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Paul’s College
F.4 Mid-year Examination 2022-2023

MATHEMATICS Extended Part

Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics)
Question-Answer Book

Time Allowed: 1 hour

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Class

Class No.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Attempt ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.

3. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

4. Marks will be deducted for poor and untidy presentation.

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or given to 4 decimal

places.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Question No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total

Marks /50

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1. Solve
4x
1− 6 x
(a) e = e
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(b) 2e x − 9 = −10e− x
(5 marks)

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2. (a) Express 7 ln 49
in terms of e. (2 marks)
(b) Solve the equation eln(2 x −1) −3 = 2 . (3 marks)
(c) (i) Factorize e3 x − e 2 x +5 − e x −3 + e 2 .
(ii) Hence, solve e3 x − e 2 x +5 − e x −3 + e 2 = 0 . (3 marks)

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3. Carol deposits a sum of money in a bank for 11 years at an interest rate of r% per annum. If
interest is compounded quarterly, the amount she will get is twice the original sum of money.
(a) Find the value of r.
(b) Using the result of (a), if interest is compounded continuously, find the ratio of the amount
after 22 years to the original sum of money. Express the answer in the form of m : 1.
(Give the answers correct to 2 decimal places.)
(5 marks)

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4. Let k be a positive constant.
(a) Expand e kx in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x3.
(b) Consider e kx (1 − 5 x ) .
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It is known that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of e kx (1 − 5 x ) is 548 .

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Expand (1 − 5 x ) in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x 3 .

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(i)
(ii) Find the possible values of k .
(iii) Find the coefficient of x 3 in the expansion of e kx (1 − 5 x ) for the smaller value of k
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found in (ii).
(8 marks)

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 1 + e4 x
5. (a) Expand in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x2.
e3 x
(b) Let n be a positive integer. If the coefficient of x2 in the expansion of
(1 + e4 x − e3 x )(1 − 2 x )n
is 149, find n.
e3 x
(6 marks)

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6. The value $ V of a machine obeys the following rule
log V is a linear function of x
where x is the number of years elapsed since it was bought.
It is known that the slope and the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph of the linear
function log V against x are − 0.075 and 4.91 respectively.
(a) Express V in the form ab x where a and b are constants to be found. Give the answers for
a and b correct to 2 significant figures, if necessary.
(b) Using the values of a and b found in (a), estimate the value of the machine 20 years after it
is bought. Correct the answer to 2 significant figures.
(4 marks)

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7. In an experiment, the number of a certain bacteria N (in million) in a room is modelled by
40
N= ,
1 + α( 2 βt )
where t ( 0) is the number of minutes elapsed since the start of the experiment and  and  are
constants.
 40 
(a) Express ln  − 1 as a linear function of t.
N 
(b) It is given that the graph of the linear function obtained in (a) passes through the point
( 2, ln 8) and the intercept on the horizontal axis is 8. Find  and .
(5 marks)

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8. Let f( x) = −4(ln x)2 + 4ln x − 8 , where x  0 .
1
(a) Find f  3  .
e 
(b) If f(t ) = −43 , find t .
(c) (i) By the method of completing the square, express f( x) in the form
a(ln x + h)2 + k , where a, h and k are constants.
(ii) Write down
(1) the maximum value of f( x) , and
(2) the corresponding value of x .
Give exact answers.
(iii) Is f (x) < 0 for all x > 0? Explain briefly.
(9 marks)

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