General Certificate of Education
Advanced Level Examination
January 2010
Mathematics (Pilot)
XMCA2
Unit Core A2
Monday 25 January 2010
9.00 am to 11.30 am
For this paper you must have:
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a 16-page answer book
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the blue AQA booklet of formulae and statistical tables.
You may use a graphics calculator.
Time allowed
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2 hours 30 minutes
Instructions
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Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for
this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is XMCA2.
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Answer all questions.
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Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost.
Information
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
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The maximum mark for this paper is 125.
Advice
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Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the booklet.
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Answer all questions.
(a)
(i) Sketch the graph of y x5 x .
(ii) On separate axes, sketch the graph of y j5x x 2 j , indicating the coordinates of
any points where the graph meets the coordinate axes.
(3 marks)
(b) Solve the equation j5x x 2 j 6 .
(4 marks)
2 A curve is defined by the parametric equations
x 3t 2 ,
y 6t 2
(a) At the point P on the curve, t 1 . Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the
point P, giving your answer in the form y ax b .
(6 marks)
(b) Find, in the form y f x , a cartesian equation of the curve defined by the parametric
(2 marks)
equations x 3t 2 and y 6t 2 .
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3 The sketch shows the graph of y cos1 x , where y is in radians.
y
(a) Write down the coordinates of the points A and B, the end-points of the graph.
(2 marks)
(b)
(i) By drawing a suitable straight line on a copy of the above sketch, explain why the
(2 marks)
equation cos1 x 4x 1 has only one root.
(ii) Given that the root of the equation cos1 x 4x 1 is a , show that
0:5 < a < 0:6 .
(2 marks)
1 cos1 xn
with x1 0:5 to find the values of x2 , x3 and
(c) Use the iteration xn1
4
x4 , giving your answers to three significant figures.
(3 marks)
(d) Use Simpsons rule with five ordinates (four strips) to find an approximation to
0:8
cos1 x dx
giving your answer to four decimal places.
(4 marks)
(a) Sketch the graph of y 1 e2x , indicating the value of y where the graph crosses the
y-axis.
(2 marks)
(b)
(i) Given that y
cos x
dy
when x 0 .
, find the value of
2x
1e
dx
(ii) Write down the value of
dx
when x 0 .
dy
(4 marks)
(1 mark)
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6x 2 10
(a) Given that
can be expressed in the form
3x 1x 1
and B are integers, find the values of A and B.
3
6x 2 10
3x 1x 12
(b) Hence find
A
B
, where A
3x 1 x 12
(4 marks)
dx , giving your answer in the form p ln 2 q .
(6 marks)
6 The functions f and g are defined with their respective domains by
f x
p
x 4,
for x 5 0
gx
1
,
x2
for real values of x, x 6 2
(a) State the range of f.
(2 marks)
(b) Find gf x .
(1 mark)
(c) The inverse of f is f 1 . Find f 1 x .
(3 marks)
(a) The polynomial px is defined by px 30x 3 x 2 6x 1 .
1
(i) Find p 3 .
(1 mark)
(ii) Use the Factor Theorem to show that 2x 1 is a factor of px .
(2 marks)
(iii) Write px as a product of three linear factors.
(3 marks)
(b) Given that tan 2y
2t
, where t tan y , show that the equation
1 t2
cot 2y 18 15 sec2 y
can be written in the form
30t 3 t 2 6t 1 0
(4 marks)
(c) Hence solve the equation
cot 2y 18 15 sec2 y
in the interval 0 4 y 4 180, giving all solutions to the nearest 0.1 .
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(3 marks)
(a) Find
2x ln x dx .
(4 marks)
(b) Use a suitable substitution to find
p
4x 2 2x 1 dx .
(5 marks)
9 A painting was valued at 8000 on 1 January 2002. A mathematical model assumes that
1
t years later, the value, V , of the painting is increasing at a rate proportional to V 3 .
2
(a) By forming and solving a differential equation, show that 3V 3 2kt 1200 , where k
is a constant.
(6 marks)
(b) On 1 January 2010, the painting is valued at 27 000. Use this mathematical model to
find the value of the painting on 1 January 2015, giving your answer to the nearest
100.
(3 marks)
10
(a) Find the binomial expansion of 1 kx2 up to and including the term in x 3 , where k
is a constant.
(2 marks)
(b) The binomial expansion in ascending powers of x of
1 kx2 1 xn
is 6x 2 px 3 ::: .
(i) Show that n 2k .
(2 marks)
(ii) Given that n < 0 , find the value of p.
(6 marks)
3
2
3
1
2
11 The line l1 through the point A1, 2, 3 has vector equation r 4 2 5 l 4 1 5 .
3
2
2
3
2
3
24
12
The line l2 has vector equation r 4 9 5 m 4 3 5 .
4
4
(a) Prove that l1 and l2 intersect and find the coordinates of their point of intersection B.
(6 marks)
(b) Prove that there does not exist a point P on the line l2 such that triangle ABP is
equilateral.
(4 marks)
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12 The diagram shows part of the curve C with equation y 8 cos x 6 sin x .
y
It is given that 8 cos x 6 sin x can be expressed in the form R cosx a , where R > 0
p
and 0 < a < .
2
(a) State the value of R and the value of sin a .
(2 marks)
(b) Hence describe a sequence of two geometrical transformations which maps the graph of
y cos x onto the graph of y 8 cos x 6 sin x .
(4 marks)
(c) The region bounded by the curve C, the x-axis, the y-axis and the line x a is rotated
through 2p radians about the x-axis. Show that the volume of the solid formed is
2p25a p , where p is a constant to be found.
(8 marks)
13 A curve has equation 3y 3 6xy 2x 3 k , where k is a constant. Show that, if k < 3 ,
the curve has no stationary points.
(9 marks)
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