2021-DSE

MATH EP
M2
Candidate Number
LONGMAN MATHEMATICS SERIES

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION 2021 Class

MOCK PAPER Class Number

MATHEMATICS Extended Part
Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus)
Question-Answer Book

Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes

This paper must be answered in English.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement of the start of the examination, you

should first write your Candidate Number, Class and Class
Number in the spaces provided.

2. This paper consists of Section A and Section B. Answer

ALL questions in this paper.

3. Do not write in the margins. Answers written in the margins

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4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly

shown.

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must be

exact.

6. In this paper, vectors may be represented by bold-type

letters such as v, but candidates are expected to use
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appropriate symbols such as v in their working.

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SECTION A (50 marks)

1. Define f ( x)  x 2  1 for all x  1 . Find f (2) from first principles. (4 marks)

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 2
2. (a) Expand 1   .
 x
(b) Find the constant k such that the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of
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 2
1   ( x  k ) is 12, where k  0 .
5

 x
(5 marks)
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 3. P is a point lying on AB such that AP : PB  1: 3 . Let OA  a and OB  b , where O is
the origin.
(a) Express OP in terms of a and b.
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(b) It is given that a  2 , b  2 and OP  . Find
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(i) a  b ,
(ii) AOB .
(5 marks)
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 2x  4
4. Let f ( x)  , where x  5 . Denote the graph of y  f ( x) by G.
x 5
(a) Find f ( x) .
(b) Suppose G cuts the x-axis at the point A. Find the equation of the normal to G at A.
(6 marks)
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 5. Consider the system of linear equations in real variable s x, y, z
 x  y  z 1

( E ) : 2 x  2 y  z  5 , where  , tR.
3 x   y  2 z  t
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(a) Assume that (E) has a unique solution.
(i) Find the range of values of  .
(ii) Express z in terms of  and t.
(b) Assume that   1 . If (E) has infinitely many solutions, solve (E).
(7 marks)
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 6. (a) Using integration by parts, find  sin(ln x) dx .
e 1
(b) Using integration by substitution, evaluate 0
sin[ln (x  1)] dx .
(7 marks)
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 7. Let f(x) be a continuous function defined on R. Denote the curve y  f ( x) by  .
It is given that  passes through the point (–2, 7) and f ( x)  2  2 x for all xR.
(a) Find the equation of  .
(b) Let L be the straight line y  x  9. Find
(i) the coordinates of the point(s) of intersection of L and  ,
(ii) the area of the region bounded by L,  and the x-axis.
(8 marks)
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 8. (a) Let x be an angle which is not a multiple of  . Using mathematical induction,
n
1  cos 2nx
prove that  sin(2k  1) x  for all positive integers n.
k 1 2sin x

101 103 105 199

sin  sin  sin   sin
(b) Using (a), evaluate 12 12 12 12 .

cos
12
(8 marks)
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 SECTION B (50 marks)
9. Consider the curve C1 : y  ax  bx3 , where a and b are constants. It is given that C1 has
a stationary point at (2, 16).
(a) (i) Find a and b.
(ii) Someone claims that the point (2, 16) is a maximum point of C1 . Do you
agree? Explain your answer.
(iii) Find the point(s) of inflexion of C1 .
(7 marks)
(b) Let C2 be the curve y  ln(ax  bx3 ) , where ax  bx3  0 . Suppose O is the origin
and P is a moving point on C2 . The vertical line passing through P cuts C1 and
the x-axis at the points Q and R respectively. It is given that R is moving
rightwards at 4 units per minute constantly. Denote the x-coordinate of P by r.
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(i) Express PQ in terms of r.
(ii) Find the rate of change of the area of △OPQ when r  2 .
(5 marks)

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10. (a) (i) Let 0  x  . Prove that sec 2 x  sec x tan x  .
4 1  sin x

1
(ii) Evaluate 0
4
1  sin x
dx .

(5 marks)
(b) (i) Let f ( x) be a continuous function defined on R such that f ( x)  f (  x)
for all x  R. Using integration by substitution, prove that
 
0
f (    x)cos(  x) dx   f ( x)cos x dx , where  is a constant.
0

 
1  cos   x 

(ii) Hence, evaluate  4 4  dx .
0  3 
1  sin   x
 4 
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(5 marks)
1  cos x  
(c) Consider the curve C: y  , where   x  . Let R be the region
1  sin x 4 4
 
bounded by C, the straight lines x   and x 
and the x-axis. Find the
4 4
volume of the solid of revolution generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
(3 marks)

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11. Let P    , where a and b are constants and a  b . Denote the 2  2 identity
1 b
matrix by I. It is given that ( P  2I )( P  3I )  4I .
(a) (i) Find a and b.
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find P 1 .
(6 marks)
 0 1 0 0
(b) Let Q    and R    , where r is a constant.
2 3   r 0
(i) Evaluate PQP 1 . Hence, find Q n .
(ii) Find R 2 .
(iii) Denote the transpose of P by PT . Someone claims that there exists a real
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number x such that  (k  1) A k
 2 A , where A  Q  PT  xI . Do you agree?
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k 1

Explain your answer.

(7 marks)

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 12. Let OA  2i  3j  2k and OB  2i  2 j  3k , where O is the origin.

(a) (i) Find OA  OB .

(ii) Find the unit vector in the same direction as OA  OB .
(4 marks)
(b) Let C be a point such that OC   (OA  OB) , where  is a postive real number
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and the volume of the tetrahedron OABC is cubic units.
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(i) Find OC .
(ii) Find CA  CB .
(5 marks)
(c) Find the acute angle between △OAB and △ABC, correct to the nearest 0.1.
(3 marks)
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