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    CONTENTS _/ Pure Mathematics f Paper “d Paper 11 Applied Mathematics Paper I Paper II Physics’ Paper I Paper= II Practical’Physics ... ‘Chemistry Paper “I Paper IL °%.. Practical Chemistry ~* Bidlogy. 1.(Botany) ~... Bidlogy 11) (Zoology)... Phietieal Biology. (Botany) Practical Biology. (Zoology) Bormny il Botany It Practical Botany Zoology I Zoolony Way, Practical, Zoology, COPYRIGHT, 1960 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1960 ADVANCED LEVEL PURE MATHEMATICS I Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions (a) Prove that the two equations x? + ax +b = 0 and + av + b'=0 has a common root if and only if (b — v2 + (@— a’) (ab! — a’b) = 0 (b) Find the value of & so that the two equations 2x? — (k-+ 2)x-+ 12= 0 and 4a? — (3k — 2)x + 36 = 0 has a common root. Find also the value of this common root. (a) Find the values of m so that the system of equations x+ay— 0 3x + 2my — 32 = 0 x — by + Smz = 0 has solutions other than x = 0, y= 0, 7 = 0 When m assumes one of these values, solve the system of equations for the ratios w:y-z. (b) What integer should n be if the system of equations mx fy =5 2v — 3ny = 7 has a solution satisfying x > 0 and y > 0? (a) The numbers a, 4, c, d are positive. Show that Vab < (a+ b)/2 and *Vabed S (a+ b+ c+ d)/4 (b) The numbers a, as, . . . , Gy, are positive. Take any four a’s and form their geometrical mean; this is done in all possible: ways, yielding numbers b,, bs, . . . . Prove that the arithme- tical mean of the b’s does not exceed that of the a’s. 1 Advanced Level Papers 1960 (a) Find the constant term in the expansion of (x + 1 — 3/x)? (b) Three tickets are drawn from a bag containing 12 tickets, numbered 0, 1, ..., 11. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the three tickets is equal to 12. State the principle of mathematical induction. Prove by mathematical induction the following identities: (a) 3/2-+ 7/6 +... (n® + m+ L)/n(u + 1) = n(n + 2)[(n + 1) (b) (cos 20 + cos 40 +... -+ cos 2n0) sin 0 = sin 20 cos(n +-1)0 State and prove the law of sines for a triangle. Ina triangle ABC, D isa point on the side BC. If x = BD, a = BC and 0 = /BAD; show that (a) x sin(A — 0) sin B = (a — x) sin 0 sin C, and (b) x = a(cot A + cot B)/(cot B + cot 0) (a) For a real number a, the symbol | @| denotes the number aif a= 0 and the number — a ifa <0 Tf («, y) are the rectangular coordinates of a point in the plane, draw the locus of each of the following equations: Ola (ii) |x| +]y|=2 (iti) |w+y|+|e—y|=2 (6) Using the fact that if two real numbers are equal they must be of the same sign, make a brief sketch of the curve (9 = 1)(y+ 1) = xe — 1)@ — 2) (a) Two circles K, and K, are tangent at O, with K, containing K,. A circle K is tangent to K,, K, and to the diameter of Ky through O. By inverting the figure with respect to a circle with centre at O, show that the length of the tangent from O to the circle K is equal to 2d,do/(d; + de), where dj, d. are the diameters of K,, Ky, respectively. 2 . | | Pure Mathematics I 3 (6) Two triangles ABC and A’B’C’, not necessarily on the same plane, are such that AA’, BB’ and CC’ are concurrent. The three pairs of lines BC, B'C’; CA, C’A’; AB, A’B’ intersect at points L, M, N, respectively. (i) When the planes of ABC and A’B’C’ intersect in a line, show that L, M, N are collinear. (ii) When the triangles ABC and A’B’C’ lie on the same plane, show by using Menelaus’ Theorem, that L, M, N are collinear. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1960 Apvancep LeveL PURE MATHEMATICS II Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions Four points A, A’, C, C’ are given with the rectangular coordinates: Ala + pb +9), Ala — p, b — 4), Cle, 0), C'( — ¢, 0) Prove that the point B at which thé lines CA and C’A’ intersect has the coordinates ee a ea) Wp — ec) — aq’ Wp — c) — aq Using this result or otherwise, find the coordinates of the point B’ at which the line AC’ and A’C intersect. Prove that the midpoints. of the line segments AA’, BB’, CC’ lie on a straight line. (a) Show that in rectangular coordinates (x, y) in the plane, the equation x? + 9? — AR + 17) (~cosa + y sina) + R?+ 2Rr=0 represents a circle of radius r and tangent to the circle x? + )” = R®. Find the equation of one of the common tangents to these two circles. (6) Show that there are in general two circles with radius 2, tangent to the circle x* + y* = 1 externally, and passing through a given point P. Find the equations of such circles if the given point is P(5 V/3/2, 5/2). P(®) denotes the point P whose rectangular coordinates are (a sin 8, b cos 0), where a and 6 are constants. (a) Prove that as 0 varies, the point P describes an ellipse (E) with centre at the origin O. What is the geometric meaning of 0? (6) Find the equation of the chord of (£) which joins the points P,(0,), Ps(02)- Pure Mathematics I] 5 (c) Let Q, Q' be the points at which (E) is intersected by the diameter of (£) parallel to the tangent to (EZ) at the point P(0): Find the coordinates of Q, O' and prove that OP? + OQ? does not depend on 0. 4. The figure represents a cube of side a. E, E’ are points on the edge BD’, B'D such that BE = b = E'B’. e 8 Prove that if we puta — b = ¢, then be cos ZEAE! = ———_—_____—. ae Vape Vet Find the area of the parallelogram EAE’A’, and show that if we let the point / assume all the positions on the edge BD’, the area of the parallelogram EAE’A’ is the smallest when E is the midpoint of BD’. 5. (a) Explain the following statements: function of x. it of f(x) is b as x approaches a. (tii) f(x) is continuous at x = a. Find the limit of (1+ 2+... -+ x)/n* as the integer increases indefinitely. Give an example of a continuous function and verify its | continuity. (6) In y = sin x + gz tan «, 2 is a function of x. Prove that if dyldx = x + cos x, then d®y/dx? = — y. Advanced Level Papers 1960 (a) Differentiate the following functions with respect to x: loglogx, a e@/s* (b) Sketch the graph of the function 3v3 fO=gqttS osssy If & is a given constant, how many times will the function assume the value k? (a) Evaluate the following integrals: () (a) (b) if Sorter} Socata ones 2) Let x = a(t — sin t), y = a(1 — cos #), a = constant. Evaluate the integrals: pete . = dy dy\° dx PNG) (BY « [oae oO oO What are the geometric meanings of these integrals? Find the area bounded by the lower half of the ellipse x*/a + 9°/b® = 1 and the straight line y = —(b—h), (O

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