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SMK METHODIST (ACS) IPOH
TRIAL EXAMINATION STPM 2015
MATHEMATICS (T)
PAPER 2
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Upper 6 Time : 2 hours
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Instructions to candidates:
Answer all questions in Section A and only One question in Section B.
All necessary working should be shown clearly.
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Section A [ 45 marks]
Answer all questions in this section.

2−√ x +3 x
lim lim
x−1 x →−∞ √ 9 x 2 −1
1. Find (a) x →1 (b) [6
marks]

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2. Given that y is differentiable and yx = p cos(ax ) , x≠0 , p and a are constants.

Using implicit differentiation, show that

d2 y dy
x2 2
+4 x +(a2 x 2 +2 ) y =0
dx dx . [6 marks]
3 2
x 11
∫ ( x−1 3
dx = +ln2 .
3. Show that 2 ) 8 [7

marks]

4. Using the substitution u = sin y, find the general solution of the differential equation
dy 1
x +tan y=
dx x sec y [8
marks]

d2 y dy 2
5. Given that
−1
y=tan x , show that dx 2
+2 ( )
x
dx
=0
. Using the Maclaurin theorem, obtain
−1
first the two non-zero terms of the expansion of ln ¿ ¿ tan x . By substituting a suitable value of
x, estimate the approximate value of π correct to 2 decimal places. [8
marks]
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x y= x
6. Sketch the graphs of y=5 and x
on the same axes. Show that the equation x(5 )=4
has only one real root in the interval [ 0, 1 ].

By using the Newton-Raphson method, with the first approximation 0.5, find the root of the

equation, giving your answer correct to two decimal places. [10 marks]

Section B [ 15 marks]

Answer only One question in this section.

7. In a chemical process to obtain substance B from substance A, each molecule of A is changed

directly to a molecule of B. The rate of increase of the B molecules at any time varies with the
numbers of A molecules at the point of time. Initially the number of A molecules is 2N and the
number of B molecules after the a period of t hours after the process has started is y. Assuming
that y is a continuous variable, write a differential equation that describes this chemical process.

If y = 0 when t = 0, show that y=2 N (1−e −kt ) , where k is a positive constant. [7

marks]

Sketch the graph of y against t. [2 marks]

If, after an hour, the number of B molecules formed is one third of the remaining number of A
molecules, find the time taken when the substances A and B have the same number of molecules.
[6 marks]

1−e 2 x 1−e2 x
y= y=
8. A curve is defined by 1+e 2 x 1+e 2 x .

(a) Show the curve is always decreasing for all real values of x. [4 marks]

dy 2
1 1− y = y −1 dy = y 2−1.
(b) Show that
x= ln
2 1+ y ( ) dx . dx Hence, deduce
2 2
d2 y
d y d2 y
d y
<0 for y< 0. >0
(i) dx 2
<0 dx 2 for y>0 and dx 2
>0 dx 2 for y<0 , (ii) the point
of inflexion of the curve.
[7 marks]
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2x
1−e 2 x 1−e 2 x 1−e 1−e 2 x
(c) Evaluate (i)
lim
x→ ∞ 1+e
2x ( 1+e 2 x ) (ii)
lim
x →−∞ 1+e
2x ( 1+e 2 x ) [2 marks]

2x
1−e 1−e2 x
y= y=
(d) Sketch the curve 1+e 2 x . 1+e 2 x [2 marks]

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