Table of Contents

PART ONE: QUESTIONS

1 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2022- 1

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2 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2021- 2
PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION B:MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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SECTION C:STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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3 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2020-
SECTION A:PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2019- 10

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2018- 14

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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2017- 18

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2016- 21

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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

8 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2015- 24

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

9 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2014- 27

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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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10 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2013- 30
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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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11 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2012- 34
PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

12 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2011- 37

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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART TWO: SOLUTIONS

13 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2022- 41

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

14 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2021- 47

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

15 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2020- 57

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

16 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2019- 66

PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

17 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS P2 -2018 75

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PURE MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
MECHANICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
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1. i) Given that (x + 2) is a factor of f (x), where f (x) = x3 + 3x2 + kx + 6.

a) Find the value of k. (2 marks)
With this value of k,
b) show that f (x) = (x + 2)(x2 + x + 3). (2 marks)
ii) Given that α and β are the roots of 2x2 + x − 3,
a) find the values of α + β and αβ. (2 marks)

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α β
2. i) Find the number of ways of selecting a class prefect boy and a class prefect girl from a class of 4 boys and

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5 girls. (4 marks)
ii) Write down the first three terms of the binomial expansion of (1−2x)−1 in ascending powers of x, simplifying
your answer as far as possible.
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3. The basic salary of a teacher in a school is 100,000 FCFA and his salary is increased monthly by 10%. The table
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Month Monthly Increment(I) Monthly salary(M)

1 l1 = 0 M1 = 100, 000

2 l2 = 1, 000 M2 = 110, 000

3 l3 = 1, 100 M3 = 121, 000

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M2 M1
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(c) the total salary earned by the teacher within the first 6 months. (3 marks)

4. i) The binary operation ∗ is defined over the set, S = {1, 2, 3, 4} as x ∗ y = xy modulo 5.

a) Copy and complete the operation table below (S, ∗). (3 marks)

∗ 1 2 3 4

1 1 1 1

2 2 4 1

3 3 4 2

4 4 3 1

b) Give a reason why (S, ∗) does not form a group.[Assume associativity] (1 mark)