St.

Paul’s College
F.4 Mid-year Examination 2020-2021

MATHEMATICS Extended Part

Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics)
Question-Answer Book

Time Allowed: 1 hour

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Class

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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.

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1. Let n be a positive integer greater than or equal to 3.
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(a) Show that C3n + C2n = n(n − 1)(n + 1) .
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33 n
(b) Solve C3n + C2n = C1 .
2
(4 marks)

2. (a) Factorize e3m + 4e2m − 3em − 12 .

(b) Simplify e2ln a .
−1
(c) Express 2 ln 2 in terms of e .
(4 marks)

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3. Let f(t ) = e2t − 6et + 12 .

(a) Using the method of completing the square, express f(t ) in the form (et + b)2 + c ,

where b and c are constants.

(b) Is it possible that f(t ) = 0 for some real value of t ? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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4. (a) If y = 100 x , express log y as a linear function of log x .

(b) If 5u = e2t , express ln u as a linear function of t .

(c) If 2ln x + 3ln y = 4 , express y in terms of x and e .
(5 marks)

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5. The temperature Q (in C ) of a bottle of orange juice taken out from a refrigerator after t

minutes is modelled by Q = 25 − 20(2−kt ) , where k is a constant. It is known that when

t = 8 , Q = 15 .
(a) Find k .
(b) At least how long will it take for the temperature of the bottle of orange juice to be
higher than 24C , give your answer correct to the nearest minute.
(c) Will the temperature of the bottle of orange juice reach 30C ? Explain your answer.
(7 marks)

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6. At the beginning of 2020, a photocopier was purchased. The value V (in thousand dollars)
of the photocopier after t months since the date of purchase can be modelled by
630
V= , where a and b are constants.
1 + aebt
 630 
(a) Express ln  − 1 as a linear function of t .
 V 
(b) It is found that the graph of the linear function obtained in (a) passes through the
 100 
point  ln 20, 2 ln 20  and the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph is ln 20 .
 3 
Find the values of a and b .
(c) Find the percentage change in V from the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2022.
(8 marks)

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1 
7. (a) Expand  − 4  .
x 

(b) Expand (5 + e −6 x ) 2 in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x3 .

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1 
(c) Find the constant term in the expansion of  − 4  (5 + e−6 x ) 2 .
x 

(8 marks)

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8. Solve each of the following equations.
(a) 32 x −1 = e4− x
(b) ln(5x + 4) + ln(3x + 2) = 1

(c) ln x = 1 + 12log x e

(10 marks)

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