Questions & Answers

Q1.
Structured 5 marks

Solve the equation . Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

Q2(a).
Structured 4 marks

Expand ()()xx61 2 in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x , simplifying the coefficients.

Q2(b).
Short Answer 1 mark

State the set of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

Q3.
Short Answer 1 mark

On an Argand diagram shade the region whose points represent complex numbers z which satisfy both the inequalities z32iG- and ()argz12i GGrr -- . [5] * 0000800000005 *

Q5.
Structured 5 marks

The square roots of 145i-- can be expressed in the Cartesian form xyi+, where x and y are real and exact. By first forming a quartic equation in x or y, find the square roots of 145i-- in exact Cartesian form.

Q6(a).
Short Answer 2 marks

By sketching a suitable pair of graphs, show that the equation sinxx22 has only one root in the interval x011 r.

Q6(b).
Short Answer 2 marks

Show by calculation that this root lies between 1 and 1.5.

Q6(c).
Short Answer 3 marks

Use the iterative formula sinxx 22 nn1 2 with an initial value of 1.03 to calculate the root correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places.

Q7(a).
Short Answer 3 marks

Express sinc os72 4ii+ in the form ()cosR ia-, where R02 and r0 11a . Give the value of a correct to 4 decimal places.

Q7(b).
Structured 4 marks

Hence solve the equation .sinc osxx72 42 45 += for x011 r.

Q8.
Structured 7 marks

The variables x and i satisfy the dif ferential equation ()sinc os x24 32 i=+ , and x0= when r i= . Solve the dif ferential equation and obtain an expression for x in terms of i.

Q9.
Short Answer 1 mark

With respect to the origin O, the points A, B and C have position vectors given by =- fp, OB fp and OC = fp.

Q9(a).
Short Answer 2 marks

Find a vector equation for the line through A and B.

Q9(b).
Structured 4 marks

Using a scalar product, find the exact value of cos BAC.

Q9(c).
Short Answer 3 marks

Hence find the exact area of triangle ABC.

Q10(a).
Short Answer 2 marks

Find the quotient and remainder when x is divided by x14 +.

Q10(b).
Short Answer 1 mark

Find the exact value of ()tanxx x2d ; . [6] The diagram shows the graph of sincosyx x52 = for x0 GG r and its maximum point M.

Q10(a).
Structured 6 marks

Find the exact x-coordinate of M.

Q10(b).
Short Answer 1 mark

By using the substitution cosux= , find the area of the region bounded by the curve, the x-axis between x0= and x r=, and the line x r=. [5] Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable ef fort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. Additional page If you use the following page to complete the answer to any question, the question number must be clearly shown.