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Abbey College Cambridge

International Foundation Programme
Engineering Pathway

Subject: Mathematics

Paper: Mathematics for Engineering - Paper 5

Term 3 – June 2021

Equipment Required:
Calculator, formulae booklet

Time allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions
 Use black ink or ball-point pen. Pencil may be used to draw graphs.
 Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
 You should show your method clearly.
 Correction fluid should NOT be used.
 Rounded answers should be given to 3 significant figures, unless otherwise stated in
the question.
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 Mark allocations are shown in brackets
 There is a total of 75 marks
 There are 9 questions

Mark: Final Moderated Mark:

Markers Comments: Moderators Comments:

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Question 1

Points A, B and C have position vectors:

 2  1  3
     
a    1, b    2 , c   0  respectively, relative to the origin O.
 2   2   1
     

(a) Find the scalar product 𝐚 ∙ 𝐛 [2]

(b) State, in degrees, the angle between the vectors a and b . [1]

(c) Calculate a . [2]

(d) Find the values of the real number t for which ta is a unit vector. [2]

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(e) Find the area of the triangle OAB. [3]

(f) By evaluating a suitable scalar product, state, with a reason, whether the angle AOC is
acute or obtuse. [3]

Total 13 marks

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Question 2

Lines L1 and L2 have vector equations:

  1  1  2   2
       
L1: r   0   s   1 L2: r    1  t  1 
 3  2  1  0
       

(a) Show, by writing down three equations and attempting to solve them, that L1 and L2 do
not meet.
[5]

 1
 
(b) Show that the point A with position vector   2  lies on L1 and that the point B with
 7
 
  4
 
position vector   4  lies on L2. [2]
 1
 

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(c) Calculate the exact distance AB. [2]

Total 9 marks

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Question 3

1 0
( ) = unit vector East and ( ) = unit vector North, where 1 unit = 1 𝑘𝑚.
0 1
0 −6
Two ships P and Q are at locations with position vectors 𝐩0 = ( ) and 𝐪0 = ( )
0 −4
at midnight.
12 15
P has velocity ( ) 𝑘𝑚 ℎ−1 and Q has velocity ( ) 𝑘𝑚 ℎ−1 for the following three
9 20
hours.

(a) Write down the position vectors of P and Q at time t hours after midnight
(0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 3).

[2]

(b) Find the value of t when Q is due North of P. [3]

Total 5 marks

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Question 4

Complex numbers z and w are given by: z  1  2i and w  3  4i .

(a) Show z and w on the same Argand diagram. [2]

(b) Calculate, giving your answer in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖, 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅

You should show your method clearly. Answers with no working will not gain any
marks.

(i) 𝑧 − 𝑤. [2]

(ii) 𝑧𝑤 [2]

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 𝑤
(iii) [3]
𝑧

Calculate:

(c) |𝑤| [2]

(d) arg(𝑤), answering in radians to 2 decimal places. [2]

Total 13 marks

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Question 5

A solution is required to the equation sin 𝑥 − 𝑒 0.5𝑥 + 1 = 0. There is a root 𝛼 in the

interval [1, 2] and 𝑥 is measured in radians.

(a) Use linear interpolation once on the interval [1, 2] to to find an approximation to 𝛼.
Give your answer to 3 decimal places. [4]

The equation has a second solution near to 𝑥 = −2.

(b) Using 𝑥0 = −2, apply the Newton-Raphson method once to find an approximate
value for this solution.
Give your answer to 3 decimal places. [4]

Total 8 marks

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Question 6

Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 2 − 4)(𝑥 2 + 1)(𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 5).

(a) Find, showing all your working, the six roots of 𝑓(𝑥) = 0, giving any complex roots
in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖, (𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅). [5]

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(b) State with a reason which of the following graphs represent 𝑓(𝑥). [2]

Graph A Graph B

Graph C Graph D

Total 7 marks

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Question 7

 1 0  0  1
A    B   
Given that   1 0  and 1 0  .

Calculate:

(a) AB [2]

(b) BA [2]

(c) AB  BA [1]

Total 5 marks

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Question 8

 2 1 1 0
Let M    , I    and k be a real number.
  3  1 0 1

(a) Find N  M  k I [2]

(b) (i) Find an expression for det N in terms of k. [3]

(ii) Deduce N 1 exists whatever the value of k. (DO NOT FIND N 1 )

[4]

Total 9 marks
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Question 9

Use a matrix method to solve the simultaneous equations:

8𝑥 − 15𝑦 = −1
15𝑥 + 8𝑦 = −38
You must show all your working.

Total 6 marks

End of Examination

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