A Level Edexcel Exam Set A Practice Paper 1 Time: 2 hours Do not write on this paper. Give your answers to 3 significant figures unless otherwise specified. 1. A circle has centre (~4, ~3) and passes through the point (2, 3). Find the Cartesian equation of the circle, 6) 2. (a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x, in the binomial expansion of (14x)? Q) (b) Use your result from part (a) to find an estimate for the value of 1.008, giving your answer ‘to 3 decimal places Q) (©) Explain why you cannot use x =— in your answer to part (a) to approximate the value of V3 2 a oi 2) (3 10 ‘ : 3. The position veetors |, | | and [ "| represent the points 4, B and C respectively. — (a) Find the position vector of the point D such that AC’ = BD co) Mis the midpoint of AC. -> (b) Find the magnitude of MC, giving your answer as a surd in its simplest form 8) 4 4, Given that f(x) =4x° 41-5, x>0, show that [ f(x) de=1+3V3 (6) 5. Defining a and d, prove that the sum of the first » terms of an arithmetic progression is n s|2a+(n-l)d (4) 5[22+(n=)a] @ 6. The shape ABCDOA consists of a sector AOB of a circle joined to a sector COD of a different circle, both centre O. The arc CD has length 4 om, BC = 3 em, ZCOD = 0.5 radians and ZAOD is aright-angle. (a) Find the length of OC Q) (b) Find the area of the shaded sector AOB @) 7. Prove, from first principles, that the derivative of 4x" is 8x cy ‘HLevel Edexcel Mathematics Set A Paper 1 Page 1 of 8 ‘© ZigZag Education, 201810. ML Jasmine attempts to solve the equation 3° - 3° ~8(9°). Her attempt is shown below 3 - 3 =-2(4") 3 =-9(a") 3 =-2(2*) 3° --9(5%5") BY = -24x3* There must be no solutions to this equation. (a) Identify the two errors Jasmine made. Q) (b) Use an algebraic method to find the exact solution to the equation. Show your working. (2) A manager is choosing the length of his employees’ working day. The total productivity score, f, of the employees depends on the hours, h, they work per day. He uses a model with the following assumptions: ‘* If the employees work only a few hours per day, they will work more efficiently but for a shorter amount of time, and the total produetivity score will be low. * If the employees work many hours per day, they will work less efficiently, and the total productivity score will be low. ‘The diagram below shows the graphs of two possible models: ' ' (16, 96) (8,96) o Te | : ia" Model A’ Model B (a) Explain why Model A is inconsistent with one of the assumptions. oy (b) Given that Model B represents a quadratic curve, show that its equation is of the form ¢=a(16h—4"), and find the value of the constant a Q) (©) The manager wants the total productivity score to be at least 90. Use your equation from part (b) to find the range of values of h which Model B suggests should be chosen, 4) (@) Comment on how realistic Model B is in each of the following cases: h=0,andh=17 (2) (a) Factorise completely x*—8x? +16x Q) (b) Sketch the curve with equation y=." ~8x° +16x, showing the coordinates of the points where the curve crosses or touches the x-axis Q) ‘The point (—1, 0) lies on the curve with equation y=(x-+a)'-8(x-+a)' +16(x+a), where ais a constant. (c) _ Find the two possible values of a 3) ‘The parametric equations of a curve are given by x=4sin@ and y=2cos@ for 0<@<2n (a) Find 2 in terms of 0 (2) : ‘The tangents to the curve at the points 4 and B pass through (3, 2) (b) Show that the values of @at 4 and B satisfy the equation 4cos+3sin =4 Oo) (©) Find the values of @at A and B 6) ‘Level Edexcel Mathematics Set PaperT Page 2of 8 © Zigzag Education, 207812. The distance, x metres, of the puck from the centre of an air hockey table satisfies the differential jon St _ 30082 equation di 2x where fis the time in seconds since the start of the game. 3 (a) Solve the differential equation, given that the puck begins the game “> m from the centre of the table. Express your answer in the form x = f(). ” (b) Find the maximum distance of the puck from the centre of the table, a) 13. The equation x* +x? —x+5=0 has exactly one real root, @ (a) Show that the Newton-Raphson iterative formula for finding this root can be written as 2x, +x, -5 Jt See, 1 @) (©) Apply the iterative formula from part (a) with initial value x, =~2 to find the values of 1X, %, and x, correct to 4 decimal places w (©) Use a change of sign method to show that « =~2.3403 correct to 4 decimal places. (3) (@) Explain why using the i 1 in the Newton-Raphson method would not converge to a ) 14, Use implicit differentiation to find the exact values of the x-coordinates of the stationary points of the curve 2x‘ +9y=2x7y+36, showing your working. 0) 15. Max wants to make a pencil case with an outer surface area of exactly 400 em? He models the pencil case as a right circular cylinder with radius r em and length / cm. He assumes the material he has is of negligible thickness. (a) Prove that the total volume, V, of the pencil case in cm’ is given by V = 200r— zr" @ (b) Given that r is not fixed, find the radius and length of a pencil case with maximum volume You do not need to check that this is a maximum. © (©) With reference to the shape of the pencil case, suggest a reason why Max may not want to make his pencil case with maximum volume. aw Total 100 Marks ‘A Level Edexcel Mathematics Set A Paper 7 Page 3 of 48 © ZigZag Education, 2018