P425/l

RE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
Nov./ Dec. 2013
3 hours

UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

Uganda Advanced Certitic�_tt! of Education

PURE MATHEMATICS

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
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A1,:1swer all the eight questions in Section A and any five from Section B.
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Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
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All necessary working must be clearly shown.

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Begin each answer on afresh sheet of paper.

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Graph paper is provided.

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Silent, non-programmable s;[entific �alcuid;�rs �nd mathe�atical tables with
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a list of formulae may be used.•

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)
Answer an questions in this section.

1. Solve logx 5 + 4 log5 x = 4. (05 marks)

2. In a Geometric Progression (G.P.), the difference between the fifth and the
second term is l 56. The differen9e between the seventh and the fourth
term is l 404. Find the possible values of the common ratio.
(05 marks)
3. Given that r = 3 cos 0 is an equation of a circle, find it's Cartesian fonn.
(05 marks)

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4. The position vector of point A is 2i + 3j + k, of B is 5j + 4k and of C
is i + 2j + l2k. Show that ABC is a triangle. (05 marks)

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5. Solve 5cos430 = 3(1 + sin 30) for 0 S 0::: 90°. (05 marks)

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6. If y = (x - 0.5) e?.x, find : .
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Hence determine J x e2X dx. (05 marks)
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7. The region bounded by the curve y = cos x, they- axis and the x-axis from
x = 0 to x = T is rotated about· the x- axis, Find the volume of the solid
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fonned. (05 marts)

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8. Solve
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-xi '= 0, given
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that y = 1 when x = 0.
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SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

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Answer any five questions from this section. A II questions carry equal marks.

9. (!1) The complex number Z = ✓3 +i. Z is the conjugate of Z.

(i) Express Zin the modulus argument fomi.
(ii) On the same Argand diagram plot Z and 22 + 3i,
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· What are the greatest and least values of Z if Z- 4 5 3 ? !,

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 10. Given the equation x3 + x- 10 =O,
(a) show that X =2 is a root of the equation. (03 marks)
(b) deduce the values of a+ft and a/3 where a and /J are the other
roots of the equation..
Hence form a quadratic equation whose roots are a 2 and f32.
(09 marks)

11. (a) Find the point of intersection of the lines �=-1 = y-_2_ = z+3
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and- x-8 =--- y-4 · z-5
= =··-- (06 marks)
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(b) The equations of a line and a plane are x - 2 = Y - 2 = !..::1
1 2 2
and 2x + y+ 4z =9 respectively. P is a point on the line where
x = 3. N is the foot of the pe1pendicular from point P to the plane.

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Find the coordinates ofN. (06 marks)

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12. (a ) Find the equation of the tangent to the hyperbola whose points are
of the parametric form (2t, 2/t). (05 marks)
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(b) (i) Find the equations·of the tangents in (a), which are parallel
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to y + 4x = O. (04 marks)
(ii) Dete1mine the distance between the tangents in (i).
(03 marks)
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13_ • A curve .has the equation

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I+ x2
(a) Detennine the nature of the turning point on the curve. (07 marks)
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(b) Find the equation of the asymptote.

Hence sketch the curve. (OS marks)
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14. (a) Prove that tan (A -B) "'
1 + tan A tan B •
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Hence show that ·l-tanl50 = ✓1 - • (06marks)
l+tanlS 3

(b) Given that cos A = % and cos B = 1 3{3 where A and B are
acute, find the value of
(i) tan (A + B).
(ii) cosec (A + B). (06marks)

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15. Resolve y = x +Sx -6x+6 into partial fractions.
(x-1)2(x2 +2)

Hence find f ydx and : .

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(12 marks)

16. The differential equation 2 = /tp(c - p) shows the rate at which

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infonnation flows in a student population c. p represents the number
who have heard the infonnation in t days and k is a constant.

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(a} Solve the differential equation. (06 marks}
{b ) A scllooLhas a.popu\ation of l000 students. Initially, 20 students
had heard the information. A day later, 50 students had heard the

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information. How many students heard the information by the tenth

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day? (06 marks)
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