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Section A

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

1 The graph of y = x 2 − 9 is shown below.

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Find the area of the shaded region.

Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

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2 A wooden frame is to be made to support some garden decking. The frame is to be

in the shape of a sector of a circle. The sector OAB is shown in the diagram, with a
wooden plank AC added to the frame for strength. OA makes an angle of θ with OB.

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2 (a) Show that the exact value of sinθ is
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2 (b) Write down the value of θ in radians to 3 significant figures.

[1 mark]

2 (c) Find the area of the garden that will be covered by the decking.
[2 marks]

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3 A circular ornamental garden pond, of radius 2 metres, has weed starting to grow and
cover its surface.

As the weed grows, it covers an area of A square metres. A simple model assumes that
the weed grows so that the rate of increase of its area is proportional to A.

3 (a) Show that the area covered by the weed can be modelled by

A = Be kt

where B and k are constants and t is time in days since the weed was first noticed.
[4 marks]
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3 (b) When it was first noticed, the weed covered an area of 0.25 m . Twenty days later the
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weed covered an area of 0.5 m

3 (b) (i) State the value of B.

[1 mark]

3 (b) (ii) Show that the model for the area covered by the weed can be written as

t
−2
A = 2 20
[4 marks]

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3 (b) (iii) How many days does it take for the weed to cover half of the surface of the pond?
[2 marks]

3 (c) State one limitation of the model.

[1 mark]

3 (d) Suggest one refinement that could be made to improve the model.
[1 mark]
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2
∫1 x
3
4 ln (2 x) dx can be written in the form pln 2 + q, where p and q are rational numbers.

Find p and q.
[5 marks]

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5 (a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the binomial expansion
1
of (1 + 6 x ) 3
[2 marks]

5 (b) Use the result from part (a) to obtain an approximation to 3

1.18 giving your answer
to 4 decimal places.
[2 marks]

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5 (c) Explain why substituting x = into your answer to part (a) does not lead to a valid
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approximation for 3 4 .
[1 mark]
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∫
6x + 1
6 Find the value of 2
dx , expressing your answer in the form
1 6x − 7x + 2

mln 2 + nln 3 , where m and n are integers.

[8 marks]

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7 The diagram shows part of the graph of y = e − x

The graph is formed from two convex sections, where the gradient is increasing,
and one concave section, where the gradient is decreasing.

7 (a) Find the values of x for which the graph is concave.

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7 (b) The finite region bounded by the x-axis and the lines x = 0.1 and x = 0.5 is shaded.

0.5
∫
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Use the trapezium rule, with 4 strips, to find an estimate for e − x dx
0.1

Give your estimate to four decimal places.

[3 marks]

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7 (c) Explain with reference to your answer in part (a), why the answer you found in part (b) is
an underestimate.
[2 marks]
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7 (d) By considering the area of a rectangle, and using your answer to part (b),
prove that the shaded area is 0.4 correct to 1 decimal place.
[3 marks]

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3
8 A curve is defined by the parametric equations

x = t3 + 2 , y = t2 − 1

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8 (a) Find the gradient of the curve at the point where t = −2
[4 marks]

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8 (b) Find a Cartesian equation of the curve.
[2 marks]

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49 The equation x 3 − 3 x + 1 = 0 has three real roots.

49 (a) Show that one of the roots lies between −2 and −1

[2 marks]

94 (b) Taking x1 = −2 as the first approximation to one of the roots, use the Newton-Raphson
method to find x2 , the second approximation.
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94 (c) Explain why the Newton-Raphson method fails in the case when the first approximation
is x1 = −1
[1 mark]

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5 (a)
10 Determine a sequence of transformations which maps the graph of y = cos θ onto the
graph of y = 3cos θ + 3sinθ

Fully justify your answer.

[6 marks]
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5 (b)
10 Hence or otherwise find the least value and greatest value of

4 + ( 3cos θ + 3sin θ )
2

Fully justify your answer.

[3 marks]

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811 ( )
A curve has equation y = 2 x cos 3 x + 3 x 2 − 4 sin 3 x

dy
8 (a)
11 Find , giving your answer in the form ( mx 2 + n ) cos 3 x , where m and n are integers.
dx
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8 (b) Show that the x-coordinates of the points of inflection of the curve satisfy the equation

9 x 2 − 10
cot 3 x =
6x
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9 (a)
12 Three consecutive terms in an arithmetic sequence are 3e − p , 5, 3e p

Find the possible values of p. Give your answers in an exact form.

[6 marks]
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9 (b)
12 Prove that there is no possible value of q for which 3e − q , 5, 3e q are consecutive terms
of a geometric sequence.
[4 marks]

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