ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

MATHEMATICS 9164/1
PAPER 1 3 hours

NOVEMBER 2003 SESSION

Additional materials:
Answer paper
Graph paper
List of formulae

TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.

There is no restriction on the number of questions which you may attempt.

If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy required is not specified in the
question, then in the case of an angle it should be given to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given correct to 2 significant figures.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 120.
Questions are printed in the order of their mark allocations and candidates are advised to attempt
questions sequentially.
The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

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1. Solve the equation

[4]

2. Solve the inequality

| | [4]

3. Given that f(x) = , describe the geometric transformations required to obtain the

graph of f(x) from the graph of y = . [4]

4. Given that and , show that ( ) [4]

5. Expand in ascending powers of up to and including the term in , simplifying

the coefficients.

State the values of for which the expansion is valid. [5]

6. Given that f(x) is exactly divisible by

express in terms of [2]

Show that, if in this case, the equation f(x) has only one real root, then
. [4]

7. Express cos sin in the form Rcos( , where R and [2]

Hence or otherwise find the solution of the equation

for [4]

8. Given that , and the the origin, find the scalar product of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and

show that ̂ =√ . [3]

Hence find the exact area of triangle . [3]

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9.

The diagram above shows a circle centre and radius 5cm. The chord is parallel to the chord
. The angles and are and ( )radians respectively.

Show that the area of the shaded area of the region is

( ) [6]

10. Given that and , find

(i) | |, [1]

(ii) arg [1]

(iii) [2]

(iv) [2]

Show the complex numbers and on the same Argand diagram,

clearly labelling | | and arg . [2]

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11. Given that ( ) show that . [4]

By finding the second derivative, or otherwise, show that the series expansion of in
ascending powers of , up to and including the term in is
. [5]

12. (a) The sequence is such that for .

Given also that find the possible values of . [3]
For each value of describe the behaviour of the sequence as tends to
infinity. [2]

(b) Given that , show that

[5]

13. A water tank with a uniform cross-section has a tap at its base. When the tap is opened,
water flows out at a rate proportional to the square root of the depth of water in the tank.
Given that the cross-sectional area of the tank is 5m2 and the depth of the water, minutes
after opening is metres, show that

. [6]

Given that the tap is opened when the depth of water is 2 metres, find an expression in
terms of for the time taken for the depth to reach 1 metre. [5]

14. A circle touches the line x at the point (4, 3) and passes through the point ( 12, 11).

Find (i) the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line passing through
the points (4, 3) and ( 12, 11). [4]

(ii) the equation of the circle. [8]

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15. (a) The area of the region R is bounded by , , and the

axis. Use the trapezium rule with ordinates , and to show

that R is approximately [ ]. [4]

(b) The relation ( ) gives a set of values converging to the root of an

equation.

Find the equation in its simplest form. [2]

Using , calculate and correct to 4 decimal places and give

the absolute errors in each case. [6]

16.

The diagram above shows the region R bounded by the axes and part of the curve

Find, in its simplest form, the exact values of

(i) the area of R, [6]

(ii) the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated completely about the axis,
giving your answer in terms of . [7]