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    Section I 10 Marks Attempt Questions 1-10. Allow about 15 minutes for this section. Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for questions 1-10. 1 What is the value of 8¢ correct to 3 significant figures ? (A) 108 ®) 1-082 (© 1-083 (D) 110 2° What is the focus of the parabola x’ @ @,-3) ®) — @,0) © 0,3) (@) = (0,12) 3. Which expression is a simplification of Si(#-*) sin —x) a ) @) (© tanx (@) 2-23) 4 Which of the following is NOT an even function? (A) f@)=@-2" (B) f@)A41 (©) f(a)=cosx (D) fi=e'+e* 5 What is the radius of the circle x°+y’-4x+8y+11=07 (a) 2 @) 3 © 4 (0) 9 6 The diagram shows the region bounded by x-y+1=Oand y= y Which of the following pairs of inequalities describes the shaded region in the diagram ? (A) x-y+120and y2x?-1. (B) x-y+120and ysx?-1 (CQ) xeytisOand y2x?=1 DD) x-y+1<0 and y (A) (B) © 8 (0) 12 8 In Mrs Lin’s Year 6 class, 28 students play Badminton and 12 take chess as an activity. There are 33 students in the class and every student takes part in at least one of the activities mentioned. The probability that a particular student plays badminton and does not take chess as an activity is 7 28 ™ i Otay! (86% (0) Student number: 9. Which of the following graphs represents y =In(x+1)? (a) j ® } © @) } 10 A water tank holds 800 litres of water. Water is let out of the tank at a rate of 2 litres per minute where R= 100% after ¢minutes. How long does it take the tank to empty ? (A) 2 minutes (B) 4 minutes () 6 minutes (0) 8 minutes Marks Section II 90 Marks Attempt Questions 11-16 Allow about 2 hours and 45 minutes for this section. Answer the questions in writing booklets provided. Use a separate writing booklet for each question. In Questions 11-16 your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations. Question 11 (15 marks) @ — Factorise fully 3x-81x* 2 (b) Differentiate (3—x)* with respect to x 1 cos x (Differentiate “2 with respect to = 2 (@) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y= log,(2x~1) at the point (1,0) 3 © Evaluate fede 3 (® The region bounded by the curve y=2~Viand the yaxis between y=Oandy=2 3 is rotated about the y-axis to form a solid. Find the volume of the solid in simplest exact form. (@ Find the values of p and q: 1 (8-\8) = p+ asi Question 12. (15 marks) (a) Given that a and fare the roots of the equation x” —2x+2m+1=0 @) Finda+f and ef (i) a +p? x+2 1 3x? 45x-2 3x-1 (>) @) Show that x+2 ae 3x? +5x—-2 Gi) Hence evaluate Sy Leave your answer in simplified exact form (©) The diagram shows a quadrilateral OCEB. The line x+2y=9 meets the x and y axes at the points A and B respectively. The line 2x-y=3meets the x and y axes at the points C and D respectively. Z is the point of intersection of the two lines. enya t (Show that the lines are perpendicular to each other. (ii) Find the coordinates of the point E. (ii) Find the length of BD (iv) Find the area of the quadrilateral OCEB, Marks Question 13 (15 marks) (a) The diagram shows the graph of the parabola y= x?—2x and the line y=2-x ‘The graphs intersect at the points (2,0) and A. The region bounded by the parabola and the line is shaded, » Px (Find the coordinates of A. (ii) Find the area of the shaded region. (&) A softball team has a probability of 0.7 of losing or drawing any match and a probability of 0.3 of winning any match, @ Draw a tree diagram to list all combinations of outcomes for the first three matches. Find the probability of the team winning at least one of the first three matches. ii) Starting with the first game, what is the least number of consecutive matches the team must play to be 90% certain it will win at least one match. (©) The gradient function ofa curve y= f(x)is given by f(x) = The curve passes through the point (1,2) .Find the equation of the curve. (© Use Simpson's Rule with 3 function values to obtain the approximation xm1 = Jog, x de = og. 112. i ( 6 } shad . Marks Question 14 (15 marks) z Marks (@)__ In geometry, an 18-sided polygon is called an octadecagon. Verify that the exterior angle sum of a regular octadecagon is 360°. 1 (b) NOT TO SCALE In the triangle above ER=DR and ZQPR= ZPOQR. QE and PD intersect at T. (Copy this diagram. Prove, with full reasoning, that AQBP is congruent to AQDP. 3 (i) Explain, giving reasons, why ETDR is a kite? 2 (©) A particle is moving in a straight line. At time t seconds its displacement is x metres from a fixed point O on the line and its velocity » ms" is given by v=3e? -21-1. Initially the particle is 1 metre to the right of O. (Show that the particle is at rest after 1 second, 1 (ii) Find the displacement x in terms of (Gii) Find the distance travelled by the particle in the first 2 seconds of its motion. (@) Initially there are 1200 individuals in a population. After years there are (1) individuals in the population where N(¢)=1200e" for some constant &)0 After 18 years there are 3000 individuals in the population. (Show that £~0,0509 correct to 4 decimal places. 2 (i) Find in years and months, correct to the nearest month, the time taken for the number of individuals to increase from 1200 to 2400. 3 Question 15 (15 marks) (@ Inthe diagram the sector has radius r.cm and contains an angle @ radians. The area of the sector is 100m? . a @ Show thatthe perimeter Pom of the sector is given by P=2r+202 r (i) If r and @ vary in such a way that the area of the sector remains constant at 100 cm? , find the values of rand @ which give the least value of P. 5 (b) If cosa = Jp and tana> 0; find sin@ for. 0

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