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s.5 Mid-Term 2 Pure

This document is the exam paper for Pure Mathematics Paper 1 for S.5 students taking the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Mid-term 2 examinations in 2022. It contains 14 questions across two sections - Section A contains 8 multiple choice questions worth 40 marks total, and Section B contains 5 extended response questions worth 60 marks total. Students are instructed to show all working and are permitted to use non-programmable calculators and mathematical formula tables. The exam covers topics in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus.

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s.5 Mid-Term 2 Pure

This document is the exam paper for Pure Mathematics Paper 1 for S.5 students taking the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Mid-term 2 examinations in 2022. It contains 14 questions across two sections - Section A contains 8 multiple choice questions worth 40 marks total, and Section B contains 5 extended response questions worth 60 marks total. Students are instructed to show all working and are permitted to use non-programmable calculators and mathematical formula tables. The exam covers topics in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus.

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P425/1
PURE
MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
3 hours

MENGO SENIOR SCHOOL


Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
Mid- term 2 examinations 2022
S.5 Pure mathematics
Paper 1
Time: 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS
➢ Attempt all the eight questions in section A and only five questions in section
B
➢ Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
➢ All working must be clearly shown.
➢ Silent non-programmable calculators and mathematical tables with a list of
formulae maybe used.
➢ Begin every question in section B on a fresh page.
SECTION A (40 marks)
1. Solve for 𝑥 in 32𝑥+1 + 3 = 10(3𝑥 ) ( 05 marks)

2. The straight line 𝑥 − 𝑦 − 6 = 0 cuts the curve 𝑦 2 = 8𝑥 at P and Q.


Calculate the length of PQ. (05 marks)

𝑑 𝑥2 𝑥(2+𝑥 2 )
3. Show that { }= (05 marks)
𝑑𝑥 √(1+𝑥 2 ) √(1+𝑥 2 )3

4. The first and last terms of a geometric series are 2 and 2048 respectively.
The sum of the series is 2730. Find the number of terms and the common
ratio. (05 marks)

5. Solve the simultaneous equations,


2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 8
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 3𝑧 = −2
5𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 3
(05 marks)
1−2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
6. If 2𝐴 + 𝐵 = 45𝑂 , show that tan 𝐵 = (05 marks)
1+2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴

𝑎+𝑏
7. Given that 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 23𝑎𝑏, show that log 𝑎 + log 𝑏 = 2 log ( )
5

(05 marks)

8. Water is poured into a vessel, in the shape of a right circular cone of vertical
angle 90𝑜 , with its axis vertical at the rate of 8𝑐𝑚3 /𝑚𝑖𝑛 . At what rate is the
water surface rising when the depth of water is 4𝑐𝑚. (05 marks)
SECTION B (60 marks)

9. a) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 𝛼)2 𝑔(𝑥), show that 𝑓´(𝑥) is divisible by 𝛼.


(03 marks)

b) A polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 4𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 3 is divisible by (𝑥 − 1)2 . Use


the result in (a) above to find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 . Hence solve the
equation 𝑝(𝑥) = 0. (09 marks)

10. Given the equation 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 − 10 = 0,


a) Show that 𝑥 = 2 is a root of the equation (02 marks)
b) Deduce the values of 𝛼 + 𝛽 and 𝛼𝛽 where 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the roots of the
equation. Hence form a quadratic equation whose roots are 𝛼 2 and 𝛽 2 .
(10 marks)
𝑜 𝑜
11.a) Find the values of 𝑥 in the range 0 to 360 for which
𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 + 1. (06 marks)
(𝐵−𝐶) 𝑏−𝑐 𝐴
b) Show that in any triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 = 𝑐𝑜𝑡 (06 marks)
2 𝑏+𝑐 2

12.a) A particle moves along a straight line so that after 𝑡 seconds, its distance
from the origin, O from a fixed point on the line is 𝑠 metres where 𝑠 = 𝑡 3 −
3𝑡 2 + 2𝑡.
(i) When is the particle at O. (02 marks)
(ii) What is its velocity and acceleration at these times. (04 marks)
b) Sketch the curve 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)(2 − 𝑥) (06 marks)

13.a) Show that, if the equations 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 1 = 0 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0 have a


common root, then (𝑏 − 1)2 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)(1 − 𝑎𝑏). (05 marks)
1
b) Use the substitution 𝑦 = 𝑥 + to solve the equation
𝑥
2𝑥 4 − 9𝑥 3 + 14𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 2 = 0. (07 marks)

𝑑𝑦 𝑑2𝑦
14.a) If 𝑥 = 𝑎(𝑡 2 − 1), 𝑦 = 2𝑎(𝑡 + 1). Find and in terms of 𝑡
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 2
(06 marks)
b) One side of a rectangle is three times the other. If the perimeter increases
by 2%. What is the percentage increase in the area. (06 marks)
END

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