A Level Edexcel Exam Set A Practice Paper 2 Time: 2 hours Do not write on this paper. Give your answers to 3 significant figures unless otherwise specitied. Find the gradient of the curve y-=3x" ~8x-+12 at the point (3, 15) “ Find the value of f —2**7 _ ay, expressing your answer in the form aln3+6In5, where a 2x7 +7x+6 and b are integers. 8) Given that fix)=e", xeR g(a)=Inx, x>0 (a) find an expression for fe(x), simplifying your answer Q) (b) show that there is only one real solution to fg(«x) = gf(x) and find the exact value of this solution @B) . 2 ‘The curve C has parametric equations x = 3¢ +1, y= 6f+1+—, 1# 0. Show that the Cartesian t 2x? taxtb equation of C can be written in the form y ,x#1, where a and b are integers to be = found. @) Show that, for small values of @(where Gis in radians), Sos” @-2cos0-1~ 2-46? @ ya3e (a) Sketch this curve, stating where the curve crosses the y-axis. Q) (b) Find the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis, the y-axis and the line x= In6, showing your working, @ Prove that the equation 64x? +3ir-+1=0, where kis a constant, has no real roots if 0 < k < : (4) A sequence of po: ive numbers iS 1, sy tyy tye ,, Where u, (a) Prove that u,,,~u, =u, for all positive integers n @ (b) Find an expression for u,.,, ~u, in the form 2* (2 5), where a and b are positive integers. Q) (©) State whether this sequence is increasing, decreasing or periodic. Explain your answer. (1) (d) Calculate the sum of the first 30 terms of the original sequence, where u, = 2", giving your answer to 2 significant figures. Q) The graph of f(x)=3x° +ax’ +bx-+c, where a, b and c are integers, intersects the seaxis at (2, 0), ( o) and (—5, 0). Find the coordinates of the point where the graph of f(x) intersects the y-axis. (6) ‘Level Edexcel Mathematics Sat A Paper? Paget aT (© Zigzag Edveaion, 207810. Md. 13. 14, (a) Fully describe the combination of transformations which maps the graph of y= sin @onto the graph of y =2V3sin@+6cos@. Justify your answer fully ©) (6) Hence or otherwise, find the maximum and minimum value of (24/3 sind + 6cos0) —8. Show your working. @B) flxy= xt -3x-8 45 x ‘The point P with x-coordinate 2 lies on the curve y curve at P, giving your answer in the form x + ay + (x). Find the equation of the normal to the ), where @ and b are integers. o) Prove by contradiction that 2 is an irrational number. The diagram shows the region X bounded by the x-axis, the y-axis and the curve y=(1+3°)cosx, Osx + ‘The table shows the corresponding values of x and y for y =(1+")cosx. x 0 4 i + 3 y I 1.06635 | 1.14329 0 (a) Calculate the value missing from the table, giving your answer to 5 decimal places. (1) (b) Using the trapezium rule with all the values for y in the completed table, find an approximation for the area of R, giving your answer to 3 decimal places. Oy (©) Use integration to find the exact area of R. © (d) Calculate the percentage error in your approximation in part (b), giving your answer to 1 decimal place. aw logioP A village’s population, P, is modelled by the equation P = ab’, where a and b are constants, and f is the number of years since the population began to be L recorded. The line , with gradient a emonstas the linear relationship, between / and logio P over a period of 100 years. The point (0, 2) lies on J 7 ' (a) Write down an equation for / 2) (b) Find the value of a and the value of b ) (©) Interpret, in the context of the model: (i) the value ofa a ii) the value of & @ (@) Find: (i) the population predicted by the model when /= 100, giving your answer to the nearest integer a (ii) the number of years it takes for the population to exceed 150, according to the model Q) (©) Give two reasons why the mode! may not be realistic Q) ‘Level Edexca Walhomalios SA Paper 2 Page Zola ‘© Zigzag Education, 201815. A beekeeper’s house is positioned such that its four walls face due west, due north, due east and due south, respectively. The vectors b = +j and n= 64+5j are the po: ‘ion vectors, in kilometres, of a beehive and a nectar-rich site, respectively, where i and j are unit vectors due east and due north from the south-west corner of the beekeeper’s house. (a) (b) (c) (@ (e) Find the vector 2n~3b oy Find the distance between the beehive and the nectar-rich site Q) Find the three-figure bearing of the beehive from the south-west comer of the beekeeper’s house Q) Given that a second nectar-rich site, s, ies on the straight line between b and n 3 km from b, find the position vector of s in terms of b and n 2) A tree has position vector 0.4b + 0.7n. Explain why the tree cannot possibly be on the straight line between b and n. a) Total 100 Marks Level Edexcel Matenales Sal A Peper? Page soa © Zigzag Eaveaion, 2078