* Practical Biology (Zoology) » Botany I CONTENTS Pure Mathematics: Paper 1 Paper II Applied Mathematics Paper I Paper y 11 Physics Paper” 1 Paper 1 Practical Physics... Chemistry. Paper, I Paper “IT ical Chemistry Biology F(Botany) Brolopy i Caan: 2 Practical, Biology ae Botany 1 Zoology 1 Zoology I. COPYRIGHT, 196 BY/THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 13 16 19-22 23 25 27-30 31 32 34-36 37-38 39; 40 AL 42,MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1961 Apvancep LEVEL PURE MATHEMATICS I Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions Prove that for the two polynomials S(x) = # + ax + ag and g(x) the following properties are all equivalent: + byx + by (i) f(x), g(x) have a common linear factor. (ii) There exist two non-zero polynomials p(x), 9(x) each of the degree less than 2 such that p(x)f(x) = 9(x)g(x). (iti) (by — a)? + (b, — @)(by@q — @4b9) = 0 (a) Prove that if X = (the smallest of the numbers a,/b,, @[bo, . . « » Qyfb,) and Y = (the greatest of the numbers 4,[by, a]ba,, » . «5 Gnlbn), where the 6's are all positive, then X S Pera: (b) The n* term of a sequence is ean Show that f1 -+ tm is equal to 2 if m is even and it is greater than 2 if m is odd. If (;) is the coefficient of x" in the expansion of (1 -+ x)", prove that P Wy (: j- OG) eee k=0 (iit) (1 + 1Jn)" <3Advanced Level Papers 1961 (a) What is the property of the positive integer » if the expansion of (x3 + 5x-*)" has a term independent of x? Find this term for the second smallest 7 having the above property. (b) The value of a factory plant depreciates each year by a per- centage of its value at the beginning of that year. If its value at the end of the second year is $75,000 and at the end of the fifth year is $27,000, find the percentage rate allowed for depreciation. (a) Find the values of the constants A, B, C and D so that _ Se ae @—a(i+e) T—x* (— becomes an identity. (6) Prove that, when —1 O, plot the conchoid for a>b,a=banda1 If I, = | x” cos x dx, prove that Ty + ne — 1)I,—2 = w'sin x + 0 x"-Icos x, and find I,, Evaluate (i) f a sintax de (wi) lay An isosceles triangle with vertex at (O, 0) is to be inscribed in the ellipse 2x2 + atx? = ath? Find the equation of the base if the area of the triangle is a maximum,Advanced Level Papers 1961 8. (a) Find the area bounded by the parabola y*= 2x and the straight line x — y = 4. (b) A vessel in the form of an inverted right circular cone is filled up with water which is to be drained through an orifice at the vertex of the cone. When the depth of the water is x ft., & the rate of drainage is ; av 2gx cu.ft./sec., where g = 32 ft./sec?_ and a is the area of the orifice. If the height of the cone is / ft. and the radius of the base is r ft., find (i) the volume of the water in the vessel when the depth is x ft. (ii) the time it requires to empty the vessel.