IFYME002 Mathematics Engineering
THE NCUK INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION YEAR
IFYME002 Mathematics Engineering
Examination
2016-17
Examination Session Time Allowed
Semester Two 2 Hours 40 minutes
(including 10 minutes reading time)
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
SECTION A Answer ALL questions. This section carries 45 marks.
SECTION B Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 80 marks.
The marks for each question are indicated in square brackets [ ].
Answers must not be written during the first 10 minutes.
A formula booklet and graph paper will be provided.
An approved calculator may be used in the examination.
Show ALL workings in your answer booklet.
Examination materials must not be removed from the examination room.
DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE
INVIGILATOR
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Section A
Answer ALL questions. This section carries 45 marks.
Question A1
Solve the simultaneous equations 8 9 6
6 3 11 [4]
Question A2
During the day, a student has two breaks when she can choose tea or coffee.
In the first break, the probability she chooses tea is 0.6.
If she chooses tea in the first break, the probability she chooses tea in the second
break is 0.2. If she chooses coffee in the first break, the probability she chooses
coffee in the second break is 0.1.
Draw and label a tree diagram. Work out the probability that the student chooses
different drinks in the two breaks. [5]
Question A3
The quadratic equation 2 8 0 has no real roots.
Given that is an integer, find the largest value can take. [3]
Question A4
Find the sum of the first 65 terms of the arithmetic series 100, 94, 88, … [3]
Question A5
Write the expression
1
3log 12 log 49 log 21 3log 4
2
in its simplest form which must contain no logarithms. All working must be shown: [4]
just giving the answer on its own, even if it is correct, scores no marks.
Question A6
Solve the equation sin θ for .
[3]
Give your answers as exact multiples of .
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Question A7
[4]
Find the equation of the normal to the curve 2 5 at the point 2, 4 .
Question A8
The function is defined as 3 2 .
Find the exact value of 7 . [3]
Question A9
Point lies at 2,
1, 5 and point lies at 3, 7, 8 .
→
Find the length of . Give your answer to 3 significant figures. [4]
In this question, one mark will be given for the correct use of significant figures.
Question A10
A curve has equation
Find the value of when 1. [4]
All working must be shown: just the answer on its own will score 0, even if it is
correct.
Question A11
Use integration by parts to evaluate
Show all of your working. [5]
Question A12
Metal rods have a mean length of 350 cm and standard deviation 5 cm.
The lengths of the rods can be assumed to follow a Normal distribution.
33% of the rods are longer than cm.
Find the value of . [3]
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Section B
Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 80
marks.
Question B1
a) Solve the equation 4 3 0 by completing the square.
Give your answers in the form √ and .
[4]
Each stage of your working must be clearly shown.
b) When 2 5 30 is divided by the remainder is the same as
when 8 24 is divided by 2 .
Given that is an integer, use the Remainder Theorem to find the value of [5]
.
c) An arithmetic progression has common difference 6. The 11th term is 5 times
larger than the first term.
Find the first term. [2]
d) A geometric series has common ratio and the sum to infinity is 3125.
i. Find the first term. [2]
ii. Find the term in the series which is the first to fall below 2. [4]
e) In the expansion of 3 the coefficient of the term in is 160.
Find the value of . [3]
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Question B2
a) Solve the equations. All working must be shown.
i. 3 10 3 9 0 [4]
ii.
√ [3]
iii. 4 1024 [2]
iv. ln 5 3 2 [2]
b)
NOT TO SCALE
15 cm
18.5 cm
Figure 1
Figure 1 shows the acute-angled triangle with 15 cm and
18.5 cm.
The area of triangle is 45 cm2.
i. Find sin giving your answer in the form where and are
[2]
integers.
ii. Without working out the size of angle , show that cos . [2]
iii. Find the length of . [3]
iv. Find angle . [2]
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Question B3
a)
Figure 2
Figure 2 shows a solid cylinder with radius cm and height cm.
The volume of the cylinder is 6750 cm3.
i. Find in terms of . [1]
ii. Show that the surface area, , of the cylinder is given by
13500
2 [3]
iii. Use to find the value of which gives the minimum surface area. [5]
iv. Confirm that your value of is a minimum. [3]
Part b) is on the next page.
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Question B3 – (continued)
b)
NOT TO SCALE
20 2
0, 18
18
O 6, 0 10, 0
Figure 3
Figure 3 shows the curve 18 . The line 20 2 is also shown
which is a tangent to the curve at point .
The curve 18 crosses the axis at 0, 18 and the
axis at 6, 0 . The line 20 2 crosses the axis at 10, 0 .
i. Confirm that the coordinates of point are 2, 16 . [2]
ii. Find the area, which is shaded on the diagram, that is bounded by the
curve 18 , the axis and the line 20 2 . [6]
Show all working.
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Question B4
a) i. Give an example of an even function. [1]
Function is defined as ∛ 2 80 and function is
defined as .
ii. Find the value of 9 . [3]
b)
NOT TO SCALE
‐6, 0 O 2, 0
0, ‐3
(-2, -5)
Figure 4
Figure 4 shows the function which crosses the axis at 6, 0
and 2, 0 ; and crosses the axis at 0, 3 . There is a stationary value at
2, 5 .
On two separate sets of axes, draw sketches of the following. On each
sketch, show clearly the coordinates of any stationary value and where the
curve crosses the axis and the axis.
i. 2 [3]
ii. 2 [3]
Parts c) and d) are on the next page.
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Question B4 – (continued)
c) i. By using a suitable trigonometric formula, show that
1 cot θ csc θ [2]
ii. Solve the equation
2 cot θ 3 csc θ 0 0° θ 360° [4]
Show all of your working.
d) By writing sin cos as a single trigonometric function, evaluate
sin cos [4]
All working must be shown: just the answer on its own will score 0, even if it
is correct.
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Question B5
a) Line has equation 3 8 λ 2 2 where λ is a scalar.
Line has equation 7 8 12 5 3 where is a
scalar.
i. Show that lines and intersect and find the coordinates of which [6]
is their point of intersection.
ii. Find the obtuse angle between lines and . [3]
iii. Show that point 7, 4, 18 lies on line . [1]
You are given that point 12, 11, 11 lies on line .
iv. Find the area of triangle . [3]
b) A curve has equation 3 5 11 0.
Find the gradient of the curve at the point 1, 2 . [5]
All working must be shown.
c) Differentiate sin . [2]
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Question B6
a) The table below shows the values of (given to three decimal places
where appropriate) for 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1
1 1.064 1.755 2.718
i. Find the value of . [1]
ii. Use the trapezium rule with four intervals to find an estimate of
[3]
b) i. Write in the form where and are
[3]
constants to be determined.
ii. Hence solve the differential equation
5
2
1 2
subject to 16 when 3.
Write your answer in the form where contains no
logarithms. [5]
c) Use the substitution 3 to find
3
3 [4]
Show all of your working.
d) The curve √ 3 4 2 is rotated about the axis
between 1 and 2.
Find the volume formed. Show all working. [4]
This is the end of the examination.
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