AM 27/I.
19S
MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATIONS BOARD
ADVANCED MATRICULATION LEVEL
2019 SECOND SESSION
SUBJECT: Pure Mathematics
PAPER NUMBER: I
DATE: 2nd September 2019
TIME: 09:00 to 12:05
Directions to Candidates
Answer ALL questions.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Graphical calculators are not allowed however scientific calculators can be used but all necessary working must be
shown.
1. Find the general solution of the differential equation
dy
(1 + cos 2x ) = 2(2y + 1) sin 2x .
dx
Find also the particular solution for which y = 0 when x = 0, giving your final answer in terms
of sec x .
[8, 2 marks]
2. A curve is given by the implicit equation
x 2 − x y + y 2 = 12 .
(a) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve.
d2 y
(b) Find the value of k if at the stationary points, (x − 2y ) = k.
dx 2
(c) Hence determine the nature of the stationary points.
[4, 4, 2 marks]
c The MATSEC Examinations Board reserves all rights on the examination questions in all examination papers set by the said Board.
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3. Two lines ℓ1 and ℓ2 are given by r = −5i + j + 10k + λ(−3i + 4k) and r = 3i − 9k + µ(i + j + 7k),
respectively.
(a) The lines ℓ1 and ℓ2 intersect at P , find the coordinates of P .
[2 marks]
(b) Show that Q (5, 2, 5) lies on ℓ2 .
[2 marks]
(c) Find the coordinates of point M on ℓ1 such that Q M is perpendicular to ℓ1 .
[4 marks]
(d) Find the area of the triangle P Q M .
[2 marks]
4. (a) Show that (x +2) is a factor of 4x 3 +4x 2 −7x +2 and factorise 4x 3 +4x 2 −7x +2 completely.
[2 marks]
(b) Let
10 − 17x + 14x 2
f (x ) = .
4x 3 + 4x 2 − 7x + 2
(i) Express f (x ) into partial fractions.
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, obtain the expansion of f (x ) in ascending powers of x , up to
and including the term in x 3 . State the restrictions which must be imposed on x for
the expansion in ascending powers of x to be valid.
[4, 4 marks]
5. The transformation T1 is an anticlockwise rotation by an angle of θ about the origin, whereas
the transformation T2 is a reflection in the line y = x tan α.
(a) Derive the matrices representing the transformations T1p and T2 . p
(b) Given that T1 maps the point (2, 3) to the point 12 (−3 + 2 3), 21 (2 + 3 3) , find the value of
θ. p p
(c) Given that T2 maps the point (2, 3) to the point 21 (2 + 3 3), 12 (−3 + 2 3) , find the value of
α.
[6, 2, 2 marks]
6. (a) Sketch the graph π
y = sin θ −
4
for 0 ≤ θ ≤p2π, indicating clearly the intercepts that the graph makes with the lines y = 0
and y = − 22 .
[5 marks]
(b) Solve the inequality
sin θ + 1
≤ 1,
cos θ
where 0 ≤ θ < 2π and cos θ 6= 0.
[5 marks]
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7. (a) Use integration by parts to find
Z
(3x 2 − x + 1) sin x dx .
[4 marks]
d x
(b) (i) Show that (2 ) = 2 x ln 2;
dx
(ii) Using a suitable substitution evaluate
Z3
p
2 x 2 x + 1 dx .
0
[2, 4 marks]
6 − 10x
8. (a) The function f (x ) = is defined for all real x 6= − 87 . Find an expression for f −1 (x ),
8x + 7
giving its domain, where f −1 is the inverse function.
[4 marks]
3x 2
(b) The function g (x ) = is defined for all real x 6= 1 and the function h (x ) = is defined
x −1 x
for all real x 6= 0. Find an expression for the composite functions (h ◦ g )(x ) and (g ◦ h )(x )
and find their domains (as composite functions).
[6 marks]
9. (a) Consider the set of all 6-digit positive integers. Find the probability that an integer chosen
at random from this set begins and ends in an even digit.
[3 marks]
(b) Find the number of 6-digit positive integers that:
(i) contain the digit 7 only once;
(ii) contain the digit 7 only once and the digit 8 only once.
[3, 4 marks]
10. (a) Find the values of p and q if x 4 +12x 3 +46x 2 +p x +q is the square of a quadratic expression.
[4 marks]
(b) Let a and b be distinct, non-zero real numbers and let c be a real number not equal to 1.
Show that the equation
x x
+ =1+c (1)
x −a x −b
4a b a +b 2
has exactly one real solution if c = −
2
. Show further that c = 1 −
2
, and
(a − b )2 a −b
hence deduce that if equation (1) has exactly one real solution, then 0 < c 2 ≤ 1.
[6 marks]
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MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATIONS BOARD
ADVANCED MATRICULATION LEVEL
2019 SECOND SESSION
SUBJECT: Pure Mathematics
PAPER NUMBER: II
DATE: 3rd September 2019
TIME: 09:00 to 12:05
Directions to Candidates
Answer SEVEN questions. Each question carries 15 marks.
Graphical calculators are not allowed however scientific calculators can be used but all necessary working must be
shown.
1. (a) Solve the following first order linear differential equation
dy
+ (2x + 1)y − e −x = 0 .
2
dx
(b) Solve the differential equation
d2 y dy
+4 + 4y = 8x 2 ,
dx 2 dx
dy
given that y = 0 and = 0 when x = 0.
dx
[7, 8 marks]
2. (Note that angles should be taken in radians throughout this question.)
(a) Let f (x ) = sin (2x ) + ln x , where x > 0. Show that the equation f (x ) = 0 has a root in the
interval [0.2, 1]. Use the Newton-Raphson method to find an approximate value of this
solution, taking 0.6 as a first approximation. Do two iterations and give your working to
four decimal places.
[8 marks]
Z3
1
(b) Estimate dx by (i) Trapezoidal Rule, and (ii) Simpson’s Rule, with an interval
−1
ln(x + 4)
Z3
1
width of h = 1, giving your answers to three decimal places. If dx ≈ 2.593,
−1
ln(x + 4)
which of the two is the better estimate?
[7 marks]
c The MATSEC Examinations Board reserves all rights on the examination questions in all examination papers set by the said Board.
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Z
dx
3. (a) Let In = .
(1 + x 2 )n
1 x 2n − 1
(i) Show that In+1 = + In .
Z 2n (1 + x )
2 n 2n
dx
(ii) Find .
(1 + x 2 )3
[3, 5 marks]
(b) The curve C has parametric equations
p
x = t − ln t , y =4 t , where 1 ≤ t ≤ 4 .
(i) Show that the length of C is 3 + ln 4.
(ii) The curve is rotated by 2π radians about the x -axis. Find the area of the generated
surface of revolution.
[2, 5 marks]
4. (a) Solve for z ∈ C the equation z 3 + 2z 2 + 2z + 1 = 0. Show the roots on an Argand diagram.
p [4 marks]
(b) Let i = −1. Prove that
(cos ϑ + i sin ϑ)(cos ϕ + i sin ϕ) = cos(ϑ + ϕ) + i sin(ϑ + ϕ) .
Use mathematical induction to show that for every positive integer n,
(cos ϑ + i sin ϑ)n = cos nϑ + i sin nϑ .
[3 marks]
(c) Using the results of parts (a) and (b), find all real numbers x ≥ 0 and y that satisfy the
following simultaneous equations
x 3 cos 3y + 2x 2 cos 2y + 2x cos y = −1
x 3 sin 3y + 2x 2 sin 2y + 2x sin y = 0 .
[8 marks]
5. (a) Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that n 2 > 7n + 1 for every integer n ≥ 8.
[7 marks]
(b) (i) Find the first five terms of the sequence given by
2u n − 1
u1 = 1 and u n+1 = .
3
n
2
(ii) Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that u n = 3 −1 for every integer
3
n ≥ 1.
[3, 5 marks]
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x −2
6. The function f is given by f (x ) = .
2x 2 + 4x −6
(a) Find the range of values of f .
[4 marks]
(b) Hence, deduce the coordinates and the nature of the stationary points of the curve
y = f (x ).
[3 marks]
(c) Find where the curve y = f (x ) cuts the coordinate axes.
[2 marks]
(d) Determine the equations of the asymptotes of the curve y = f (x ).
[2 marks]
(e) Sketch the curve of y = f (x ).
[3 marks]
(f) Give an estimate (correct to the nearest whole number) of the real root of the equation
f (x ) = x − 1.
[1 marks]
7. (a) (i) Obtain the Maclaurin’s series of the function (1 + e −x )2 , up to and including the term
in x 4 .
(ii) Give the coefficient of x n of this expansion, where n is any positive integer.
[4, 2 marks]
2 3/2
(b) The curve C has Cartesian equation x + y 2 2 2
= x + 5y .
(i) Show that the polar equation of C is r = 3 − 2 cos 2θ .
(ii) Show that C has no tangents at the pole.
(iii) By taking values of θ at intervals of π6 , sketch the curve of C for 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.
(iv) Given that the area enclosed by the curve is 11π, determine
Z π/2
(3 − 2 cos 2θ )2 dθ .
0
[3, 1, 3, 2 marks]
8. (a) Calculate the vector product of 2i − j + k and 3i + j − k.
(b) Plane Π1 has normal vector 2i − j + k and contains point A(3, 4, −2). Find the Cartesian
equation of the plane.
(c) Plane Π2 has equation 3x + y − z = 15. Show that Π2 contains point A.
(d) Write down the vector equation of the line of intersection of Π1 and Π2 .
(e) A third plane, Π3 , has equation r · (2i + j + 2k) = 12. Find the coordinates of the point of
intersection of all three planes.
(f) Find the angle between Π1 and Π3 in degrees.
[2, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3 marks]
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9. In this question x , y and z are real numbers and i = −1.
(a) Show that if u and v are nonzero complex numbers, then
y z Re u Re v Im u Im v
+ = y +z −i y +z .
u v |u |2 |v |2 |u|2 |v |2
[3 marks]
(b) Consider the simultaneous equations
−7 + 11i
x (3 + i ) + y (1 + 2k i ) − z (3 − i ) = , (1)
2
y z −5
Im + = , (2)
(1 + k 2 )(3 + 2i ) 13(1 + k i ) 13(1 + k 2 )
where k ∈ R.
4 3
§ ª
(i) Show that when k ∈/ − , these equations have a unique solution for x , y and z .
3 2
(ii) Solve equations (1) and (2) when k = 2.
[7, 5 marks]
10. (a) A very important painting in a museum is protected by three independent alarm systems.
The probability that any alarm system fails is of 1 in 100. What is the probability that all
the three alarm systems fail together?
[2 marks]
(b) A game is played with balls coloured white and black and a box. We start by placing one
black ball and one white ball in the box and then repeatedly do the following: choose a ball
at random from the box, check its colour, and put it back in the box together with another
ball of the same colour. This is repeated until there are four balls in the box. Show that the
number of black balls is equally likely to be any number from 1, 2 and 3.
[6 marks]
(c) Peter has five coins, four are fair and the other is two-headed. He chooses one of the five
coins at random and flips it. Given that the coin shows a head, what is the probability that
he chose the two-headed coin?
[7 marks]
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