ZIMSEC JUNE 2020

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PURE MATHEMATICS 6042/2

PAPER 2

Prepared by Tarakino Nyasha Patrick (Trockers)

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in other cases it should be given correct to significant figures.

Section A (40 marks)

Answer all questions in this section
1) a)

(a) Aside:
 NB: We can use trigonometric ratios
Also:

NB: We can use trigonometric ratios

Now:

(b)
Aside:

Now:

Also
2) a) Proving

LHS:

( )

(b) (i)

Now:

From the triangle:

 Using the Pythagoras’ theorem

(b)

But
3)

Remember: (i)

(ii)

Remember: (i)

(ii)

Remember: When is small:

(i)

(ii)
 Aside:

Now:

Now:

4) (a)
 Hence means use the above result:

The sequence is converging to

b)

From (i)

Substituting equation (iii) into equation (ii)

 Now:

th
The two possible values of the term are and

5)

(a) or
(b)

Finding the domain:

Critical values:
Since the inequality sign is which means that the required solutions are those above
the .

The domain of

(c)
When and when

(d) An injective function is a one-one function but since the domain of is not restricted
i.e. is not an injective function.
 Section B (80 marks)
Answer any five questions from this section. Each question carries 16 marks.

6) The matrix is and the line is

The general coordinates are

Now

(i)
(ii)

Substituting equation (i) into equation (ii)

(ii)

The resultant equation is

To find the only invariant point solve the two equations simultaneously:
(i)
(ii)
 (ii)

The only invariant point is

NOTE

The general point is

Now

Clearly for the equation to be true both and must be zeroes

and

and

(from the first equation) and and (from the second equation)

Thus we use and

Substitute these values into

The only invariant line is and the only invariant point is under this line
b)

Method 1

Steps

o Transpose the original matrix

o Copy over the two columns on the right
o Copy over the two rows below
o Draw a box around all but eliminate the first row and column
o Find the determinants between blocks of entries
o Copy out these determinants to produce the Adjoint matrix
o Use any method to find the determinant
o Write down the Inverse matrix

Method 2

Steps

We find the following in sequential order:

 (i) Minors of matrix
(ii) Cofactors of matrix
(iii) Adjoint
(iv)

The Matrix of Minors

 For each of every element of matrix , ,we define the minor, of to be the
determinant of the matrix which remains when the row and the column containing
is deleted from
 represent the row in which the element is found and represent the column in
which the element is found


The Matrix of Cofactors

 We define the cofactors of as follows:

a. if is even.
b. if is odd.

 Hence the following pattern of signs is produced:

 Now is the matrix of cofactors of matrix and it differs from matrix by the above
pattern of signs

The Adjoint

 The Adjoint of is or , which is the transpose of the matrix of cofactors of .

Finding the determinant:

 NB:

Hence,

Now:

b)

The equations can be written in matrix form as follows:

Pre-multiplying both sides by this inverse:

c) It is a point (consistent and independent)
NB: The three equations represent three different planes and they are meeting at a
single point
7)

The point has a position vector

(a) (i) If lies on

(ii) If and are parallel then

(b) (iii) Let point be the foot of the perpendicular from .

The coordinates of are

 Now

Taking the dot product of and the direction vector of the line

Now substituting into

Hence the required distance is:

(c) The plane containing and

 Now the equation of the plane given by:

For ‘ ’ we choose any point in the plane but in this case let’s choose .

The cartesian equation of the plane is .

(d)

Alternatively we can use the following method:

Now:
 Now:

8) (a) Use
Replace
b) (i)

Now:

When :

Now:
9) (a) Shading the region represented by the complex number satisfying the inequalities:

and

Let
b) (i)
Given

b) (ii) The other root is the conjugate i.e.

rd
Finding the root

Now let this root be

The other roots are ( and

b) (iii)
Let and

and
Now
10) (a) When :

which is divisible by

. The statement holds for

Assuming true for :

Then for :

Proof

LHS:
 where

The statement holds for .

Since the statement is true for by mathematical induction

the statement holds for all positive integral values of .

b) (i)

NB: is a translation of the graph of along the - moving

unit leftwards

From the graphs there are two points of intersection the equation
has exactly two real roots

(ii)

Since there is a change of sign the equation has a root between

and .
(iii)

Now:

The root is
11) (a) A binary operation is defined by

Now:

b) The Cayley table for this group is given by:

(i) Checking for closure:

There are no new elements in the Cayley table i.e. all values in set are there. Hence
it is closed.

(ii) Checking for Associativity

Let
LHS
 RHS

Since LHS RHS the associative axiom holds.

(iii)Checking for the existence of the identity element:

The identity element is .

(iv) Checking for the existence of the inverse element:

The inverse of:
o is (self inverse)
o is
o is (self inverse)
o is
Since all properties hold is a group under addition modulo .

b) The Cayley table for this group is given by:

(i) Checking for closure:

There are no new elements in the Cayley table i.e. all values in set are there. Hence
it is closed.

(ii) Checking for Associativity:

Let
LHS
 RHS

Since LHS RHS the associative axiom holds.

(iii)Checking for the existence of the identity element:

The identity element is .

(iv) Checking for the existence of the inverse element:

The inverse of:
o is (self inverse)
o is
o is
o is
o is
Since all properties hold is a group under multiplication modulo .

12) a) (i)
Do the relevant cancellation (Terms with the same colour cancels each other) and
we remain with the following expression:

Now:
Hence means use the above result:

Now:
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