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Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level

Tuesday 13 May 2025
WMA12/01A
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
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Mathematics
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International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level

Pure Mathematics P2

You must have: Total Marks

Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Yellow), calculator

Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators

must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and
integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions:
•• Use black ink or ball‑point pen.

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If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,

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centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided

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– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers without working

•Information:
may not gain full credit.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.

•• A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.

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There are 10 questions in this question paper.
The total mark for this paper is 75.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice:
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

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Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer
and any working underneath. Turn over

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prove, by exhaustion, that the product abc is always a multiple of 6
You may use the table below to illustrate your answer.
(3)
You may not need to use all rows of this table.

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(a) show that r = –
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(b) find the sum to infinity of the series.
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3: f (x) = (3x2 – 4x – 5)(x – k) – 5
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(a) Deduce the value of the remainder when f (x) is divided by (x – k)
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Given that the remainder when f (x) is divided by (x + 2) is 25
(b) show that the value of k is –4
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(c) Hence find the quotient and remainder when f (x) is divided by (3x – 1)
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Figure 1

Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation

y = log3 (x + 1) – log3 x

The point P(a, 4) lies on the curve.

(a) Find the exact value of the constant a.

(Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.)

(4)
(b) Use the trapezium rule with 4 strips of equal width to estimate the value of

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1
3 3 x  dx

giving the answer in the form log3 k , where k is a constant to be found.

(4)
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The sequence u1, u2, u3, ... is defined by

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u1 = 4

(a) Show that this is a periodic sequence of order 3

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n
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(i) Given that θ is measured in degrees and
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• 180° < θ < 360°
use trigonometric identities to find the exact value of
(a) sin θ
(b) tan θ
giving the answers as fully simplified surds where appropriate.
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3.5

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Figure 2

The height of sea water, h metres, on a harbour wall, t hours after midnight on a
particular day is given by

h = 4 + 3 cos(30t – 40)°   0  t < 24

A sketch of h against t is shown in Figure 2.

(a) Find the minimum height of sea water on the harbour wall.
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(b) Find the exact time of day when this minimum height first occurs.
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When t = T, as shown in Figure 2, a boat enters the harbour when the height of sea
water on the harbour wall is 3.5 m.
(c) Use Figure 2 and the given equation to find the value of T to 2 decimal places.
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The binomial expansion, in ascending powers of x, of (1 + kx)n is

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where k and p are constants and n is an integer greater than 1

(a) Use this information to set up and solve two simultaneous equations to find the
value of k and the value of n.
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A curve C has equation y = f (x) where f (x) is a polynomial in x.
Given

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(a) deduce the range of values of x for which y is decreasing.

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(a) On Diagram 1, sketch a graph of C.
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(b) Find an equation for C.
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The point P, shown in Figure 3, is the stationary point on C.

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The point Q lies on C and has x coordinate 2
The line segments MQ and NP, shown in Figure 3, are parallel to the x‑axis.
The region R, shown shaded in Figure 3, is bounded by C, the y‑axis and line segments
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