CAPE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 2015

CONVENT OF MERCY ACADEMY ‘ALPHA’

PURE MATHEMATICS

UNIT 1

MODULE 1: BASIC ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS

1 hour 20 mins.

This examination paper consists of nine (9) questions and three (3) printed sheets including the
cover page.

INSTUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1) DO NOT open the examination booklet until told to do so

2) Answer ALL questions

3) Show ALL working clearly

4) Unless otherwise stated in the question, any numerical answer that is not exact
MUST be written correct to three significant figures

5) The maximum number of marks that can be obtained on this test is 80.

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1) Given that for all values of x, ( x  p)(2 x2  9 x  10)  ( x 2  4)(2 x  q)

a) find the constants p and q [4]

b) Hence, solve the equation ( x  p)(2 x 2  9 x  10)  0 [2]

2) The cubic polynomial f(x) is given by 2 x3  ax2  bx  15 , where a and b are constants.

It was given that ( x  3) is a factor of f(x) and that when f(x) is divided by ( x  2) the
remainder is 35.

a) Find the values of a and b. [6]

b) Using the values for a and b, divide f(x) by ( x  3) . [3]

3) The cubic equation x3  px2  qx  r  0 , where p, q and r are real, has roots ,  and γ.
Given that       4 and  2   2   2  20

a) find the values of p and q [4]

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b) for r = -1, find the cubic equation with roots , , [5]
  

5 x 5 x
4) Evaluate  [5]
2  x 1 2  x 1

5) Solve the following

a) log 2 x  2log 2 3  log 2 ( x  5) [5]

b) e2 x  3e2 x  0 [5]

c) x2  x6 [4]

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6) Construct the truth table for ( p  q)  ( p q) [5]

7) Show that for all positive integer n, 5 n  4n  1 is divisible by 4 [7]

8) The operation * is defined on the set of integers as a * b  a  4ab  b .

a) Find the identity element for the operation. [4]
b) Find the inverse under the operation *. [4]

The function f ( x) is such f ( x)  x  8x  11

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a) By first solving the equation f  x   0 and completing the square, sketch the graph of

f  x  showing all critical points. [7]

b) Write down the range of the function for the domain 2  x  5 [1]
c) If f x  is defined on a domain a  x  6 such that the inverse function, f 1
x  exist,
state the smallest possible value of a. [1]
d) Hence find f 1
x  for this value of a. [4]

e) Compute f  f 1 ( x)  [4]

THE END

TOTAL 80 marks