SMK GAJAH BERANG MELAKA

MATHEMATICST STPM 2014 TRIAL EXAM (Paper 954/1)

SECTION A (45 Marks) : Answer all questions in this section.

1.

(a) Solve the equations

1 20 x 2 x 1 = 3

(4)

(b) The function f and g are defined by

f : x ln( x 1) ,x > 1
g:x
x 1, x 1
-1
(i) Give a reason why the f exists. Hence find the f
(ii) Find gf-1 and its range.

2.

-1

(4)
(3)

z 2i
(a) If z = 2 + 3i, show the complex number 3 i z can be express as
8 9
55i .
z 2i
Hence, determine the modulus and argument in radians for 3 i z .

(4)
(4)

(b) Find all the cube roots of 8.

2k

A 2
2

3. (a) Given that Matrix

k 3

1
1

is singular. Find

the possible values of k.

(3)

(b) Solve the following system of linear equations using Gaussian elimination.
-x + 3y + 2z = 1
x 2y + z

= 2

(5)

2x 3y + 4z = 5
4. The equation of a hyperbola is 4x2 9y2 24x 18y 9 = 0
(i) Obtain the standard form for the equation of the hyperbola
(ii) Find the vertices and equations of the asymptotes of the hyperbola.
Hence, sketch the graph.

(2)
(4)

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5. If f(r) = (r 1)( r 2) , simplify f(r) f(r + 1),
n
r 1

Hence find r 1 3( r 1)( r 2)( r 3)

(3)
(4)

(6)
6. The plane 1 and 2 have equation 3x y z =2 and x+ 5y +z = 14 respectively
(i) show that the point (4,0,10) lies in both plane .
(2)
(ii)Find the Cartesian equation of the intersection line between plane 1 and 2.
(3)
SECTION B (15 Marks) : Answer any one question in this section.

x2 x 1
7. Given that f(x) = ( x 2)( x 3)
1
1

x3
(i) Show that f(x) can be express as 1 x 2

(6)
1
(ii) Hence, obtain an expansion of f(x) in ascending powers of x up to the term
1
.
3
in x
(6)
(iii) Determine the set of values of x for which this expansion is valid
(3)

8. The position vectors, a, b and c of three points A, B and C respectively are

given by
a= i + j + k, b = i + 2j + 3k and c = i 3j + 2k.
(i)

Find a unit vector parallel to a + b+ c

(3)

(ii)

Calculate the acute angle between a and a+b+c to the nearest 0.1 (3)

(iii)
(iv)

Find the vector of the form which is perpendicular to both a and b.

(2)
Determine the position vector of the point D which is such that ABCD is
parallelogram.
(3)
(v) Calculate the area of the parallelogram
(4)

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Answers: 1a. x = -
gof

x
2

:x e ,

bi. f
xR

: x e x 1,
R gf 1

xR

ii.

{ y: y>0 }

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