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NAMIBIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE

MATHEMATICS ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY LEVEL 8227/2

PAPER 2 2 hours
Marks 75 2022

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Formulae and notation list

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angle sizes to one decimal place but angles in radians to three significant
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For
1 (a) Solve the equation | 3x − 1| = 4. Examiner’s
Use

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(b) Hence, using logarithms, solve the equation | 3×5y − 1| = 4

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For
2 Solve the equation 2e2x – 17ex + 8 = 0, giving your answers in the form Examiner’s
Use
x = a ln 2, where a is a constant.

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For
Examiner’s
3 Use

A x
0

The diagram shows part of a curve whose equation is

y = 2 sin2x + 7 sin x + 3,
where x is measured in radians. The curve crosses the x-axis at the point A and the
shaded region is bounded by the curve and the lines x = 0 and y = 0.
(a) Find the exact x-coordinate of A.

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(b) Find the exact gradient of the curve at A.

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For
Examiner’s
(c) By expressing 2 sin2x in terms of cos 2x, find the area of the shaded region. Use

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For
4 The polynomials f(x) and g(x) are defined by Examiner’s
Use
f(x) = x3 + ax2 + b and g(x) = x3 + bx2 – a,
where a and b are constants. It is given that (x + 3) is a factor of f(x).
It is also given that, when g(x) is divided by (x + 1), the remainder is 6.
(a) Find the values of a and b.

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(b) When a and b are these values, find the smallest possible value of g(x) – f(x)
as x varies.

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For
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1x
Use
5 The equation of a curve is y = 6xe 3 .

At the point on the curve with x-coordinate p, the gradient of the curve is 20.

(a) Show that p = 3ln 10 .

p+3 ( (
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(b) Show by calculation that 2.0 < p < 2.2.

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(c) Use the iterative formula Pn+1 = 3 ln

p correct to 3 decimal places.

(Pn+3
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10 with P = 2.1, to find the value of
1

Give the result to each iteration to 5 decimal places.

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6 (a) Express 2 sin θ + 5 cos θ in the form R sin(θ + α), where R > 0 and Use
0° < α < 90°.
Give the value of α correct to 2 decimal places.

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(b) Hence
(i) solve the equation 2 sin θ + 5 cos θ = 2.4 for 0° < θ < 360°,

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(ii) state the greatest and least values of
2 sin θ + 5 cos θ,
as θ varies.

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For
7 (a) Show that cosec 2x + cot 2x ≡ cot x. Examiner’s
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(b) Find ∫sin 2x(cosec 4x + cot 4x)dx.

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For
2a Examiner’s
3 13 Use
8 It is given that ∫
a 3x − 5
dx = ln
4
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Find the value of the positive constant a.

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For
9 The function f is such that f(x) = log2(x – 3), for the domain x > a, where a is a Examiner’s
Use
constant.
(a) Find the minimum value of a.

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(b) For the value of a in (a),
(i) find an expression for f – 1,

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(ii) state the range of f – 1.

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(c) The function g is defined by g(x) = 3x ‒ 2.
(i) Evaluate gf – 1(3).

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(ii) Show that fg(1) cannot be evaluated.

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For
Examiner’s
10 The parametric equations of a curve are Use

x = 4 cos 2θ + 3 sin θ, y = 5 cos θ,

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for 0 < θ < π.
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(a) Find the gradient of the curve at the point for which θ = 1 radian.

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(b) Find the value of sin θ at the point on the curve were the tangent is parallel
to the y-axis.

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Additional Page

If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the
question number(s) must be clearly shown.

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FORMULAE AND NOTATIONS LIST

PURE MATHEMATICS
Mensuration

4 3
Volume of sphere = πr
3
Surface area of sphere = 4πr 2

1
Volume of cone or pyramid = × base area × height
3
Area of curved surface of cone = πr × slant height

Arc length of circle = rθ (θ in radians)

1 2
Area of a sector of a circle = r θ (θ in radians)
2

Algebra
For the quadratic equation: ax2 + bx + c = 0:

x=
−b± (b 2
− 4ac
4ac )
2a
For an arithmetic series:

1 1
un = a + (n – 1)d, Sn = n(a + l) = n{2a + (n – 1)d}
2 2
For a geometric series:

a (1 − r n ) a
un = arn-1, Sn = (r ≠ 1), S∞ = 1),r│< 1)
( r <(│
1− r 1− r
Binomial expansion:
 nn   nn   nn 
(a(a+ +b )bn )=n =a na+n + ana−1nb−1+b + ana− 2nb− 22b+2 + ana−3nb−+33 ... + b+nb, n ,
+ ...
1
  1 2
  2 3
  3

n
where n is a positive integer and   = n!
.
 r  r!(n
( n − r
r)!
)
!
 

n(n − 1) 22 nnn(n ((nn −−1)(n

1n1))((nn−−2)
1)2n) (n − 1n)((nn−−12)( )n − 2) 3
x+ +x(1) n +=x1)+n nx=
(1 + x ) nn = 1 (+1n
nx x 1+++ nx + x 2 + x x2 33+..., where xn3is x ...,
...,rational
2! 2! 3! 2! 3! 3!
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Trigonometry

sin θ
tan θ ≡
cos θ
cos2θ + sin2θ ≡ 1, 1 + tan2θ ≡ sec2θ, cot2θ + 1 ≡ cosec2θ
sin(A ± B) ≡ sinA cosB ± cosA sinB
cos(A ± B) ≡ cosA cosB  sinA sinB

tan A ± tan B
tan( A ± B) ≡
1  tan A tan B
sin2A ≡ 2sinA cosA
cos2A ≡ cos2A – sin2A ≡ 2cos2A ̶ 1 ≡ 1 ̶ 2sin2A
2 tan A
tan 2 A =
1 − tan 2AA

Principal values:

1 1 1 1
− π ≤ sin −1 x ≤ π , 0 ≤ cos −1 x ≤ π ; − π < tan −1 x < π
2 2 2 2

Differentiation
f(x) f’(x)
xn nx n-1

1
ln x
x
e ex
x

sin x cos x
cos x -sin x
tan x sec2 x
sec x sec x tan x
cosec x – cosec x cot x
cot x – cosec2 x

1
tan-1 x
1 + x2
dv du
uv u +v
dx dx
du dv
v −u
u dx dx

v v 2

dy dy dx
If x = f(t) and y = g(t) then = ÷
dx dt dt
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Integration

f(x) ∫ f(x)dx
f( x)d x

x n +1
x
n
+c (n ≠ ‒1)
n +1
1
ln x + c
x
ex ex + c
sin x – cos x + c
cos x sin x + c
sec2 x tan x + c

1 1 x
tan −1  
x + a2
2
a a
1 1 xx −
−a
ln
1n (x > a)
x − a2 2a xx +
+ aa
2

1 1 ax +
− ax
ln
1n (│x│< a)
a − x2 2a ax +
− ax
2

ddvv ddduvvv dv
∫∫uu ddxx ddxx == uv
uvuv −− ∫∫vuvu dddxxx= uv − ∫ vu
dddxxx dx
dx

ff''((xx))
f' ( x)dx = ln f ( x) + c
∫∫f(x)
f(f(f( xxx)))
ddxx==1n
dx lnln ff((xx)) ++cc

Vectors

If a = a1i + a2j + a3k and b = b1i + b2j + b3k then a.b = a1 b1 + a2 b2 + a3b3 = a b cos θ

Numerical integration
Trapezium rule:

b 1 b−a
∫ a f ( x)dx
dx ≈ h { y
2
0 ( y1 + y 2 + ... + y n −1 ) + y n } , where h =
+2
2(
n

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Operations

n
a1 + a2 +…. + an
∑a
i =1
i

a the positive square root of the real number a

a the modulus of the real number a

n! n factorial for n ∈ ℕ (0! = 1)

n!
the binomial coefficient , for r ∈ ℕ, 0 ≤ r ≤ n
n r!(n − r )!
 
r n(n − 1)...(n − r + 1)
, for n ∈ ℚ, r ∈ ℕ
r!

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