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Differentiation
Question Paper

Course Edexcel IGCSE Maths

Section 3. Sequences, Functions & Graphs
Topic Differentiation
Difficulty Hard

Time allowed: 90
Score: /72
Percentage: /100

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Question 1a

[2 marks]

Question 1b

[1 mark]

Question 1c

[3 marks]

Question 1d

[2 marks]

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Question 2a

[2 marks]

Question 2b

[2 marks]

Question 3a

[2 marks]

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Question 3b

[2 marks]

Question 3c

[1 mark]

Question 4a
The curve G has equation y = 1 − x 3 − 6x 2 − 9x .
Part of the graph of G is shown below.

(a)
Write the coordinates of A.
[1 mark]

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Question 4b
(b)
Points B and C are stationary points on G .
Find the coordinates of points B and C, stating the nature of the stationary point in each case.
[5 marks]

Question 4c
(c)
For which values of x is the gradient of the curve G negative?
[2 marks]

Question 5a

[2 marks]

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Question 5b

[3 marks]

Question 5c

[2 marks]

Question 6a

[1 mark]

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Question 6b

[2 marks]

Question 6c

[2 marks]

Question 6d

[2 marks]

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Question 7a

[1 mark]

Question 7b

[2 marks]

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Question 7c

[2 marks]

Question 7d

[2 marks]

Question 7e

[2 marks]

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Question 8a

The diagram shows a cuboid of volume V cm3

Show that V = 15 + 16x − x 2 − 2x 3
[3]
[3 marks]

Question 8b
There is a value of x for which the volume of the cuboid is a maximum.
Find this value of x .
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
[5]
[5 marks]

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Question 9
A particle P is moving along a straight line.
The fixed point O lies on this line.
At time t seconds where t ⩾ 0 , the displacement, s metres, of P from O is given by
s = t 3 + 5t 2 – 8t + 10

Find the displacement of P from O when P is instantaneously at rest.

a
Give your answer in the form where a and b are integers.
b
[5]
[5 marks]

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Question 10a

[2 marks]

Question 10b

[2 marks]

Question 10c

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[2 marks]

Question 10d

[3 marks]

Question 10e

[2 marks]

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