MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1955 ApvANceD LEvEL : PURE MATHEMATICS I Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions (a) Solve the equation 9¥ -+ 3*+! = 70. Give your answer correct to two places of decimals. (6) If the system of equations: kx+y+1=0, wthy+1=0, x+y+k=0 where k= 1, has a solution for «, y, what must be the value of k? (a) Find the value of (12-+ 32-4 52-4... +992) — (224+ 42-624. . . + 100%) (6) The nth term of a sequence is aS iy" Write down the first three terms in their simplest forms. Prove that the sum of the mth and the (m -+ 1)th terms is 2 if m is even, and is greater than 2 if m is odd. (a) Foracertain job, three men are chosen from a group consisting of 10 Americans, 20 Englishmen, and 30 Chinese. In how many ways can they be chosen so that (i) all three are of different nationalities, (ii) two are of the same nationality and the third is of a different nationality, (iii) at least one is Chinese? (b) Prove by mathematical induction that for any integral value of m, (m+ 5m) is a multiple of 6. Show that if-z is a positive integer and if the binomial expansion of (2x* —- 5x)" contains a term independent of x, then » must be a multiple of 7. If n=14, find in this expansion the term independent of x, and also the numerically greatest term if x=1. 12 oF Advanced Level Papers 1955 (@) Two sides of a triangle are of Iengths @ and }, and their including angle is C. Prove that the volume of the solid generated when this triangle is rotated about the side of length ais }rab*sin?C. (®) Express sin 0 and cos 0 in terms of ¢ = tan os Use your results to solve the equation 2 sin 04-3 cos 0= 1. Define the inversion with respect to a circle with centre O and radius k. ABCD is a square inscribed in a circle (S). What is the inverse of this figure with respect to a circle with centre at A? If (C), (C’) are two circles intersecting at the points A and B, and (S,), (Se), . . . are a sequence of circles such that each circle in the sequence is tangent to the next circle in the sequence and to the circles (C), (C’). Prove (by inversion with respect to a circle with centre at A) that the points of contact of the circles in the sequence with one another lie on a circle passing through the points A and B, (a) Let (p), (p’) be two parallel planes. If through a point P ‘on (p) a line PQ is drawn parallel to a line on(p’), prove that PQ lies on (). (b) Let ABCDA'B'C’D' be a D! cube, and E\F,G,H,J, the midpoints of the edges AB, A' *BC, CC’, C'D', D'A’, A’A, respectively. Prove (i) that the points E,F,G,H,I,J alllie J) on a plane parallel to the plane A’BC’, and (ii) that A EFGHIJis a regular hexagon whose centre coincides with the centre of the cube. B Find the angles which the plane of the hexagon makes with the faces of the cube.Pure Mathematics I 3 8. (a) Using the Mathematical Tables provided (p.27), compute the sin 0 0 where 0 is in radians. values of for 0=<5, -4, -3, -2, +1, Explain in words the meaning of the equation Tin =1 oso? (0) A regular polygon of » sides is inscribed in a circle of radius r. Express the perimeter p and area A of this polygon in terms of r and , and find the limits of p and A as 7 increases indefinitely.MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1955 Apvancep LEvEL PURE MATHEMATICS IL Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions (a) Prove by analytical geometry that the three altitudes AD, BE, CF of atriangle ABC mect ina point. [Use a co-ordinate system in which BC and AD lie on the co-ordinate axes.] (6) Sketch and identify the curves whose equations in polar co-ordinates are @® aan (i) e—Banl) Find the co-ordinates of the points of intersection of these two i curves, 2 (a) Prove that if P, (x4, y;) is a point outside the circle e (S): x?-+-y%-+ 2ax-+ 2by +c=0 the square length of the tangent from P, to (S) is (s1)?-+ (ou)? + 2am + 2by, Fe ‘The equation x* +- y* + kv +- 1 =0, where & is an arbitrary constant, represents a family of circles, one circle for each value of k. Find the circles. of the family which are tangent to the circle x* + y* = 4. If (S;), (S:) are two circles of the family, prove that the locus of the point from which'the lengths of the tangents to (.S,), (Sp) are in constant ratio is a circle of: the family. (a) Prove that the co-ordinates («’, 8’) of the point P’ symmetric to the point P(«, 0) with respect to the line (Z): ax--by-+-e=0 oz — C= Bx + 2ea, 1 Pade, + 2eb imi so Bt = rane oo 4Pure Mathematics IT 5 [P’ is symmetric to P with respect to (Z) if (Z) is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment PP’] (6) The equation of the tangent to the parabola y*= 4p at the point O(pi, 2p?) is x —ty + pt?=0. (No proof of this fact is required.) Find the co-ordinates of the point /’symmetric to the focus F of the parabola with respect to this tangent, and hence (i) prove that the tangent at Q bisects the angle between FQ and the diameter of the parabola through Q, and (ii) find the locus of F” as Q describes the parabola. Prove that the two tangents, of slope m, to the central conic (Z): Ax? + By?=1 has the joint equation (yy — mx)? = m*/A + 1/B. If A is positive and if the tangents to the conic (Z) at the two vertices V, V’ on the x-axis is met by an arbitrary tangent at the point P, P’, respectively, prove that the product VP-V'P’ is constant. [See Note below] (a) Write « as functions of y if (i) y=5 tans (ii) y = 2 logs (v-+ 1) w iy =| Fe 1 (4) Differentiate with respect to x: (i) 2x? tan(3x4) + 4 © JerFi) (c) If y= A cos mx+B sin mx, where A, B, mare constants, prove that for all values of x, d2y/dx* +- m®y = 0. (2) State without proof a set of sufficient conditions for the function f(x) to have a minimum value at v= xy (6) A ship a ft. long is anchored with its bow eee toward a straight bank at right angles. If the bow is b ft. from the bank, which is the best position on the bank to view the ship? It is assumed that the ship is at level with the observer's eyes, and that the best position to view the ship is the position at which the ship subtends the largest angle.Advanced Level Papers 1935 (a) Carry out the following integrations: [2 @ foe +aidy (ii) J acos(ax) dx (iii) f sine de MWe 9 : (0) Find the function y whose second derivative with respect to » w is 2a2/(2 + x)? and which is 0 for w= 0, and is a/2 for x=a In the same rectangular co-ordinate system, sketch the curves: (CG) y=sin x (Cs) y= cos x from x/2tox—=n/2. Find (i) the co-ordinates of the point of intersection, (ii) the angle at which (C,) and (C.) intersect each other, and (iii) the areas of the two regions bounded by (C),(C,) and the straight lines « = —x/2, x = 7/2 a ES 538 afb. Note: Sometimes we write the fraction