term (u10)
let n = 10
using the formula un = a + (n 1)d
u10 = 150 + ((10 1)x 10)
u10 = 150 + 90 = 240
b) we want to know s20
let n = 20
using the formula s20 = n(2a + (n 1)d)
s20 = x 20((2 x 150) + ((20 1) x 10))
s20 = 10(300 + 190) = 4900
c) Kevins sequence was A, A + 30, A + 60, A + 90
a = A, d = 30, n = 20
s20 = x 20(2A + ((20 1) x 30))
s20 = 10 x (2A + 570)
now we know that Kevins s20 is twice Jills s20
so 10 x (2A + 570) = 2 x 4900
expanding the bracket
20A + 5700 = 9800
20A = 4100
divide both sides by 20
A = 205
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Question 8
a) this is a translation of 2 units in the positive y direction
all the y coordinates are increased by 2
the asymptote will be at y = 3
the maximum point will be at (-2, 7)
b) this is a stretch of scale factor 4 parallel to the y axis

all the y coordinates will be 4 times what they were before
the asymptote will be at y = 4
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c) this is a translation of 1 unit in the negative x direction

(when the x is affected then it is always in the opposite way to what you would think)
all the x coordinates are decreased by 1
the asymptote will still be at y = 1
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Question 9
a) a clue in the question is that we must factorise completely so it will be more than just the x that
factorises
first factorise out the x
x(x2 4)
we have here the difference of the squares so we can factorise again
x(x 2)(x + 2)
b)
c) we must first work out the full coordinates of A and B

set x = -1
y = (-1)3 (4 x -1) = -1 - - 4 = -1 + 4 = 3
A is (-1, 3)
set x = 3
y = 33 (4 x 3) = 27 12 = 15
B is (3, 15)
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we need to work out the gradient of ab
$%%&'&()& $( )**'$(+,&gradient =
$%%&'&()& $( )**'$(+,&-
gradient =

=3
we now have the gradient (3) and a point (3, 15) that the line goes through so we can work out the
equation of the line using the formula y y1 = m(x x1)
y 15 = 3(x 3)
expand the bracket
y 15 = 3x 9
add 15 to both sides
y = 3x + 6
d) length2 = (y2 y1)2 + (x2 x1)2
AB2 = (15 3)2 + (3 - -1)2 = 122 + 42 = 144 + 16 = 160
square root both sides
AB = 160 = 16 x 10 = 16 x 10 = 410
k=4
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Question 10
a) this is completing the square
f(x) = (x + 2k)2 (2k)2 + (3 + 11k)
f(x) = (x + 2k)2 4k2 + 3 + 11k
p = 2k
q = -4k2 + 3 + 11k
b) if f(x) = 0 then q must be positive
we cannot square root a negative number so this would lead to no real roots
(x + p)2 + q = 0
subtract q from both sides
(x + p)2 = -q
square root both sides
(x + p) = 23 which is impossible if q is positive (as q will be negative)
So we need -4k2 + 3 + 11k > 0 (so that we have no real roots)
I prefer to work with a positive k2 so add 4k2 to both sides and subtract the other terms
4k2 11k 3 < 0
we can work out where the lhs = 0 by factorising
first find two numbers that multiply to make -12 (4 x -3) but add to make -11
these two numbers are -12 and +1
rewrite the quadratic splitting the -11k into -12k and +1k
4k2 12k + 1k 3
factorise in pairs
4k(k 3) + 1(k 3)
factorise again
(k 3)(4k + 1)
this equals 0 when k 3 = 0 or 4k + 1 = 0
so either k = 3 or 4k + 1 = 0
k = 3 or 4k = -1

k = 3 or k =
we now need to work out whether we want to be between these two values or either side of them
the positive quadratic curve is shaped like a so it is below 0 between the two values

<k<3
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c) using the completed square version and setting k = 1 the equation of the curve will be
f(x) = (x + 2)2 4 + 3 + 11
f(x) = (x + 2)2 + 10
this will cross the y axis when x = 0
y = 22 + 10 = 14
(0, 14)

We know there are no real roots as < k < 3 and k = 1

So this means that the curve does not cross the x axis
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