Pearson Edexcel Level 3

GCE Mathematics
Advanced Subsidiary
Paper A: Pure Mathematics
CAP 2 Practice Paper Paper Reference(s)
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 9MA0/01
You must have:
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables, calculator
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators must not
have the facility for algebraic manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have
retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly
labelled.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
• You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers without
working may not gain full credit.
• Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.

Information
• A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• There are 9 questions in this paper. The total mark is 75.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much
time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and
any working underneath.
1. Relative to a fixed origin O,

the point A has position vector (2i + 3j − 4k),

the point B has position vector (4i − 2j + 3k),
and the point C has position vector (ai + 5j − 2k), where a is a constant and a < 0.

D is the point such that AB = BD .

(a) Find the position vector of D.

(2)

Given | AC | = 4,

(b) find the value of a.

(3)
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2. A lorry is driven between London and Newcastle.

In a simple model, the cost of the journey £C when the lorry is driven at a steady speed of
v kilometres per hour is

1500 2v
C= + + 60.
v 11

(a) Find, according to this model,

(i) the value of v that minimises the cost of the journey,

(ii) the minimum cost of the journey.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(6)

d 2C
(b) Prove, by using , that the cost is minimised at the speed found in part (a)(i).
dv 2
(2)

(c) State one limitation of this model.

(1)

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3.

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius r cm. The angle AOB is
θ radians. The area of the sector AOB is 11 cm2.

Given that the perimeter of the sector is 4 times the length of the arc AB, find the exact value
of r.
(4)

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4. f (x) = −3x3 + 8x2 − 9x + 10, x  ℝ.

(a) (i) Calculate f(2).

(ii) Write f (x) as a product of two algebraic factors.

(4)

Using the answer to part (a) (ii),

(b) prove that there are exactly two real solutions to the equation

−3y6 + 8y4 − 9y2 + 10 = 0,

(2)

(c) deduce the number of real solutions, for 7π  θ < 10π, to the equation

3 tan3 θ − 8 tan2 θ + 9 tan θ − 10 = 0.

(1)

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5. (a) Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of

9
 x
2 −  ,
 16 

giving each term in its simplest form.

(4)

9
 x
f(x) = (a + bx)  2 −  , where a and b are constants.
 16 

Given that the first two terms, in ascending powers of x, in the series expansion of f(x) are 128
and 36x,

(b) find the value of a,

(2)

(c) find the value of b.

(2)
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6. (a) Show that the equation

4 cos θ − 1 = 2 sin θ tan θ

can be written in the form

6 cos2 θ − cos θ − 2 = 0.
(4)

(b) Hence solve, for 0  x < 90°,

4 cos 3x − 1 = 2 sin 3x tan 3x,

giving your answers, where appropriate, to one decimal place.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(4)
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7.

Figure 4

Figure 4 shows a sketch of part of the curve C with equation

32
y= + 3x – 8, x > 0.
x2

The point P (4, 6) lies on C. The line l is the normal to C at the point P.

The region R, shown shaded in Figure 4, is bounded by the line l, the curve C, the line with
equation x = 2 and the x-axis.

Show that the area of R is 46.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(10)
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3𝑥 2 −𝑥−2
8. (i) (a) Simplify . (3)
𝑥 2 −1

3𝑥 2 −𝑥−2 1
(b) Hence, or otherwise, express − as a single fraction in its simplest form.
𝑥 2 −1 𝑥(𝑥+1)
(3)
(ii) Given that

2𝑥 4 − 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑒
2
≡ (𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐) + 2
(𝑥 − 1) (𝑥 − 1)

find the values of the constants a, b, c, d and e. (4)

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9. The curve C has equation
𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 3)2

(a) Sketch C, showing the coordinates of the points at which C meets the axes. (4)
𝑑𝑦
(b) Find 𝑑𝑥 . (3)

The point A, with x-coordinate -5, lies on C.

(c) Find the equation of the tangent to C at A, giving your answer in the form y = mx + c,
where m and c are constants.
(4)
Another point B also lies on C. The tangents to C at A and B are parallel.

(d) Find the x-coordinate of B. (3)

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TOTAL FOR THE PAPER: 75 MARKS