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P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
3 hours
S.5 Sciences
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all the eight questions in section A and five questions from section B
Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked
All working must be shown clearly
Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.
Silent, non – programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with
a list of formulae may be used.

SECTION A: (40 MARKS)


Answer all the questions in this section

1. (a) Prove that = sin 2𝜃

(b) Solve sin 2𝜃 = cos 𝜃 for 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90° (05 marks)

2. Solve for 𝒙 in; 5𝒙 − 5 ( 𝒙)


+4=0 (05 marks)

3. Find the equation of the normal to the curve 𝑥 𝑦 + 3𝑦 − 4𝑥 − 12 = 0 at


the point (0, 2). (05 marks)

𝒂𝑥+𝒃
4. One stationery point of the curve 𝑦 = is (2, 1). Find the values of 𝒂
𝑥2 +1
and 𝒃. (05 marks)

5. In an A.P, the 𝒏th term is 11, the sum of the first 𝒏 terms is 72 and the
first term is . Find the value of 𝒏. (05 marks)
𝒏

(𝒙 )
6. Differentiate with respect to 𝒙 and simplify your answer as
(𝒙 )
much as possible. (05 marks)

7. Use small changes to estimate the value of √0.126 correct your answer to
4 significant figures. (05 marks)

8. Solve the simultaneous equations. (05 marks)


𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6𝑧 + 10 = 0
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 + 7 = 0
3𝑦 + 2𝑥 + 2𝑧 − 3 = 0
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SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. (a) Solve 3 cot 2𝑥 + 7 tan 𝑥 = 5cosec 2𝑥, for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 360°
(06 marks)
(b) In a triangle 𝐀𝐁𝐂, show that;
sin(𝐁 + 𝐂 − 𝐀) + sin(𝐂 + 𝐀 − 𝐁) + sin(𝐀 + 𝐁 − 𝐂) = 4 sin 𝐀 sin 𝐁 sin 𝐂
(06 marks)

10. (a) The roots of the quadratic equation


3𝑥 − 12𝑥 + 6 = 0 are 𝜶 and 𝜷.
𝜶 𝜷
Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 𝟑 and (05 marks)
𝜷 𝜶𝟑
(b) Show that if the equations 𝑥 + 𝒃𝑥 + 𝒄 = 0 and 𝑥 + 𝒑𝑥 + 𝒒 = 0
have a common root, then (𝒄 − 𝒒) = (𝒃 − 𝒑)(𝒄𝒑 − 𝒃𝒒)
(07 marks)

11. (a) An open cardboard box is to be made by cutting small squares of


side 𝑥 cm from each corner of a large square of a cardboard of side
10 cm and folding along the dashed lines. Show that the volume 𝑽,
of the box is 𝑽 = 100𝑥 − 40𝑥 + 4𝑥 . Hence find the maximum
volume of the box. (07 marks)
(b) A spherical balloon is inflated such that the rate at which its radius
is increasing is 0.5 cms . Find the rate at which
(i) the volume is increasing at the instant 𝑟 = 5.0 cm
(ii) its surface area is increasing when 𝑟 = 8.5 cm (05 marks)

( )
12. (a) Expand up to the fourth term. Using 𝑥 = , estimate
( )

√10 correct to 2 decimal places. (07 marks)


(b) In the binomial expansion of (1 + 𝑥)𝒏 whose 𝒏 > 𝟐, the
coefficient of 𝑥 is 6 times the coefficient of 𝑥 in the expansion of
(1 + 𝑥)𝒏 . Determine the value of 𝒏. (05 marks)

13. A curve is defined parametrically by the equations


𝑥 = 𝑡 − 6𝑡 + 4 and 𝑦 = 𝑡 − 3 +
Find;
(i) the equations of the normal to the curve at the points where
the curve meets the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
(ii) the coordinates of their point of intersection. (12 marks)

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14. (a) Sketch the curve 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 5𝑥 . (03 marks)
(b) Express in partial fractions. (07 marks)
( )( )

15. (a) If 𝑦 = 𝒆 cos 4𝑥, prove that


+4 + 20𝑦 = 0 (06 marks)
(b) Differentiate;
(i) 2𝑥 (04 marks)
(ii) sin 2𝑥 (02 marks)

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