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Miina Härma Gümnaasium

Mock Examination
Mathematics: analysis and approaches Candidate name
Higher level
Paper 1

Friday 31 March 2023 (morning)

2 hours
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Instructions to candidates
• Write your name in the box above.
• Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
• You are not permitted access to any calculator for this paper.
• Section A: answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
• Section B: answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Fill in your name on the front
of the answer booklet, and attach it to this examination paper and your cover sheet
using the tag provided.
• Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers must be given exactly or
correct to three significant figures.
• A clean copy of the mathematics: analysis and approaches formula booklet is required for
this paper.
• The maximum mark for this examination is [110 marks]

14 pages

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Full marks are not necessarily awarded for a correct answer with no working. Answers must be
supported by working and/or explanation. Where an answer is incorrect, some marks may be
given for a correct method, provided this is shown by written working. You are therefore advised
to show all working.
SECTION A

Answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided. Working may
be continued below the lines, if necessary.

1. [maximum marks: 6]
Consider two events, A and B, such that P (A) = P (A′ ∩ B) = 0.4 and P (A ∩ B) = 0.1.
(a) By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find P (A ∪ B) .
(3)
(b) Show that the events A and B are not independent.
(3)


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2. [maximum marks: 7]
1
(a) Sketch the graphs of f (x) = x + 3 and g (x) = | x + 2 | on the following axes.
3
(3)

1
(b) Solve the equation x + 3 = |x + 2| .
3
(4)

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3. [maximum marks: 5]
Two unbiased tetrahedral (four-sided) dice with faces labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 are thrown and the
scores recorded. Let the random variable T be the maximum of these two scores. The
probability distribution of T is given in the following table.

t 1 2 3 4
1 7
P (T = t) a b
16 16

(a) Find the value of a and the value of b .

(3)
(b) Find the expected value of T.
(2)

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4. [maximum marks: 8]
Let f (x) = 1 + e −x and g (x) = 2x + b, for x ∈ ℝ, where b is a constant.

(x − 1)
1
(a) Show that f −1 (x) = ln .

(2)
(b) Find (g ∘ f ) (x) .
(2)
(c) Given that lim (g ∘ f ) (x) = − 3, find the value of b .
x→+∞
(4)

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5. [maximum marks: 5]
The first term in an arithmetic sequence is 4 and the fifth term is log2625.
Find the common difference of the sequence, expressing your answer in the form log2 p,
where p ∈ ℚ .

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6. [maximum marks: 7]
Consider the binomial expansion (x + 1)7 = x 7 + a x 6 + bx 5 + 35x 4 + . . . + 1 where
x ≠ 0 and a, b ∈ ℤ+ .
(a) Show that b = 21.
(2)
The third term in the expansion is the mean of the second term and the fourth term in the
expansion.
(b) Find the possible values of x .
(5)

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7. [maximum marks: 8]
Consider the quartic equation z 4 + 4z 3 + 8z 2 + 80z + 400 = 0, z ∈ ℂ .
Two of the roots of this equation are a + bi and b + ai, where a, b ∈ ℤ .
Find the possible values of a .

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8. [maximum marks: 9]
Consider the curve defined by the equation x 2 + siny − x y = 0.
(a) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at the point (π, π) .
(6)
1
(b) Hence, show that the ta n θ = , where θ is the acute angle between the tangent
1 + 2π
to the curve at (π, π) and the line y = x .
(3)

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9. [maximum marks: 7]
dy ln2x 2y 1
Solve the differential equation = 2 − , given that y = 4 at x = .
dx x x 2
Give your answer in the form y = f (x) .

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Answers written on this page

will not be marked.

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SECTION B

Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Please start each question on a new page.

10. [maximum marks: 15]

Consider the function f defined by f (x) = 6 + 6cosx, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 4π .
The following diagram shows the graph of y = f (x) .

The graph of f touches the x− axis at points A and B, as shown. The shaded region is
enclosed by the graph of y = f (x) and the x− axis, between the points A and B.
(a) Find the x− coordinates of A and B.
(3)
(b) Show that the area of the shaded region is 12π .
(5)
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(Question 10 continued)
The right cone in the following diagram has a total surface area of 12π, equal to the shaded
area in the previous diagram.
The cone has a base radius of 2, height h, and slant height l .

(c) Find the value of l .

(3)
(d) Hence, find the volume of the cone.
(4)

11. [maximum marks: 14]

dn
(x e ) = [x + 2n x + n (n − 1)] e for
2 x 2 x
(a) Prove by mathematical induction that
dx n
n ∈ ℤ+ .
(7)
(b) Hence or otherwise, determine the Maclaurin series of f (x) = x 2 e x in ascending
powers of x, up to and including the term in x 4 .
(3)

(x e − x )
2 x 2 3

(c) Hence or otherwise, determine the value of lim

x→0 x9

(4)

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12. [maximum marks: 19]

π
The following diagram shows the graph of y = ar cta n (2x + 1) + for x ∈ ℝ, with
4
π 3π
asymptotes at y = − and y = .
4 4

(a) Describe a sequence of transformations that transforms the graph of y = ar cta n x to

π
the graph of y = ar cta n (2x + 1) + for x ∈ ℝ .
4
(3)

( 1 − pq )
p +q
(b) Show that ar cta np + ar cta n q ≡ ar cta n where p, q > 0 and pq < 1.

(4)

(x + 1) 4
x π
(c) Verify that ar cta n (2x + 1) = ar cta n + for x ∈ ℝ, x > 0.

(3)
(d) Using mathematical induction and the result from part (b), prove that

( 2r 2 ) (n + 1)
n
1 n
for n ∈ ℤ+ .
∑
ar cta n = ar cta n
r=1
(9)