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Mathematics S

Term 2 Final Examination Paper

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 FINAL EXAMINATION

Directions to Candidates

1. Attempt ALL questions.

2. Answer each question in a separate answer book. Clearly write the question
number in the box provided on the front of each answer book.

3. All necessary working should be shown in every question. Answers must be

correctly numbered and clearly arranged.

4. All questions are of equal value. The total marks available is 72.

5. A table of standard integrals is provided after the last question on this paper.

6. Marks will not necessarily be awarded if directions to candidates have not

been followed.
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Question 1 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 1

(i) Convert 240 to radians.

x
(ii) Find the derivative of tan .
2

 1 
(iii) Find the primitive function of x x  .
 x

2
(iv) If cos  and sin  0 , find the exact value of tan  .
3

(v) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve y  x ln x at the point where
x  e2 .

(vi) Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed when the region bounded by
1
the curve y  , the x-axis and the lines x  1 and x  2 is rotated
3x  2
about the x-axis. [Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.]

x
(vii) If t  tan express cosecx  cot x as simply as possible in terms of t.
2
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Question 2 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 2

(i) Consider the function y  e  x  2 .

(a) Sketch the graph of the function showing the essential features.

(b) Find the area under the curve between the ordinates x  1 and x  1
leaving the answer in simplest exact form.

(ii) Sketch the graph of the function y  3 cos 1 ( x  2) clearly indicating the domain
and range.

(iii) The equation x 3  6 x 2  11x  6   has a root near x  2 when  is small.

Show, using Newton’s method, that a closer approximation to the root is
x  2  .

(iv)

Diagram not
to scale

In the diagram above, the curve y  x 3  x  2 cuts the x-axis at A(1, 0).
The tangent at another point B on the curve cuts the curve again at C.

(a) Find the gradient of the tangent at A.

(b) The tangent at A is parallel to the tangent at B. Show that the equation
of the tangent at B is y  4 x .

(c) Hence find the coordinates of C.

(d) Find the area enclosed by the arc BAC on the curve y  x 3  x  2 and
the line from B to C.
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Question 3 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 3

(i) Differentiate with respect to x :

x
(a) sin 1 .
3

x2
(b) log e ( ).
x2

(c) e x.

(ii) A colony of insects is growing according to the formula N  Ae kt , where N is

the number of insects in the colony after t days and A and k are constants. At
the beginning of the week, the number of insects in a colony was estimated to be
1  2  10 6 and 5 days later was 1  8  10 6 .

(a) Find the value of k correct to 3 decimal places.

(b) Estimate how many insect were in the colony after two weeks.
Give the answer correct to 2 significant figures.

(c) After how many days were 3  5  10 6 insects in the colony?

(d) Find the rate at which the colony of insects was increasing after
8 days. Give the answer correct to 2 significant figures.

(iii) Find the value of k so that the following is a valid probability density function:

2 x  k , 0  x 1

f ( x)   x3
 , 1 x  2
4

1 20
(iv) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of ( x  ) .
2x3
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Question 4 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 4

 3 1
(i) Find the exact value of sin  cos1  tan 1  .
 5 2

1
(ii) Consider the function y  ln x  .
x

(a) State the domain of the function.

(b) Find the minimum value of the function.

(c) Show that there is a point of inflection when x  2 .

(d) Sketch the graph of the function .

(iii) A flower releases pollen into the air and the wind spreads the pollen at a rate of
dA
 kA(500  A) where A(t ) is the area of land in square metres where the
dt
pollen has spread t hours after it was released.

1 1 1 1 
(a) Show that     .
A(500  A) 500  A 500  A 

dA
(b) Solve  kA(500  A) using the method for solving differential
dt
500 Be500 kt
equations with separable variables and show that A(t )  is
1  Be500 kt
the non-constant solution.
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Question 5 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 5

(i) Find the primitive function (indefinite integral) of each of the following:

(a) sin 2 x .

x2
(b) .
9  x2

(ii) A bag contains 9 green balls and 1 yellow ball which are identical except for
colour. A number of balls are withdrawn randomly from the bag one by one
with replacement after each draw.

(a) If 3 draws are made write down in unsimplified form the probability of
at least one yellow ball being drawn.

(b) Find the minimum number of draws needed to ensure that the probability
of at least one yellow ball being drawn is more than 99%.

(iii) PQR is an isosceles triangle with equal sides PQ and PR fixed at 6 cm. The
angle QPR is acute and changing in such a way that the area of the triangle is
increasing at a constant rate of 3cm 2 / second . Find the rate of change of the
angle QPR at the instant when the area of the triangle is 9cm 2 .
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Question 6 (12 marks) Use a SEPARATE book clearly marked Question 6

(i) (a) Express 3 sin x  3 cos x in the form R sin( x   ) where


R  0 and 0    .
2

(b) Hence write down the period and amplitude of the function
y  3 sin x  3 cos x .

(c) Hence sketch one cycle of the periodic function y  3 sin x  3 cos x .

(ii) (a) Show that the equation of a circle centre (0, r ) and radius r is given by
x 2  2ry  y 2

(b) A hemispherical bowl of radius r is partly filled with water so that the
maximum depth of water is h. Show that the volume V of water in the
h3
bowl is given by V   (h 2 r  ) .
3


4
(iii) A definite integral is defined by I n   tan n  d for n  1, 2, 3, 
0
1
(a) Show that I1  ln 2 .
2

1
(b) Show that for n  2 I n  I n2  .
n 1

(c) Hence evaluate I 5 .

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STANDARD INTEGRALS

For the following integrals, a, b, C and n are constants.

n 1
 x n dx  x  C , n  1.

 n 1
 (ax  b) n 1
 ( ax  b ) n
dx   C , n  1.
 a (n  1)
n 1
 f ( x)[ f ( x)]n dx  [ f ( x)]  C , n  1.

 n 1

 1 dx  ln x  C.

x
 1 dx  1 ln ax  b  C , a  0.

 ax  b a
 f ( x )
 dx  ln f ( x )  C.
 f ( x)

 x
 e dx  e  C.
x


 e ax b dx  1 e ax b  C , a  0.

 a

 f ( x )e dx  e C.
f ( x) f ( x)


 x 1 x
 a dx  ln a a  C , a  0 but a  1.


 sin(ax  b)dx   1 cos(ax  b)  C , a  0.


 a
1
 cos(ax  b)dx  sin( ax  b)  C , a  0.

 a
 sec 2 (ax  b)dx  1 tan(ax  b)  C , a  0.

 a

 1 x
 dx  sin 1  C; a  0,  a  x  a.
 a x
2 2 a
 f ( x ) f ( x)
 dx  sin 1  C; a  0,  a  f ( x )  a.
 a 2  [ f ( x )]2 a
 1 1 x
 2 dx  tan 1  C , a  0.
a x 2
a a
 f ( x ) 1 f ( x)
 2 dx  tan 1  C , a  0.
 a  [ f ( x )]
2
a a
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MATHEMATICS S
ANSWERS TO SAMPLE C FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION

4 1 2x x2
1. i) ii) sec iii) xk
3 2 2 2

5
iv)  v) 3 vi) 0  492 cubic units
2

1
vii)
t

1
2. i) a) b)  e4
e

3
2
x

ii)
y

3 y  3 cos 1 x  2 

1 3 x
Domain : X  x : 1  x  3
Range : Y  y : 0  y  3 

3
iv) a) 4 b) y  4x c)  2,8 d) 6
4
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1 1 1 1 x
3. i) a) b)  c) e
9x 2 x2 x2 2 x

ii) a) 0  081 b) 3  7  10 6 c) 13 d) 190000 /day

15
iii) k 
16
1 1
iv) 20
C5 x 0 (1) 5 ( ) 5   484
2 2

11 5
4. i)
25
ii) a) x  0 b) 1 c) x2 d)
y

(1,1)

x
2

1 1 x
5. i) a) ( x  sin 2 x)  c b) x  3 tan 1 c
2 2 3
9 3
ii) a) 1  ( )3 b) 44 iii) radians / second
10 9

 
6. i) a) 3 2 sin  x   b) amplitude 3 2 period 2
 4
(c)
y
6
(/4,32)
4

x
-/4 3/4 7/4
-2

-4
(5/4,-32)
-6

 h3  1 1
ii) (a) x 2  2 yr  y 2 b) V    h 2 r   iii) c)   ln 2
 3  4 2
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