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A-level
MATHEMATICS
Unit Pure Core 3

Wednesday 14 June 2017 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• the blue AQA booklet of formulae and statistical tables.
You may use a graphics calculator. Question Mark

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Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 2
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 3
• Answer all questions.
• Write the question part reference (eg (a), (b)(i) etc) in the left-hand margin. 4
• You must answer each question in the space provided for that question. 5
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• Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not 8
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• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75. TOTAL

Advice
• Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the booklet.
• You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided.

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Answer all questions.

Answer each question in the space provided for that question.

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1 (a) Given that y = (sin 4 x)(sec 3 x) , use the product rule to find .
dx
[2 marks]

6x
(b) Find
∫ 2x2 + 3
dx .
[2 marks]

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2 (a) Use the mid-ordinate rule with five strips to find an estimate for e3 x − x dx ,
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giving your answer to three decimal places.
[4 marks]

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(b) A curve has equation y = e3 x − x . Find the exact values of the coordinates of the
stationary points of the curve and determine the nature of these stationary points.
[7 marks]

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3 Use the substitution u = cos 2 x to find

∫ cos 2 2 x sin 3 2 x dx
[5 marks]

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4 The line y = x and the curve with equation y = ln   , where x > 0 , intersect at a
 3x + 1 
single point where x = α .

(a) Show that α lies between 1 and 2.

[2 marks]

(b) (i) Use the iterative formula

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xn +1 = ln  n 
 3 xn + 1 

with x1 = 2 to find the values of x2 and x3 , giving your answers to three decimal
places.
[2 marks]

(ii) Figure 1, on the opposite page, shows a sketch of parts of the graphs of
 3 x + 10 
y = ln   and y = x , and the position of x1 .
 3x + 1 

On Figure 1, draw a cobweb or staircase diagram to show how convergence takes

place, indicating the positions of x2 and x3 on the x-axis.
[2 marks]

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5 The function f is defined by

f ( x ) ln(3x + 1) , for x  0
=

The function g is defined by

d
g(x) = (f ( x)) , for x  0
dx

The inverse of f is f −1 .

(a) Find expressions for f −1 ( x) and g( x) .

[4 marks]

(b) Show that the equation f −1 ( x) = g( x) can be rearranged into the form

 3 x + 10 
x = ln  
 3x + 1 
[2 marks]

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3x
6 Use integration by parts to find the value of
∫
1 2x −1
dx .

[6 marks]

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7 You are given that k is a positive constant.

y 5 x − 3k and =
By sketching the graphs of = y 3 x + 4k on the same axes, solve
the inequality

5 x − 3k  3 x + 4k

[5 marks]

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8 (a) By using a suitable trigonometrical identity, solve the equation

 π  π
tan 2  2 x −  =11 − sec  2 x − 
 6  6

giving all values of x in radians to two decimal places in the interval 0  x  π .

[7 marks]

(b) Describe a sequence of two geometrical transformations that maps the graph of
 π
=y f  2 x −  onto the graph of y = f ( x ) .
 6
[4 marks]

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9 Figure 2 shows part of the curve with equation y = f ( x ) .

Figure 2

(a) On Figure 3 below, sketch the curve with equation y = f ( x ) .

[3 marks]

(b) On Figure 4 opposite, sketch the curve with equation y = −f ( x ) .

[2 marks]

(c) The curve with equation y = f ( x ) has a minimum point at (0, b − 2) and a maximum
point at ( a, 9b) , where 0 < b < 2 .

(i) Find the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve with equation y = f ( x + a ) + 2b .
[2 marks]

(ii) Find the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve with equation y = 3f (2 x ) .
[2 marks]
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10 The diagram shows the curve y = e , intersecting the y-axis at the point A, and the
tangent to this curve at the point B, where x = ln 4 , intersecting the x-axis at the point C.

(a) (i) Find an equation of the tangent to the curve at B.

[3 marks]

 1 
(ii) Hence show that the coordinates of C are  ln 4 − , 0 .
 2 
[1 mark]

(b) The shaded region OABC is rotated through 2π radians about the x-axis to form a solid.

Find the exact value of the volume of the solid generated.

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(You may assume that the volume of a cone of radius r and height h is πr 2 h .)
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