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    P425/1 PURE MATHEMATICS Paper 1 Nov./ Dec. 2018 3 hours UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education PURE MATHEMATICS Paper 1 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five from section B. Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked. All necessary working must be shown clearly. Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper. ‘Squared paper is provided. Silent non programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a list of formulae may be used. © 2018 Uganda National Examinations Board Turn Over 1. Ve 8. SECTION A: (40 MARKS) Answer all questions in this section. In triangle ABC, a=7em, b=4 cm and c=5 cm, Find the value of: (@) cos A (b) sind (05 marks) Determine the angle between the line ¥*4 =” 2 24} and the plane 4x+3y—3z+1=0 (05 marks) Find Jrce (05 marks) Express the function f(x) =x" + 12x +32, in the form a(x+b)+c. Hence find the minimum value of the function f(x). (05 marks) A point P moves such that its distances from two points A ( -2,0) and B (8,6) are in the ratio AP : PB =3 : 2. Show that the locus of P is a circle. (05 marks) Determine the equation of the tangent to the curve y’ + y°—x*= 1 at the point (1,1). (05 marks) Show that 2log 4 + Fog 25 — log 20 =2 log 2. (05 marks) The region bounded by the curve y= x" — 2x and the x-axis from x=0 to x =2, is rotated about the x — axis. Calculate the volume of the solid formed. (05 marks) SECTION B: (60 MARKS) Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks. 9» 10. 11. 12. 13. The position vectors of the vertices of a triangle are 9, r ands, where O is the origin. Show that its area (4) is given by 4#= |r|? |s? —@- sy? (06 marks) 2 1 Hence, find the area of a triangle when r= (3) and $= (") + (06 marks) Express 5 + 12i in polar form. Hence, evaluate 3/(5+12/), giving your answers in the form a+ ib where a and 6 are corrected to two decimal places. (12 marks) (a) Differentiate with respect to x. (06 marks) (b) The period, 7 of a swing of a simple pendulum of length, /is given by ig the equation pu sel g where g is the acceleration due to gravity. An error of 2% is made in measuring the length, /. Determine the resulting percentage error in the period, 7. (06 marks) 4t\L te -6r +1 (a) Show that tan 40= » where ¢= tan 0. (06 marks) (b) Solve the equation sinx+sin 5x= sin 2x+sin 4x for 0°

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