1.

It is given that the line y  2 x  3 and x  4 are asymptotes to the curve C whose equation is
ax 2  bx  c
y .
dx 2  x  e
Show that a  2, b  5, d  0, and e  4. [3]
Show also that C has two stationary points if and only if c  12. [3]
In separate diagrams, draw a sketch of C, marking the coordinates of turning points and
intersections with the coordinates axes, for each of the cases:
(i) c  18, [3]
(ii) c  4. [3]
In the same diagram in (ii), draw a sketch graph of the curve y  x2 and hence find the number
of real roots of the equation x 3  6x 2  5x  4  0. [2]

px 1
2 a) Given that x 3  px  q  0 and y  q  1 , show that q 2 (1  y ) 3  p 3 ( y  2)  0 . [3 ]
2

p p p
Hence find the exact value of ( q  1) n  ( q  1) n  ( q  1) n for n  2 and n  3 , where

 ,  and  are the roots of the given equation in x. [

1
6 ]
2
r
b) Find partial fractions of U r  .
( r  1)( r  2)( r  3)
1 2 3
Hence find the sum to n terms, S n , of   .......... [4]
2  3 4 3 4 5 4 5 6


3 (i) The integral I n is defined by I n  0 sinh n  d where n is a non-negative integer and

sinh   1 . Show that, for n  2, nI n  2  (n  1)I n  2 . [5]

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(ii) Use a suitable hyperbolic substitution to show that 1 x 2 1  x dx  2( I  I ).
0 4 6

Hence, by evaluating I 0 and using the above reduction formula, show that the value of this

1
integral is (3  7 2 ). Evaluate this value correct to 3 decimal places. [9]
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4 The curve C is defined parametrically by x  t , y  t 3 , t  R.
2 3

dy d 2y 1
(i) Find and in terms of t. [2
dx dx 2 2

]
d2y d2y
(i) Find the mean value of with respect to t for 1  t  4 and also that of with
dx 2 dx 2
respect to x for the same range of values of t.

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[4 ]
2
(ii) Find the length of part of C joining the

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origin to the point (4, ) and also the area of the surface generated when this part of C is
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rotated through 2 radians about the y-axis.
(All numerical values are to be given in exact form.)
[7]

5 a) Using the substitution u  y2 , find the general solution of the differential equation
dy
2 xy  y 2  4x 2 .
dx
a
Show that the solution which has y  a (a > 0) when x  satisfies y 2  4x (a  x ).
2
Give a sketch of the curve which has the above equation. [6]
d 2y dy
b) Solve the differential equation 2
2  10 y  5(e 2 x  4 ), given that y  2 and
dx dx

dy
 2 when x  0.
dx
[8]

sin 4 sin 5
6 a) Given that sin   0 , express and as polynomials in cos .
sin  sin 
sin 5  sin 4
Show that  x 4  x 3  3x 2  2 x  1, where x  2 cos .
sin 
Deduce (in terms of  ) the four roots of the equation x 4  x 3  3x 2  2x  1  0.
 5 7
Hence find the value of cos  cos  cos . [9]
9 9 9

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6 b) A transformation T, under which the point (x, y) is transformed to the point (u, v), is defined
by
3z  5
w  where z  x  iy , w  u  iv and a , b , c are real constants.
z1
w5
Verify that z   .
w 3
Show that, under T, there are two points which are transformed to themselves and state their
coordinates. Show that the imaginary axis is transformed into a circle with unit radius. State
the coordinates of its centre. [5]

7 a) The two binary operations  and  are defined on the set R 2 as follows:
( x1 , y 1 )  ( x 2 , y 2 )  ( x 1 y 2  x 2 y 1 , y1 y 2 ) ,
( x1 , y1 ) ( x 2 , y 2 )  ( x1 x 2 , y1  y 2 ).
(i) Find an identity element for . [1]
(ii) Find, when it exists, the inverse element
of (x, y) for  and give the set of elements for which no inverse exists.
[2]
(iii) Determine whether  is distributive over
. [3]
b) Let H and K be subgroups of a multiplicative group G. A binary operation R is defined on the
elements of G as follows:
a R b  there are elements h  H and k  K such that ha  bk .

Show that R is an equivalence relation and determined the equivalence class containing e,
where e is the identity element of G. [8]

8 The elements a and b of a commutative multiplicative group G have orders 4 and 2

respectively. S, the set of elements of G obtained by taking all possible products of a and b
and their powers, is a subgroup of G.
(i) Write down the elements of S.
[3]
(ii) State the order of each element of S.
[2]

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 1 3 3 4
(iii) Let A   4 2 , B   2 1 , C and D
   

a b
be matrices of the form  c d  , where a, b, c, d  Z 5 . Find a subgroup of S which is
 

isomorphic to the group ({A, B , C , D}, ), where  denotes matrix multiplication with the
arithmetic performed modulo 5. [5]
(iv) Find a subgroup of S which is isomorphic
to the group of symmetries of a rectangle.
Justify your answers in (iii) and (iv).
[4]
5 0 6
 
9 The matrix A is given by A  0 1 0 .
 
3 0 2

Find the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of A.

[7]
Hence write down a matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that A  PDP 1 .
[2]
 1 2  1
 
The non-singular matrix Q is given by Q   2 1 1 and B 3  QAQ 1 . Find the
 
 1 1 2

eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix B.

[5]
[Note that the calculation of B is not necessary.]

10 The plane  1 has vector equation r  ( 5i  3k )   ( i  2 k )   ( j  2 k ),  ,   R .

The points A and B, which are not in  1 , have position vectors 2 i  4 j  8k and 4i  6 j  k
respectively. The line l1 , which passes through A and B, meets  1 in the point R. Find the
position vector of R. [4]
The line l 2 is contained in  1 , passes through R and is perpendicular to l1 . Find a vector
equation of l 2 .
[5]  2 is the plane that contains l1 and l 2 . Find the equations of the two planes that bisect
the angles between  1 and  2 , giving them in the form r  OR   (3i  2 j  2k )  c where
c is perpendicular to 3i  2 j  2k .
[5]

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11 Given that constant vectors a and b are perpendicular unit vectors and 2a  b  c , show that
c  a  c  b  0 and c = 2. [2]
Equations of two lines l1 and l 2 are given by
r  4 a  6b  4 c   (2 a  b  c ) and
r  6a  26b  6c   (a  7b  c ) .

The point P on l1 and the point Q on l 2 are such that PQ is perpendicular to both l1 and
l2 .
Find, in any order,
(i) the position vectors of P and Q, [7]
(ii) the length of PQ and
[3]
(iii) the sine of the angle between the line PQ
and the plane r  (a  2b)  4 . [2]
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