Jurong Pioneer Junior College

H2 Mathematics JC2 2020

J2 Synoptic Assessment Revision Paper 1 Time : 3h
Marks : 100

1 A ‘word’ is made by writing the eight letters used to spell ‘INFINITY’ in some order. Find
how many different ‘words’ are possible in each of the following cases.

(i) The words begin with ‘III’. [1]

(ii) The first letter and the last letter are each ‘I’. [2]
(iii) The three letters ‘I’ are separated. [3]

2 In a particular game, a player starts at the “Two Points (Start)” position and shoots at a
target. If the player hits the target, he will move one position away from the target and if
he misses, he will move one position towards the target. Points are awarded for hitting the
target at the corresponding position. For example, if the player hits the target when he is at
the “Two Points (Start)” position, he will be awarded two points.

The game ends after three shots or when he reaches the “Game Over” position.

Target

Game Over
One Point
Two Points (Start)
Two Points
Three Points

2
The probability that he is successful in hitting the target with his first shot is . For each
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of his second and third shot, the probability of success is

 half the probability of success on the preceding shot if that shot was successful,
 twice the probability of success on the preceding shot if that shot was unsuccessful.

Construct a probability tree showing this information. [3]

Find
(i) the probability that the player scores four points, [2]
(ii) the probability that the player scores four points given that exactly two of the three
shots hit the target. [3]
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3 A sequence U1, U2, U3, … is defined by Un = .
n2
2n  1
(i) Show that Un – Un+1  [2]
n (n  1) 2
2

N
2n  1
(ii) Hence find  n (n  1)
n 1
2 2
in terms of N. [3]

(iii) Deduce that the sum to the first N terms of the series
9 15 21
2 2
 2 2  2 2  ... is less than 3. [3]
12 23 34

4 Referred to the origin O, the points P and Q are such that OP = p and OQ = q, where
|p| = 2, |q| = 3 and the vector s is a unit vector in the direction of OQ . The mid-point of
OP is T and the point U on PQ is such that PU: PQ = 1: 3.

(i) Give a geometrical interpretation of |s.p| and hence find the position vector of the
foot of perpendicular from P to the line OQ. [2]
(ii) Find OU in terms of p and q. Hence find the area of the triangle OPU in the form
of k p q where k is a constant to be determined. [3]

(iii) Given that UT is perpendicular to PQ, find p.q. [4]

5 Use the substitution t  tan x to show

1 1
 3  2sin 2 x dx   t 2  3 dt .
 1
Hence, find the exact value of   42 3  2sin 2 x
dx . [5]

6 An engineer is investigating the change of number of dust particles in a room and the
effectiveness of an air purifier manufactured by his company. There are n million dust
particles at time t hour. He observes that the number of dust particles is increasing at a
constant rate of 2 million per hour via an open window in the room. The air purifier is
switched on and removes the dust particles at a rate proportional to n. Initially, the number
of dust particles is 60 million and is decreasing at 1 million per hour. By setting up and
1
 t
solving a differential equation, show that n  40  20e 20
. [5]

The room is considered to be “clean” if the number of dust particles falls below 42 million.
In how many hours will the room be clean after the air purifier is switched on? Justify
whether all the dust particles can be removed completely. [4]
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7 The plane  1 has vector equation r  2i  2 j  k   13 . The points A, B and C have

position vectors 4i  5 j  7k , i  5 j  2k and 2i  3 j  4k respectively.

(i) The line which is parallel to the vector 2i  j  2k and passes through the point A,
meets  1 at the point D. Find the position vector of D and the length of projection
of AD in  1 . [5]
(ii) The plane  2 contains the line AD and is parallel to line BC. The plane  3 contains
the line BC and is parallel to line AD. Explain why  2 and  3 are parallel. Find the
distance between  2 and  3 , and deduce the shortest distance between the lines AD
and BC. [5]
(iii) State a vector equation of the plane that contains the line AD and is perpendicular
to  2 . [1]

2x

2x

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

Fig. 1 shows a piece of card consisting of a square with sides 2x, at the centre and four
triangles of height a, at each side of the square. The card is folded along the dotted lines,
to form a pyramid shown in Fig. 2.

4 x2
(i) Show that the volume V of the pyramid is given by V  a2  x2 . [3]
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(ii) Use differentiation to find, in terms of a, the maximum value of V. [6]

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9 y

The diagram above shows the graph of y  g( x) and its horizontal asymptote y   k
where k  3 .

Sketch on separate, clearly labeled diagrams, the graphs of

(i) y  g x  , [2]
1
(ii) y , [3]
g( x)

Given that g( x)  2f ( x  1) , sketch the graph of y  f ( x) . [3]

You should state clearly, if possible, the equations of any asymptotes and coordinates of
any turning points and axial intercepts.

10 Two buildings, one original and one replica, consist of pillars of decreasing lengths. All
the pillars are of equal radius and are made using the same material.

(i) The first pillar of the original building has length 15 m and the lengths of the pillars
form a geometric progression. Given that the 10th pillar is 10 m, show that the total
length of all the pillars must be less than 341 m, no matter how many pillars there are.
[3]

The replica was constructed wrongly with the lengths of the pillars in arithmetic
progression with common difference d m, instead.

(ii) Given that the first pillar and 10th pillar of the replica remains at 15 m and 10 m long
respectively, find the exact value of d. [2]

(iii) Considering the first 20 pillars of both the original building and the replica, determine
which building would have used more material for its pillars. [4]
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11 A curve C is given parametrically by the equations

x  et , y  et (t  1) .

(i) Sketch the curve for 5  t  0 , stating clearly the end-points. [2]
(ii) Find the equation of the tangent to C at the point where t  p . Hence, find the


equation of the tangent to C which passes through the point 0,  e2 .  [6]

(iii) The straight line y  mx  e2 intersects C at 2 distinct points. Find the range of
values of m. [2]

12 (i) The region R is bounded by the x-axis, y = 1 and the curve y  ln  x 2  where
x  , x  0 . The area of R may be approximated by the total area, A, of n rectangles
1
each of height , as shown in the diagram.
n
y

1
…….……

x
0

2 n1 f ( r )
Show that A  
n r 0
e , where f(r) is to be determined. [4]

(ii) Find the area of R, giving the answer in exact form. Hence, state the limit of A as
n  . [4]
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Answer Key

1(i) 60 (ii) 360 (iii) 1200

49 7
2(i) (ii)
729 15
1
3(ii) 1 
( N  1) 2
1
4(ii) k (iii) p.q = 14
6

5
3 3
6 46.1 hours
 2   4  2   2 
7(i) OD   2  , (iii) r   5   s  1   t  2  ,
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65 (ii) s, t 
 13  3  7   2   1 
       
8 3a 3
8(ii)
27
5
10(ii) d  
9
11(ii) y  2 x  e 2 (iii) 2  m  1  e2
 1 
12 (ii) 4  e 2  1
 