MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 13 CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2018

MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 3 hours

(An extra 10 minutes is allowed for reading this paper)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your Index Number on the front page and inside the back flap of the Answer Booklet.
2. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet provided.
3. If you use extra sheets of paper, be sure to show clearly the question number(s) being answered
and to tie each sheet in your Answer Booklet at the appropriate places. Ensure that your Index
Number is written on the extra sheets.
4. Answer all the questions with a blue or black ballpoint or ink pen. Do not use red ink pen.
Use a pencil only for drawing.
5. All working should be shown where appropriate.
6. Unless otherwise stated, all rounding off should be corrected to two decimal places.
Rounding off decimal answers should be done only at the final step.
7. You may use a calculator, provided it is silent, battery-operated and non-programmable.
8. All questions are compulsory.

Note: The required tables and formulae are given on Pages 9 to 12.

SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS

TOPICS MARKS SUGGESTED TIME

1. Limits, Continuity and Differentiability 5 9 minutes
2. Algebra 5 9 minutes
3. Functions 14½ 26 minutes
4. Sequence and Series 7½ 14 minutes
5. Trigonometry 9½ 17 minutes
6. Complex Numbers 14½ 26 minutes
7. Probability and Statistics 14½ 26 minutes
8. Calculus I 14½ 26 minutes
9. Calculus II 7½ 14 minutes
10. Vectors 7½ 13 minutes
TOTAL 100 180 minutes
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TOPIC 1 LIMITS, CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY (5 marks)

1. Calculate the following limits.

(a) lim cos x (1 mark)

x0

x2 9
(b) lim (1½ marks)
x 3 x  3

2. Study the piece-wise function below and then answer the questions that follow.

f (x)

x
2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5

(a) For which value of x the limit does not exist? (½ mark)

(b) For which values of x is the function not differentiable? (1 mark)

(c) Find f ( 3) (1 mark)

TOPIC 2 ALGEBRA (5 marks)

1. Prove by mathematical induction that for every positive integer n,

1  3  5  ......................................   2 n  1  n
2
(2½ marks)

2. Use the Binomial Theorem to find the constant term in the expansion of

1
( x  )8 (2½ marks)
x

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TOPIC 3 FUNCTIONS (14½ marks)

1. The functions f and g are defined by
2
f ( x)  x and g ( x )  x  4

(a) Find an expression for f o g ( x ). Simplify your answer. (1 mark)

(b) State the domain of f o g ( x ). (1 mark)

2. Find the values of the constants A and B in the partial fractions shown
below.

10 x  12 A xB
  (2½ marks)
2 2
( x  3)( x  9) x3 x 9

3. Sketch the graph of y  ( x 1)( x  1) 3 ( x  3) 2 , clearly showing

all the intercepts, turning points and the point of inflection. (3½ marks)

 x  1 x  4 
4. Consider the function f ( x ) 
( x  2)( x  2)

(a) Find the x and y intercepts of f (x). (1½ marks)

(b) State the equations of the asymptotes of f (x). (1½ marks)

(c) Hence, sketch the graph of f (x). (3½ marks)

TOPIC 4 SEQUENCE AND SERIES (7½ marks)

n 4
1. The sequence an is defined by a n 
n

(a) Calculate the 2nd term of this sequence. (1 mark)

(b) Prove that the sequence is decreasing by showing that a n1  a n  0 (3 marks)

(c) Find a lower bound for this sequence. (1 mark)

120
2. Evaluate  (r 2  r ) (2½ marks)
r 1
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TOPIC 5 TRIGONOMETRY (9½ marks)

1. A trigonometric function is given as y  6sin θ  8cos θ

(a) Express this function in the form r cos(θ  α) where α is an acute

angle in degrees. (3 marks)

(b) Hence, give the coordinates of the minimum point on this function
for 0  θ  360 (1 mark)

2. Starting from the identity cos( θ  2θ)  cos θ cos 2θ  sin θ sin 2θ , prove that
3
cos 3θ  4 cos θ  3cos θ (2½ marks)

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3. Solve cos 2 θ  for 0  θ  360 (3 marks)
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TOPIC 6 COMPLEX NUMBERS (14½ marks)

1. Evaluate 100 (1 mark)

2. Complex numbers u and v are given as

u = 3( cos 90  i sin 90 )
v = 5( cos 180  i sin 180 )

Find uv (1½ marks)

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3. Express in the form a  bi (2½ marks)
3  2i

4. Let w  8  8 i

(a) Find Arg(w), the argument of w. (1½ marks)

(b) Find w , the modulus of w. (1 mark)

(c) Convert w into polar form. (1 mark)

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(d) Use De Moivre’s Theorem to evaluate w . (2 marks)

2
5. Solve the equation z 196 i obtaining two distinct complex roots.
Leave your answers in polar form. (4 marks)
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TOPIC 7 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (14½ marks)

1. Two fair dice are rolled and the numbers on the uppermost faces are observed.
The sample space is shown in the lattice diagram below.
Die 2
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 (1, 1) (1, 2) (1, 3) (1, 4) (1, 5) (1, 6)
2 (2, 1) (2, 2) (2, 3) (2, 4) (2, 5) (2, 6)
Die 1 3 (3, 1) (3, 2) (3, 3) (3, 4) (3, 5) (3, 6)
4 (4, 1) (4, 2) (4, 3) (4, 4) (4, 5) (4, 6)
5 (5, 1) (5, 2) (5, 3) (5, 4) (5, 5) (5, 6)
6 (6, 1) (6, 2) (6, 3) (6, 4) (6, 5) (6, 6)

Let: Event A = the number on the first die is 5

Event B = the sum of the numbers is more than 9

Work out the following probabilities:

(a) P(A) (1 mark)

(b) P(B) (1 mark)
(c) P(A  B) (1 mark)

2
 z  
2. Using the formula n   2  , calculate the minimum sample size
 e 
 
that should be taken from a population with standard deviation of 0.7 kg,
to estimate the mean weight to be within 0.1 kg of the true value with
98% confidence. (2½ marks)

3. X has a normal distribution with mean = 20.

Given P ( X  30 )  0.1, calculate the standard deviation. (3 marks)

4. 10% of items produced by a certain machine are defective. Determine the

probability that out of a sample of 7 randomly chosen items exactly 3 are
defective. (2 marks)

5. A dalo farmer claims that the average weight of a bundle of dalo which he
sells is 9 kg with standard deviation of 0.5 kg.
Test the null hypothesis H 0 : μ  9 against the alternative hypothesis
H a : μ  9 if a random sample of 49 bundles has an average weight of
8 kg. Use a 0.05 level of significance and state your conclusion clearly. (4 marks)
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TOPIC 8 CALCULUS I (14½ marks)

dy 4 2 2
1. Use implicit differentiation to find for 9 y  y  x  3 x (2½ marks)
dx

dy
2. Given y  cos x ln ( 7 x ) , find (2½ marks)
dx

3. A box with an open top and a square base is to be constructed in such a

way that its volume is 18 000 cm 3 .

The material for the base costs $2.00 per cm 2 while the material for the
sides cost $1.50 per cm 2 .

Determine the least cost of the materials needed to construct such a box. (3½ marks)

4. The shaded region shown in the diagram below is bounded by the curve
3 2
y  x  5 x  7 x  3 and the x-axis.

y 3 2
y  x  5 x  7 x 3

x
0 1 3

Calculate the area of the shaded region. (3 marks)

5. Use integration by parts to find  x sin 3 x dx (3 marks)

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TOPIC 9 CALCULUS II (7½ marks)


1
1. Find dx by using the trigonometric substitution x  3 cos θ (2½ marks)
2
9x

2. The region bounded by y  x 2 and the x-axis between x  0 and

x  3 is shaded below.

2
yx

x
0 3

a
2
Using the formula V = π y dx , find the volume of the solid formed

when the shaded region is rotated through one complete revolution about
the x-axis. (3 marks)

3. The population, P , of certain organism after t years is given by the

exponential function:
 0.4 t
P  200 e

(a) What is the initial population? (1 mark)

(b) Find the population after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest
whole number. (1 mark)

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TOPIC 10 VECTORS AND GEOMETRY (7½ marks)

1. Consider the following three dimensional vectors:

~a = 4 i  2 j  4 k
b =  2i  3 j  6k
~

(a) Find ~
a (1 mark)

(b) Find b (1 mark)

~

(c) Determine the dot product of ~a and ~

b (1 mark)

(d) Hence, calculate the angle between ~a and ~

b (1½ marks)

2. The equation of a line in symmetric form is

x 1 y  2 z  3
 
4 8 12

Give the coordinates of a point which lies on this line. (1 mark)

3. Let A be the point (12, 3, 4) and let B be the point (  6, 12,  5).

Find the coordinates of point P on the line AB given that

AP 2
 (2 marks)
PB 7

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Formulae
1. Trigonometry
sin θ
 sin (A  B)  sin A cos B  cos A sin B  tan θ 
cos θ
 cos (A  B)  cos A cos B  sin A sin B
 cos 2θ  sin 2θ  1
 2 sin A cos B  sin (A  B)  sin (A  B)
 2 cos A cos B  cos (A  B)  cos (A  B)  tan 2θ  1  sec 2θ
 2 sin A sin B  cos (A  B)  cos (A  B)  sin 2A  2sin A cos A
 sin C  sin D  2 sin (half sum) cos (half difference )  cos 2A  2 cos 2 A 1
 sin C  sin D  2 cos (half sum) sin (half difference )
 cos 2 A  sin 2 A
 cos C  cos D  2 cos (half sum) cos (half difference )
 cos D  cos C  2 sin (half sum) sin (half difference ) 1  2 sin 2 A
2 tan A
 tan 2A 
1  tan 2 A
tan A  tan B
 tan (A  B) 
1  tan A tan B

2. Vectors
Scalar Product Division of Line Segment in the Ratio m : n
A m P n B
If a and b are given as
~ ~
 a1   b1  mB  nA
     P
a   a2  , b   b2  mn
~ ~
a  b 
 3  3
Equation of a line
then
Equation of a line through A (position vector ~a )
 ~ b  a1b1  a2b2  a3b3
a .~ b is
and parallel to ~

 b~
a .~ a~
b cos θ  ~r  ~
a t ~
b
~

If a and b are perpendicular then

~ ~
 b 0
a .~
~

3. Series

n n ( n  1) n 2 n ( n  1)(2 n  1) n 3 n 2 ( n  1) 2
 r   r   r 
2 r 1 6 r 1 4
r 1
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4. Complex Numbers 5. Probability

 z  x  iy  For independent events
 z (cos θ  i sin θ) P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B)

 P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B)  P(A  B)

 z  x2  y 2
n x n  x
 P (X  x)    p q
y  x
 tan   n n!
x    
 r  r !n  r !

6. Calculus

Product Rule Quotient Rule

  f.g '  f '.g  f.g ' f

'
g.f '  f.g '
   
g g2
Integration by parts

  u dv  uv   v du

Derivatives of Functions Indefinite Integrals

dy
y = f (x) dx
or f ' (x) f (x)  f (x) dx
xn  1
xn nx n  1
xn n 1
1
ln x x 1
ln x
x
e ax ae ax
x
1 sin 1
2 2 a
a x
ax ln a  a x
1 x
1 tan 1
2 2
a a
sin x cos x x a

cos x  sin x

tan x 2
sec x
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