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PURE MATHEMATICS I Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions If a, b, ¢, d are any consecutive odd integers, prove that (i) @-P-—2+d* = 16, (ii) abed + 16 is a perfect square. @, Ms, dy, . . . are the terms of a geometric series whose common ratio is r. p= aa, . where 1 is a positive integer. press in terms of a, 7, and x the products + ayy J = Aally s «+ Gay Find the values of the constants p and g so that p* and q are the roots of the equation a* + px + q = 0. The equation a* + by + ¢ = 0 has the roots a, 8. Find the equation whose roots are 1/(1 +22), 1/(1+ 82). Solve the given equation and the equation obtained when b = 1 and c = — 1. In how many ways can § identical dollar bills be divided among five persons so that each is to get at least one dollar bill? By means of the binomial theorem, calculate the exact value of 117. What value of 117 can you obtain by the aid of logarithms, using the mathematical tables provided? Show that there are two values of the constant & for which the system of equations ke = y+4e= 1Advanced Level Papers 1958 has other solutions than the trivial solution x = 0, y = 0, ww A function is defined by f(x) = (1 — 5x + 4x2) 4. gv (i) Expand f(x) in ascending powers of x as far as the term x*, (8) Fraitevdbesch A, a pe chase =O 6. (a) ABC is a triangle and L, M are the mid-points of the sides BC, CA. Show that LM is parallel to AB and is equal to JAB. (b ‘Two squares are constructed outwardly, one on each of the sides AB, AC of the triangle ABC. If F, E are the centres of these two squares, prove that the line segments LE and LF are equal and. perpendicular to each other. (c) PQRS is a quadrilateral and four squares are constructed outwardly, one on each of the sides PQ, QR, RS, SP. Using the result in (4) prove that the line segments joining the centres of the opposite squares are equal and perpendicular to cach other, 7. A triangle ABC has area A and perimeter 2s. ‘The radius of the inscribed circle and the radii of the escribed circles opposite to A, B, C are r, ry, ra, 7, respectively. (i) Prove thatr= A]s, = A/(s—a) (ii) Using the result in (’) prove that the angle A is greater than, equal to, or less than a right angle according as r, is greater than, equal to, or less than r, + ry -+ r. 2Pure Mathematics T 3 8. (a) Using any method, prove that the curved surface area of a right circular cone with base radius R and slant height H is: =RH. (b) A sphere of radius r is inscribed in a right circular cone of vertical angle 2. Express the height of the cone in terms of r and x, Prove that the total surface-area S and volume V of the cone are given by i 2(1 + sin a)? } sin x cos? % 7MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1958 ApvaNceD LeveL PURE MATHEMATICS II Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions (a) Aline through the point (3,2) makes with the coordinate axes a triangle of area K in the first quadrant. Prove that there exist two, one or no such lines according as K > 12, K = 12, or K<12, Find the equation of the line when K (b) The line through the point (1, 3) and parallel to the y-axis cuts the line ax + by + ¢ = Oat the point (x, yo). Show that ax, + by, +¢=b(y, — yo), and hence prove that all the points whose coordinates satisfy the inequality ax +- by -- ¢ > 0 lie on the same side of the line ax + by bes (a) Find the equation of the line lying midway between the parallel linesax-+byte=0, axtbyt+ce=0. (b) Prove that the centres of the two circles tangent to the lines xcossz+ysinz+c=0, xcsa+ysina+c¢=0, xcosB+ysinB+d=0 are the points of intersection of the lines. xcosatysina+$(c+ec)=0 xcs B+tysn@+d+ic—c)=0 Hence or otherwise prove that the distance between the centres. of the two circles is numerically equal to (c — ¢’)/sin (@ — 2). (a) A, A’ are two fixed points, P a variable point, and PM the perpendicular on AA’. The point P moves so that PM? = k AM-MA’, where k is a non-zero constant and the lengths AM, MA’ are given appropriate signs. Prove that the locus of P is a conic which is an ellipse or hyperbola according as k>Oork<0.Pure Mathematics 11 5 (b) If PP’ is any diameter and Q any point of a rectangular hyperbola, prove that the lines QP, QP? are equally inclined to each of the asymptotes, Deduce a property of the rectangular hyperbola by letting Q approach P. (a) Find all the val cos ¥ es of the constant k so that the function satisfies the equation Vx ow ~ dx + (key =0 CH (b) Prove that the curves y= ©, y = x — log x intersect at the point (1,1). tch the curves for 0 and hence prove -by induction < 0 lice: (Oa Lagu glans + pa tan ++ bp, CAND, = 9p x COt 5, — cot 0. (b) By integrating the second identity in (a) prove that Cee Oa Orsi 3) 2 cos y cos 2 0 sin 35 where C depends on n but not on 0. Determine the value of C by letting 0 approach zero.Advanced Level Papers 1958 aL (of Evaluate the integral J wo Evaluate | (A Prove that if ly = i EETcORaO @ehereu aris) alnoncnerative x sin 3x dy, 2 by the substitution = + 4/(x?—a?). al integer, then I... = canna —I,. Hence find I, and 1,. 8. (a) Find the area in the first quadrant bounded by the curves y=e,y=e>%, and x = 2, (b) A wedge is removed from a solid right circular cylinder of radius 7 by first sawing halfway through at right angles to the axis of the cylinder and then making a second cut in a plane at an angle 0) to the first cut, the two planes meeting in a line which intersects the axis of the cylinder. Find the volume and and the curved surface-area of the wedge.