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Anderson Junior College H2 Mathematics (Jc1) 2006 Mid-Year Common Test

1. This document contains 8 mathematics questions covering topics like inequalities, graph sketching, binomial expansions, curve properties, functions, sequences, series, and proofs by induction. 2. Question 1 asks to solve an inequality and find the range of values for which it is true. Question 2 involves sketching graphs and finding their intersections. 3. Question 3 expands a term as a binomial series and uses it to approximate a fraction.

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Anderson Junior College H2 Mathematics (Jc1) 2006 Mid-Year Common Test

1. This document contains 8 mathematics questions covering topics like inequalities, graph sketching, binomial expansions, curve properties, functions, sequences, series, and proofs by induction. 2. Question 1 asks to solve an inequality and find the range of values for which it is true. Question 2 involves sketching graphs and finding their intersections. 3. Question 3 expands a term as a binomial series and uses it to approximate a fraction.

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ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE


H2 MATHEMATICS (JC1)
2006 MID-YEAR COMMON TEST


Answer all questions

1. Solve the inequality
2
5
2
x
x

> , giving your answer in exact form.


Hence deduce the range of values of x for which
2
5
2
x
x

> . [5]

2. Sketch the graph of
( ) 2
1
x a
y
x
+
=

where a > 2. Hence find the set of values of x such that


( ) 2
1
x a
x a
x
+
s +

. [6]


3. Using the binomial theorem, express
3
3
+ | |
|

\ .
x
x
1
3
as a series in ascending powers of x up to and
including the term in x
2
. State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

By putting
1
3
x = , find an approximation for (10)
1
3
, giving your answer as a fraction in its
lowest terms. [7]



4 i) The equation of the curve C
1
given by
2 2
4 9 36 x y + = . Sketch the graph of C
1
, showing
all its axial intercepts clearly. [2]

ii) Find the asymptotes of the curve C
2
given by
2 2
4 6 x y = . Sketch C
2
on a separate diagram,
showing its asymptotes and its axial intercepts clearly. [3]

iii) Find the equation of the parabola that passes through the origin and the points of intersection
of the curves C
1
and C
2
where x > 0. [3]



2
5. The functions f and g are defined by
3
: 2 , , 0
4
x
f x x x e >
: , , 0
x a
g x e x x
+
e < where a is a positive constant.

i) Sketch the graph of f and find its range. Hence state the set of values of x for which
( ) ( ) ff x f f x =
- 1 - 1
[3]
ii) Sketch the graph of g and define the inverse function g
- 1
. [3]
iii) Show that gf does not exist. Find the maximal domain of f for which gf exists. [3]



6a) A geometric series is given as follows:
( )
( ) ( )
( )
1
2 3
2 2
1
1 1
2 1 ...
2 2 2
r
r
x
x x
x

( +
+ +

+ + + + +.
i) Find the set of values of x such that the sum to infinity of the series does not exist. [2]

ii) When
1
3
x = , find the sum of all the odd-numbered terms ( ie the first, third, fifth, .) of
the series. [3]

b) A sequence of positive integers are arranged in a triangular formation such that the integers in
each row are arranged from left to right and every row (other than the first) contains two
integers more than the previous row as shown below:

1
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
:

i) Find an expression for the total number of integers in the first n rows. [2]
ii) State, in terms of n, the last integer of the n
th
row. [1]
iii) Hence or otherwise, find the sum of all the integers in the n
th
row. [3]



3
7 a) A sequence
1 2 3
, , , ... u u u . is defined by
1
ln( 1)
ln( 2)
r r
r
u u
r
+
+
=
+
. Given u
1
= 1, find an expression
for u
n
in terms of n. [3]

b) i) Find the limit of the sequence
1 2 3
, , , ... u u u ..when
2
2
1
r
r
u
r
=

. [2]
ii) Express
2
2
1
r
r
in the form
1 1
B C
A
r r
+ +
+
where A, B and C are constants to be
determined.
Hence or otherwise, find the sum of the series
2
n
r
r
u
=

in terms of n. [6]
iii) State with a reason, whether
2
n
r
r
u
=

converges as n . [2]



8 a) Prove by induction that
( )( )
1
1
2 2
1
1 2 2
r n n
r
r
r r n
+
=
=
+ + +

for all n
+
eZ . [4]
Hence find, in terms of n,
( )
( )( )
3
4
0
3 2
4 5
k
n
k
k
k k
+

=
+
+ +

. [3]

b) A sequence of numbers
1 2 3
, , , ... u u u is defined by
1
1 u = and
( )
1
2 2 1
2
n n
n
u u
n
+
+
=
+
for all
positive integral values n. Prove by induction that
( )
( )
2 !
1 ! !
n
n
u
n n
=
+
. [4]




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