IFY Mathematics

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IFY Mathematics
End of Semester 1 Test

2021-22

Time Allowed
3 hours 10 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Answer ALL questions

The marks for each question are indicated in square brackets [ ].

• You must handwrite your answers on paper. Once complete, your handwritten
work must be clearly scanned or photographed and then inserted into a word-
processed document for submission.

• Work must be submitted in a single word-processed file.

• You MUST show ALL of your working.

• An approved calculator may be used in the test.

• All work must be completed independently and without accessing unauthorised

materials. The penalty for Examination Misconduct is a mark of zero.

• Work must be submitted by the deadline provided. Your Study Centre can
provide guidance on submission of work but cannot comment on the contents of
the assessment.

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Question 1

Three letters are selected, one after the other, from the word

STEEPLEKEEPER

Find the probability that all three letters are ‘E’.

Give your answer as a decimal to 2 significant figures. [4]

In this question, 1 mark will be given for the correct use of significant figures.

Question 2

Function 𝑓(𝑥) is defined as 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 2𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 4.

(a) Use the Remainder Theorem to find the remainder when 𝑓(𝑥) is divided [2]
by (𝑥 − 2).

[2]
′(
(b) Find 𝑓 𝑥 ).

Question 3

In the expansion of (6 + 𝑘𝑥)8 the coefficient of the 𝑥 4 term is 1120.

Find the values of 𝑘. [3]

Question 4

In an arithmetic series the first term is 10 times greater than the 7th term.

(a) If the first term is 𝑎 and the common difference is 𝑑, show that 𝑑 = −
3
𝑎. [2]
20

The sum of the first 15 terms is 30.

(b) Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑑. [3]

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Question 5

Point P lies at (8, −13) and point Q lies at (20, −5).

(a) Find the coordinates of M, the mid-point of PQ. [1]

Line 𝑙 goes through point M and is perpendicular to PQ.

(b) Find the equation of line 𝑙.

Give your answer in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integers. [3]

Line 𝑙 crosses the 𝑥 − axis at point X and the 𝑦 − axis at point Y.

(c) Find the area of triangle YOX where O is the origin. [3]

Question 6

The variables 𝑃 and 𝑡 are connected by the formula 𝑃 = 𝑒 2𝑡 + 7𝑒 𝑡 .

(a) Find the value of 𝑃 when 𝑡 = ln 3. [2]

(b) Explain why 𝑃 can never be zero. [2]

(c) Solve
𝑑2 𝑃
= 15. [4]
𝑑𝑡 2

Question 7

(a) Find the values of 𝑚 if

3
√512𝑚15 × 3𝑚 1
2 −6
= 12 [3]
12𝑚 ÷ 4𝑚 2

(b) Solve log 4 𝑥 + log 4 (𝑥 + 5) − log 4 (𝑥 2 − 25) = 2 (𝑥 > 5) [4]

Question 8

The 4th term of a geometric series is 6912 and the 7th term is 2916.

(a) Find the common ratio and the first term. Give the first term in full with no [5]
rounding off.

(b) How many terms are needed for the sum of the series to fall below 65000? [3]

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Question 9

(a) Use substitution to solve the equations 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4

𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 12𝑥 − 16𝑦 + 66 = 0 [6]

(b) The equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 12𝑥 − 16𝑦 + 66 = 0 represents a circle.

Find its radius and the coordinates of its centre. [4]

All working must be shown.

Question 10

(a) Solve 40 tan 2𝜃 = 13 (0° < 𝜃 < 360°) [5]

(b) A

𝜙° NOT TO SCALE

4 cm
𝑥 cm

B
√22 cm C

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows the acute-angled triangle ABC with AB = 4 cm, AC = 𝑥 cm ,

BC = √22 cm and angle A = 𝜙°.

√39
You are given sin 𝜙 = .
8

𝑎
Without working out the size of 𝜙, find cos 𝜙 in the form where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are [5]
𝑏
integers, and hence find the value of 𝑥.

You must show your working. Just giving the answer, even the correct one,
will score no marks if sufficient working is not seen.

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Question 11

(a) If 𝑦 = tan 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 + ln 𝑥, find

𝑑𝑦
and hence find its value when 𝑥 =
𝜋
.
𝑑𝑥 6

𝑚 𝑛
Give your answer in the form + where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are integers. [4]
𝑛 𝜋

(b) Find [5]

∫(12𝑒 3𝑥 − 4𝑒 2𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥

and hence find the value of 𝑘 if

∫(12𝑒 3𝑥 − 4𝑒 2𝑥 ) 𝑑𝑥 = −2.
0

Give your answer in exact form.

Question 12

𝑥 cm

𝑥 cm

25 cm

40 cm
Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a rectangular sheet of metal which is 25 cm wide and 40 cm

long. A square of side 𝑥 cm is cut from each corner and the sides are then
folded up to make a tray.

(a) Show that the volume of the tray, 𝑉, is given by 𝑉 = 4𝑥 3 − 130𝑥 2 + 1000𝑥 [3]

(b) Use calculus to find the two stationary values of 𝑥 and determine whether [8]
each stationary value is a maximum or a minimum.

(c) Find the maximum volume [1]

.

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Question 13

𝑦
8
𝑦= +1 NOT TO SCALE
𝑥
𝑙

𝑥=8

P(4,3)

𝑥
O

Figure 3

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Figure 3 shows part of the curve 𝑦 = + 1 and line 𝑙 which is a normal to
𝑥

the curve at point P(4, 3). The line 𝑥 = 8 is also shown.

(a) Find the equation of line 𝑙. Give your answer in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐. [4]

(b) Find the area, which is shaded on the diagram, that is bounded by line 𝑙, the
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curve 𝑦 = + 1, the line 𝑥 = 8 and the 𝑥 − axis.
𝑥

𝑝
Give your answer in the form + ln 𝑟 where 𝑝, 𝑞 and 𝑟 are integers. [6]
𝑞

All working must be shown.

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Point Q lies on another part of the curve 𝑦 = + 1 which is not shown in
𝑥
figure 3.

The tangent to the curve at point Q is parallel to the tangent at point P.

(c) Find the coordinates of point Q. [3]

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