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SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS’ SCHOOL

Preliminary Examination 2008

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS 4038/1


PAPER 1

Monday 30 July 2008 2 hours

Additional materials: Writing Paper


Graph paper
Cover Sheet

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, index number and name 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.


Write your answers on the separate Answer Paper provided.
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.
The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.
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.
The total number of marks for this paper is 80.

The Question Paper consists of 4 printed pages.

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Mathematical Formulae

1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation

For the equation ax2  bx  c  0 ,


 b  b 2  4ac
x
2a

Binomial Theorem
a  b n  a n  
n  n 1  n  n  2 2 n
a b   a b     a n  r b r    b n
1  2 r

n n! n(n  1)  (n  r  1)
where n is a positive integer and     .
 r  r! (n  r )! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY

Identities
sin 2 A  cos2 A  1
sec2 A  1  tan 2 A
cosec2 A  1  cot 2 A
sin( A  B)  sin A cos B  cos A sin B
cos( A  B)  cos A cos B  sin A sin B
tan A  tan B
tan( A  B ) 
1  tan A tan B
sin 2 A  2sin Acos A
cos 2 A  cos A  sin 2 A  2 cos2 A  1  1  2 sin 2 A
2

2 tan A
tan 2 A 
1  tan 2 A
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 sin ( A  B ) cos ( A  B )
2 2
1 1
sin A  sin B  2 cos ( A  B ) sin ( A  B )
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 cos ( A  B ) cos ( A  B)
2 2
1 1
cos A  cos B  2 sin ( A  B) sin ( A  B)
2 2

Formulae for ABC


a b c
 
sin A sin B sin C
a2  b2  c2  2bc cos A
1
  bc sin A
2
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1. A hollow copper pipe with an external radius ( 4 3  1) cm has a thickness 3 cm. If the volume of
copper needed to make the pipe is (521 3  108) cm , find 3

(a) the cross-sectional area of the pipe, in the form (a  b 3 ) , where a and b are integers, [2]
(b) the length of the pipe in the form (c  d 3 ) , where c and d are integers. [3]

 3  4
2. Write down the inverse of the matrix   and use it to solve the simultaneous equations
2 8 
3x  4 y  15  0 ,
2x  8 y  6  0 . [4]

3. The straight line y  5  2 x meets the circle, C, x 2  y 2  4 x  8 y  5  0 at the points A and B.


Find
(i) the coordinates of the centre, D, and the radius of the circle C, [3]
(ii) the area of the triangle ADB. [5]

4. The roots of the quadratic equation x 2  2(m  1) x  (m 2  7)  0 are  and β. Given that
 
 2  2  10 , find the value of m and obtain an equation whose roots are and . [8]
 

5. Solve the equation


1
x
(i) 4 2
 7(2 x )  5, [4]
(ii) log 2 (3  x)  log 4 ( x 2  15)  2 log 9 3 . [5]

2 2
6. If sin    , cos   and α and β lie within the same quadrant, find the exact value of
3 7
(i) sin(   ) , [3]

(ii) cos . [2]
2

7. Prove that sin 2 2 x (cot 2 x  tan 2 x)  4 cos 2 x . [3]

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8. (a) Find the values of x between 0º and 180º for which
(i) tan 2 x  5  sec x , [4]
(ii) sin x  sin 2x  sin 3x  0 . [4]

(b) Find the range of values of θ between 0 and π inclusive which satisfies
 1
(i) sin  ,
2 2
(ii) cos 2  0.

Hence state the range of values of θ between 0 and π inclusive which satisfies both inequalities.
[5]

9. The equation of a curve is y  ax 2  2bx  c , where a  0 and a, b and c are constants.


(i) Find in terms of a, b and c, the coordinates of the turning point on the curve and state its
nature. [4]
(ii) Given that the turning point on the curve lies on the line y  x , find an expression for c in
terms of a and b. [2]
(iii) Find the value of a, of b and of c when the curve passes through the point (0, 6) and has a
turning point (2, 2). [4]

10. In an experiment on learning patterns, a psychologist recorded the time, taken by a 6-year old girl
to find a hidden piece of candy in a series of tries. The amount of time in seconds, T, the girl took
is modelled by T  Aenk , where n is the number of tries, A and k are constants.
If it took her 210 seconds to find the candy on the first try, and 86 seconds on the second try, find
(i) the value of A and of k, [4]
(ii) the amount of time taken to find the candy on her 9th try. [2]

11. In a physics experiment, a pupil recorded the time taken in seconds, t, and the distance travelled in
metres, d, by an uniformly accelerating object. It is believed that the time taken, t and the distance,
d is related by an equation of the form d  at  bt 2 .
t 2 4 6 8 10
d 42 148 318 552 850
d
(i) Using the graph paper, plot against t and draw a straight line graph. [3]
t
Use your graph to estimate
(ii) the value of a and of b. [3]
In a different experiment, d is proportional to t and d  40 when t  2 .
2

(iii) Draw a line on the same graph to illustrate this second situation and hence, find the value of t
for which the distance travelled is the same in both experiments. [3]

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SCGS Additional Mathematics
Preliminary Exam 2008

Paper 1
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1(a) (21  2 3 ) cm 2 10(i) A  512 or A  513
43
1(b) 2  25 3 cm 10(ii) 0.166 s
11(i)
2 x  3 , y  1.5

3(i) D(2, 4), Radius = 5 unit

3(ii) 10 unit 2

4 m  2 , 3x 2  10 x  3  0

5(i) x  1.32

5(ii) x 1
19
6(i) 
21
3 14
6(ii) 
14
8(a)(i) x = 109.5, 60

8(a)(ii) x  90, 120



8(b)(i)  11(ii) a = 5, b = 8
3
 3
8(b)(ii)  11(iii) t  2.4
4 4
b b2 
9(i)  , c   , minimum point.
a a 

b b2
9(ii) c 
a a
9(iii) a  1, b  2

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