Name : ______________________ 2.

5 hours Date : ___________

2021 01
Lesson DSE Past Paper (Module 2)

Instructions:

1. This paper consists of Section A and Section B. Each section carries 50 marks.

2. Answer ALL questions in this paper.

3. All working must be clearly shown.

4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must be exact.

Section A /50
Section B /50
Total /100

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Section A (50 marks)

1. Let f ( x )  1 . Find
f '( x) from first principle. (4 marks)
3x  4
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 n
n3 (n  1)3
2. Using mathematical induction, prove that  (3k 5  k 3 ) 
k 1 2
for all positive integers

n. (5 marks)

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3. The coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1  4 x) n is 240, where n is a positive integer.
Find
(a) n,
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(b) the coefficient of in the expansion of  2 . (6 marks)
x 4
(1  4 x) 1  
n

 x

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4. (a) Prove that cos 2 x  cos 4 x  cos 6 x  4cos x cos 2 x cos 3 x 1 .

(b) Solve the equation cos 4  cos8  cos12  1 , where 0     .

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(6 marks)

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 x3  x 2  2 x  3
5. Define r ( x )  for all real numbers x  1 .
( x  1) 2
(a) Find the asymptote(s) of the graph of y  r ( x ) .

(b) Find d r ( x) .
dx
(c) Someone claims that there is only one point of inflexion of the graph of y  r ( x) .
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (7 marks)

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6. Consider the curve  : y  e2 x 6 . Denote the normal to  at the point (3, 1) by L. Let c
be the x-intercept of L. Find
(a) c ;
(b) the area of the region bounded by L,  and the straight line x  c . (7 marks)

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7. (a) Using integration by parts, find (ln x) 2 dx .
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(b) Consider the curve C : , where . Let R be the region bounded
y  x ln( x 2  1) x0

by C, the straight line x  1 and the x-axis. Find the volume of the solid of revolution
generated by revolving R about the x-axis. (7 marks)

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8. Consider the system of linear equations in real variables x, y and z

 x  ( d  1) y  (d  3) z  4  d
 , where .
( E ) : 2 x  (d  2) y  z  2d  5 d 
3 x  (d  4) y  5z  2


It is given that (E) has infinitely many solutions.

(a) Find d. Hence, solve (E).
(b) Someone claims that (E) has a real solution (x, y, z) satisfying xy  2 xz  3 . Is the
claim correct? Explain your answer. (8 marks)

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Section B (50 marks)

9. (a) Let      .
2 2

(i) Find d ln(sec   tan  ) .

d
(ii) Using the result of (a)(i), find sec  d . Hence, find sec3  d . (4 marks)
 
(b) Let g ( x ) and h( x) be continuous functions defined on  such that
g ( x)  g ( x)  1 and h( x)  h( x) for all x.
Using integration by substitution, prove that a
g ( x)h( x)dx   h( x )dx for
a

a 0

any a   . (3 marks)

(c) Evaluate 3x x 2
dx .
1 (5 marks)

1 x
(3  3 ) x  1
x 2

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10. Denote the graph of and the graph of by F and G
y  x 2  36 y   (20  x) 2  16
respectively, where 0  x  20 . Let P by a moving point on F. The vertical line passing
through P cuts G at the point Q. Denote the x-coordinate of P by u. It is given that the
length of PQ attains its minimum value when u = a.
(a) Find a. (4 marks)
(b) The horizontal line passing through P cuts the y-axis at the point R while the
horizontal line passing through Q cuts the y-axis at the point S.
(i) Someone claims that the area of the rectangle PQSR attains its minimum
value
when u = a. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(ii) The length of OP increases at a constant rate of 28 units per minute. Find the
rate of change of the perimeter of the rectangle PQSR when u = a.
(9 marks)

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  sin  cos   
11. Define P    , where     .
  cos  sin   2
  
(a) Let A    , where  ,    .
   
1   cos 2   sin 2   cos 2   sin 2 
Prove that PAP   . (3 marks)
   cos 2   sin 2  cos 2   sin 2 

(b) Let B   1 3.


 3 1 

 0 
 , where  ,    .
1
(i) Find  such that PBP  
0 
(ii) Using the result of (b)(i), prove that

n2
 (1) n  3 3(1) n 1  3 
B 2
n
 
 3(1) n 1  3 3(1) n  1 

for any positive integer n.
(iii) Evaluate ( B 1 )555 . (9
marks)

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12. The position vector of the points A, B, C and D are ti  14 j  sk , 12i  sj  2k ,
( s  2)i  16 j  10k and ti  ( s  2) j  14k respectively, where s, t   . Suppose

that AB is parallel to 5i  4 j  2k . Denote the plan which contains A, B and C
by  .
(a) Find
(i) s and t,
(ii) the area of ABC ,
(iii) the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD,
(iv) the shortest distance from D to  . (9 marks)
(b) Let E be the projection of D on  . Is E the circumcenter of ABC ? Explain your
answer. (4 marks)

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( x  4)3
3. Let f ( x )  for all real numbers x  4 . Denote the graph of y  f ( x ) by H.
( x  4) 2
(a) Find the asymptote(s) of H. (3 marks)
(b) Find f ''( x) . (2 marks)
(c) Someone claims that there are two turning points of H. Do you agree? Explain your
answer. (2 marks)
(d) Find the point(s) of inflexion of H. (2 marks)
(e) Find the area of the region bounded by H, the x-axis and the y-axis. (3 marks)

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  
  
4. (a) Using integration by substitution, prove that 
6
ln  sin   x  dx   6 ln  sin x  dx .
12  4  12

(3 marks)


(b) Using (a), evaluate 


6

12
ln(cot x  1)dx . (3 marks)

(c) (i) Using cot( A  B )  cot A cot B  1 , or otherwise, prove that cot   2  3 .
cot B  cot A 12

x csc 2 x 
(ii) Using integration by parts, prove that 

6

12 cot x  1
dx  ln(2  3) . (7 marks)
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5. (a) Consider the system of linear equations in real variables x, y, z

 x  y  2z  1
 , where h, k R.
( E ) :  x  2 y  hz  k 
4 x  hy  7 z  7


(i) Assume that (E) has a unique solution.

(1) Prove that h  3 .
(2) Solve (E).
(ii) Assume that h  3 and (E) is consistent.
(1) Prove that k  2 .
(2) Solve (E). (9 marks)
(b) Consider the system of linear equations in real variables x, y, z

 x  y  2z  1
 , where h R.
( F ) :  x  2 y  hz  2 
 4 x  hy  7 z  7


Someone claims that there are at least two values of h such that (F) has a real
solution (x, y, z) satisfying 3x 2  4 y 2  7 z 2  1 . Do you agree? Explain
your answer. (4 marks)

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12. Let  and  , where O is the origin. R is a point
OP  i  j  4k OQ  5i  7 j  4k

lying on PQ such that PR : RQ = 1 : 3.

 
(a) Find OP  OR . (2 marks)
  
(b) Define OS  OP  OR . Find the area of the quadrilateral OPSR. (2 marks)
(c) Let N be a point such that    , where is a real number.
ON   (OP  OR) 

(i) Is  perpendicular to  ? Explain your answer.

NR PQ

(ii) Let  be a real number such that  is parallel to .

NQ 11i   j  10k

(1) Find  and  .

(2) Denote the angle between OPQ and NPQ be  . Find tan  .
(8 marks)

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