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test cope 22134010 FORM TP 2008239 MAY/UNE2008 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION PURE MATHEMATICS ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS Unit1-PaperO1 90 minutes 26 JUNE 2008 ( READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY 1. Thistest consists of 45 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them, 2 Inadditionto this testbooklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3. Donotbe concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than thereace items in this test. 4, Bach item in this test has four suggested answers letiered (A),(B), (C), (D). Read each item youare about to answer and decide which choiceis best. 5. Onyouranswer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and sbade the spacehaving the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Lock at the sample item below. Sampleltem The expression (1+J Yisequivalentto ‘Sample Answer w 4 QOO@ B® 0 © 14343 @) 4425 ‘The best answer to this item is “4 + 2./3 ", so answer space (D) has been shaded. 6. Ifyou want to change your answer, besure to erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. 7, Whenyouare told tobegin. tun the page and work as quickly andas carefullyas youean, Ifyoucannot ausweranitem, omititand go ontgthenextone. Your score will bethetotal numberof comrect answers, 8 Youmaydoany rough workin this booklet, 9. Theuseofsilent, non-programmable scientific caleulatorsis allowed. Examination Materials: A list of mathematical formulae and tables, (Revised 2008) nace DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO, Copyright ©2008 Caribbean Examinations Council. ® aH ‘ -2- VB + V32 — Jiez can be simplified as (A) -3V2 (By -9V2 © 2vz ©) 154 ‘The range of values for x such that Sx+7> 10x —I3is A) x>-4 ®) x<-4 (C) x>4 @) x<4 ‘Which of the following statementsis true? © (D) Sees2) is equal to a Yire2 oat Pn @) Yr+so oat 2 © Dirrtoo wy Yr+200 a 5 If a remainder of 3 is obtained when 8x7 4 4x +k is divided by x -1, then & equals (A) -11 ®) -9 © =I @) 1s Blog, 24 ~2 log, 3q + Lexpressedasasingle logarithm inits SIMPLEST formis, “@ ion ‘s) @) vou(*2) © tox!2)41 \3/ ©) Fira 22) +4 The annual growth, g(x), (in thousands) of the population in a country for x years is represented by g(x)=2*. Inhow many years willa growth of 32 thousand be achieved? (A) 102,16 (B) jog, 30 © 5 ©) 6 Which of the following sets of ordered pairs represent functions? L {G1, 1). ©, 2), 1, 3}, (4, 6)} u. {24.19.04}, 2,49} ML {CL 1), 0,0), 1,63, 99} N. (G2, 5), C1, 5), 0, 5). U,5)) (A) Land Ifonty (B) Hand IMonly (C) Mand Monty (D) Mand iV only 9. Tf 2() is the inverse of (x) then the correct edie 1 diagram is (AW fey * ge) @) at) 12. | eo eS * a") je wey 13. Set Re If Ax)~*3x — 4 and f(x) = x, then g(x) is iz (Ay B () {D> 1 3x-4 x+4 34x 4x-3 Te fe-if +2)r—-i] =3, thenxis (A) Oor2 (B) -2orl © 3 orl () z ord Rationalising 41 gives (A) 1-2v2 (B) 3-207 O save @) 1422 Given that the roots of x? -5x+a=0 are equal, then a= A o4 {B) 5 27 «) 7 25 o F If @ and B are the roots of the quadratic equation ~ x? + 10x +2 =0, then o +B? = 96 @) 100 (104 (D) 10s

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