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& ‘A. The area of the region bounded by the curve y = — 2 and the a-axis equals 5 10 16 3 ) is M2 OF O88 MF OF B. The function y = e satisfies the equation @y , dy) (ay @* a) \a! for (a) no values of k, (b) exactly one value of &, (c) exactly two distinct values of k, (a) exactly three distinct values of k, (e) infinitely many distinct values of & ‘Turn over C. Let a,b,c and d be real numbers. The two eurves y = ax? +c and y = br? +d have exactly two points of intersection precisely when (a) $<, (b) <5, © a0. cis alo Sx +7, what are the coordinates of the minimum of y= f(x ~ 2)? » 63) o G2) © GS) © ( oe ald es E. A circle of radius 2, centred on the origin, is drawn on a grid of points with integer coordinates. Let n be the number of grid points that lie within or on the circle. What is the smallest amount the radius needs to inerease by for there to be 2n — 5 grid points within or on the circle? (a) V5-2, (b) vi-2, (&) vB-2, @ 1, () VB F. A particle moves in the xy-plane, starting at the origin (0,0). At each turn, the particle may move in one of two ways * it may move two to the right and one up, that is, it may be translated by the vector (2,1), or * it may move one to the right and two up, that is, it may be translated by the vector (1,2) What is the closest the particle may come to the point (25,75)? (a) 0, (b) 5V5, (ce) 2V53, (a) 25, (e) 35. ‘Turn over G. The parabolas with equations y = x?-+c and y? = x touch (that is, meet tangentially) at a single point. It follows that ¢ equals (a) H. Two triangles § and 7 are inscribed in a circle, as shown in the diagram below. a ‘The triangles have respective areas s and ( and $ is the smaller triangle so that s < t ‘The smallest value that can equal is ee ce = wie 2 @ Fw I. A sketch of the curve (a8 + dy? + 6y2x! + dy? + y*)? = 1 is given below in y y y 2 2 x (a) (b) (©) -p— y y (a) z, ) z (@) () —] J. Which of the following could be the sketch of a curve p(x) + p(y) for some polynomial p? A B c D y y £ x (a) A and D, but not B or C; (b) A and B, but not C or D: (c) C and D, but not A or B; (a) A, C and D, but not B; () A, B and C, but not D. ‘Turn over 2. For ALL APPLICANTS. Let $ and T denote transformations of the :ry-plane Sy) =(@+1y), Tey) = (9,2) We will write, for example, 7 to denote the composition of applying $ then 7, that is TS(z,y) = T(S(z,9)), and write 7” to denote n applications of T where n is a positive integer (i) Show that TS(x,y) # ST(e,y) (ii) For what values of n is it the ease that T"(x,y) = (x,y) for all x, y? (iii) Show that applications of $ and 7’ in some order can produce the transformation U(z,y) = (z— 1,9). What is the least number of applications (of S$ and 1’ in total) that can produce U? Justify your answer (iv) Show that for any integers a and 6 there is some sequence of applications of Sand T that maps (0, 0) to (a,8) (v) The parabola C has equation y = 1? +20 +2 What is the equation of the curve obtained by applying S to C? What is the equation of the curve obtained by applying T' to C? MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS MATHEMATICS & PHILOSOPHY MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE For APPLICANTS IN ONLY. Computer Science and Computer Science & Philosophy applicants should turn to page 14 et g(x) be the f tion defined by and for x £0 write m(z) for the gradient of the chord between (0, 9(0)) and (2, 9(2)) (i) Sketch the graph y = g(x) for —3 0 and x <0. (iii) Show that m(x) + 2= x for x > 0. What is the value of m(r) +2 when x <0? (iv) Explain why g has derivative —2 at 0. (v) Suppose that p 0 and find a formula for h(:r) in terms of c and d (and 2) (vii) Show that there are no values of c and d such that the graphs of y = g(x) and y= h(x) are the for 32 <3. 10 4, MATHEMATICS For APPLICANTS IN MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS ONLY. MATHEMATICS & PHILOSOPHY Mathematics & Computer Science, Computer Science and Computer Science & Philos- ophy applicants should turn to page 14. Consider two circles S, and S2 centred at A and B and with radii VG and v3 —1, respectively. Suppose that the two circles intersect at two distinct points and D. Suppose further that the two centres A and B are of distance 2 apart. The sketch below is not to scale. (i) Find the angle ZCBA, and deduce that A and B lic on the same side of the line CD. (ii) Show that C'D has length 3 ~ V3 and hence calculate the angle ZCAD. (iii) Show that the area of the region lying inside the citcle Sy and outside of the circle Si; (that is the shaded region in the picture) is equal to z6 ~4V3) 43 - v3. (iv) Suppose that a line through C’ is drawn such that the total area covered by S} and 'S2 is split into two equal areas. Let FE be the intersection of this line with 5; and « denote the angle ZCAE. You may assume that F lies on the larger arc C'D of Si. Write down an equation which x satisfies and explain why there is a unique solution x. 12 5. For ALL APPLICANTS. Let n be a positive integer. An n-brick is a rectangle of height 1 and width n. A 1-tower is defined as a I-brick. An n-tower, for n > 2, is defined as an n-brick on top of which exactly two other towers are stacked: a k-tower and a ky-tower such that 1 < ky 2 give a formula for ty in terms of ty for k

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