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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education

Advanced Level

Instructions to candidates:
An.wer any six questions.
Each question carries 1 6 marks.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper and arrange your answers in numerical order.
The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.

This Question Paper consists of 6 printed pages and 2 blank pages.

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Section A 4 (a) Find the general solution for 0, in radians, of the equation
sinO cosO
I (a) By differentiating the series for (1 + y)" with respect to x, where n is an integer greater sin 20
-2= cos 20
[8]

than 1, show that

(b) It is given that the equation a sin O + b cos O = c has real solutions for O. Obtain an
[4]
= n2" [3] inequality satisfied by the real numbers a, b and c.
rl C) It is given that the equation has exactly one solution in the interval O O < 2.
Find a similar expression for the sum Show that this solution is given by
a
- 1) [3] sinO=-' cosO=-C
(1

(") C

Hence, or otherwise, show that

5 Let 1(x) = sin [ln(l + x)], for x > - I. Verify that
- 2
r = n(n + 1)2" (I + x)2f"(x) + (1 + x)f'(x) + f(x) = 0. [3]

Hence, or otherwise, find the series expansion of f(x) in ascending powers of x up to and
r

(h) Given that x is small enough for terms in x3 and higher powers of x to be neglected, find including the term in x5. [6]
values of p and q such that
Show that constants a and b can be found so that the expansion of f.x) + a + he ' in
1 l+px ascending powers of x is cx4 + + , and give the values of e and ci in this case.
. .
[4]
(I + x + x)2 [7]
+ qx
= near the origin, showing
With these values of c and ci, sketch the graph of
I

y ex4 +
[3]
clearly its relationship to the graph of)' = ex4.
2 The points A, B and C have position vectors ai, bj and ck respectively, where a > O, b > O and
c > O. Express the cosine of angle BA C in terms of a, b and e, and hence, or otherwise, show that
the area of triangle ABC is
1
-(/í (uJ (rl) 12
) -)

-I- -4-

The perpendicular from the origin O to the plane ABC meets the plane at H. By considering
the volume of the pyramid OABC, or otherwise, find the length of OH. {6J

3 Find the exact value of each of the definite integrals

[4]
(I) sin.vsin3xdx.

(ii) JIn(l + J.v)dx. [5]

(iii)
I
J1
4
-
.v+4
dx. [7]

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Optioñ (b): Probability and Statistics
Section B
puts
8 A secretary types a different letters and the n corresponding envelopes, but an assistant
Option (a): Particle Mechanics the letters into the envelopes at random. The random variable X1 (for i = 1, 2 ..... ii) takes
the
value I if the envelope contains the correct letter, and O otherwise. Tabulate the probability
6 Two cars, A and B,are at rest on a straight horizontal road, level with each other and with a distribution of X. [3]
point O on the road. They start to move simultaneously along the road. When A has covered a
2,
distance of x rn from O, its acceleration is a m s where I

Explain clearly why E(X) = and why, if j, E(1) [5]

12 - 0004x,
, ¡
O x 200, a n(n - 1)

a =
(
1Z, .' . LUU.

Find the speed, Vms', of A as it passes P, the point on the road where x = 200, and the Let S = X, so that S is the total number of envelopes containing the correct letter.
[8]
time A takes to travel the distance OP. [8]
- Show that E(S) = I and Var(S) = 1.
Car B moves throughout with constant acceleration, and also passes P with speed Vm s
[4]
Find which car reaches P first.
9 Two fruit-growers, Alan and Brian, grow similar apples, Alan in orchard A and Brian in
Find how many seconds elapse after the start before and are again level, giving your
orchard B. In each orchard the weights of the apples are normally distributed with standard
A B
[4]
answer to the nearest second. deviation 40 g, but the mean weights are 160 g in A and 200 g in B.
Brian brings Alan a random sample of ii apples from one of the orchards, and challenges
him
7 thrown from a point O towards a vertical wall in such a way that, after rebounding
A ball is to say whether they come from A or B. Alan chooses a critical weight g, intending,
if the mean
it'

from the wall, it returns to O without striking the ground. The hail's initial velocity has magnitude weight of the sample of apples falls below w g, to say A, or if above, to say B. If the apples are in
U and is at an angle O above the horizontal. When the ball strikes the wall,
the horizontal % of being wrong: if they are from B, he wants a chance
fact from A, he wants a chance of at most ¡

component of its velocity is reversed and halved, but the vertical component is unchanged. of at most 6% of being wrong. Find the least value for ii that allows Alan's criteria to he met, and a
Show that Usin 20 = 3hg, where b is the horizontal distance of the wall from 0. [5]
suitable value for ' [12]

The point P at which the ball strikes the wall is at a height h above the level of O. reasons.
[7]
In the event, Brian brought 20 apples of total weight 375 kg. Decide, giving your
Find U in terms of h and g. wb in, nr('h r(I Al u will say they come from.
i i
[4]

The hail is thrown again from O with the same speed U, strikes the wall at a point Q, different
from P, and returns toO without striking the ground. Find, in terms of b, the height ofQ above the
[4]
level of O.

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10 The points P1 and P1 represent the complex numbers : d :2 respectively in an Argand
diagram with origin O. Given that
:-::1+:=O, (I)

deduce that

:l7 cos-3-± n. IT
= I Sfl-
'\ 3

and prove that the triangle OP1 P-, is equilateral. [7]

Show that the roots, : and :, of the quadratic equation

- 326,+4a0
in which a is a cornp1 urnbei, satisfy condition (I) above. [4]

Given that a = \/3 - 2i, find and :-,. [3]

With these values of a. and :. sketch the triangle 0P1P1. and show how the point A,
representing a, is related to it. [2]

11 Show that the curve with equation y = e'cos(71v) has stationary points when .v = n + .
where n is an integer and c = 0098 correct to three decimal places. Determine which values of ii
give maximum points and which give minimum points. [5]

Sketch the curve for the interval - 1 25. [3]

Show that the tangent to the curve at the point (0, 1) meets the curve again at points whose
v-coordinates satisfy the equation e'cos(.v) = -x - I O. [3]

Using your sketch, or otherwise, show that the least positive root of this equation lies in the
interval 5 < x < 2. Apply the Newton-Raphson iterative procedure as many times as are needed
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to obtain this root correct to three significant figures. [5]

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