ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

PURE MATHEMATICS 6042/1

PAPER 1

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TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.

Answer all questions.

If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy required is not specified in the
question, then in the case of an angle it should be given to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given correct to 2 significant figures.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 120.

The use of a scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.

You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

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1 When a polynomial f(x) is divided by (x – 3) the remainder is –9 and when
divided by (2x – 1), the remainder is -6.

Find the remainder when f(x) is divided by (x – 3) (2x – 1). [4]

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2 Given that y = 2x 3 + , find the percentage increase in y as x increases
x
from 2 to 2.003. [4]

The diagram shows a circle centre O and radius r.

A chord PQ subtends a right-angle at the centre O of the circle. QR is a chord
p
such that angle PQR is .
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Show that the shaded area bounded by the chords PQ and QR, and the arc PR is

1 2æp 1 ö
r ç + 3 -1÷. [5]
2 è6 2 ø

4 (i) Sketch on the same diagram the graphs of y = 3x + 4 and y = 2x +1.

(ii) Hence or otherwise, solve the inequality 3x + 4 < 2x +1. [5]

5x 2 - 5x +11
5 Express in partial fractions. [5]
( x - 2) ( x 2 + 3)

Expand (3- 2x ) up to and including the term in x 3, simplifying

-3
6 (i)
the coefficients.

(ii) Hence state the set of values of x for which the expansion in (i) is valid.
[5]

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7 The variables x and y satisfy a relationship of the form

y = ax 2 + bx , where a and b are constants.

The values obtained in an experiment are shown in the table.

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 1.0 8.4 22.3 39.1 65.8

y
Plot the graph of against x and determine the values of a and b. [5]
x

æ n-2 ö æ n +1 ö æ 4 ö
ç ÷ . ç ÷ ç ÷
8 The position vectors of points A, B and C are ç n ÷ ç n - 4 ÷ and ç 3 ÷
ç 3- n ÷ , ç 2n ÷ ç 5 ÷
è ø è ø è ø
respectively.

(i) Given that AB = 13 units and n > 0, find the value of n. [3]
(ii) Hence find BÂC. [3]

9 Find the equation of a circle whose centre is (5; 4) and touches the line joining
the points (0; 5) and (4; 1). [7]

10 (i) Express 6cosq -8sinq in the form Rcos (q + a ). [2]

(ii) Hence or otherwise, solve the equation

6cosq -8sinq = -2.5 for -180o £ q £180o. [3]

(iii) State the minimum and maximum values of

1
. [2]
6 cosq - 8sinq +13

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11 The parametric equations of a circle are

x = cosecF

y = cot F, where 0 < F < 2p .

dy
(i) Show that = secF. [3]
dx

(ii) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point where
p
F = in the form y = mx + c.
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[4]

12 Given that ln y = xy, where y > 0,

dy y2
(i) 1. show that = ,
dx 1- xy

d2y
2. find .
dx 2
[5]

(ii) Hence or otherwise, find the Maclaurin expansion of y up to and including

the term in x2. [4]
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The diagram shows the region A bounded by the x-axis and the
curve y = sin x + 3 cos x.

(a) Find the area of region A. [4]

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(b) (i) Express sin x + 3 cos x in the form R sin ( x + a ).

(ii) Hence find the volume of the solid formed when A is rotated
completely about the x-axis, leaving your answer in terms of p . [5]

14 Two complex numbers z = x + iy and w = a +ib are such that

z + iw = 2 and iz + w = 2 +3i

Find

(i) 1. z,

2. w, [4]

(ii) the modulus of zw, [2]

z
(iii) the argument of . [3]
w

15 (i) Use the trapezium rule with 4 equal intervals to estimate the value of

p
2
ò p cosec x dx, giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
2
[4]
6
p
2
(ii) Evaluate exactly ò cosec 2 xdx. [4]
p
6

(iii) Calculate the percentage error in using the trapezium rule as an

approximation to the integral. [2]

16 (i) By sketching two appropriate graphs, show that the equation

( x -1) e x = x has two real roots. [3]

(ii) Show by calculation, that one of the roots lies between x = 1.2
and x = 1.5. [3]

(iii) Taking x1 =1.2 as a first approximation to the root of the equation,

use the Newton Raphson method twice to obtain the root correct to 4
decimal places. [4]

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17 A rectangular tank has a square base with sides 3 m long and height
5 m.

The tank is initially full of water. The water leaks out through the base and
sides of the tank at a rate proportional to the total area in contact with the
water. When the depth of the water is 3 m, the level of water is falling at a
rate of 0.3 m/h.

If y denotes the depth of water in the tank after t, hours,

dy -3 æ 4y ö
(i) show that = ç +1÷, [5]
dt 50 è 3 ø

(ii) solve the differential equation in (i), giving y in terms of t, [6]

(iii) find how long it takes for the tank to be half full. [2]

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General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

PURE MATHEMATICS 6042/2

PAPER 2
SPECIMEN PAPER 3 hours
Additional materials:
Answer paper
Graph paper
List of Formulae
Electronic calculator

TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.

Answer all questions in Section A and any five questions from Section B

If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy required is not specified in the
question, then in the case of an angle it should be given correct to the nearest degree, and in other
cases it should be given correct to 2 significant figures.

If a numerical value for g is necessary, take g = 9.81 ms-2.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 120.

The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.

You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

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Section A (40).

Answer all questions in this section.

d2y æ dy ö
1 (i) If y = e x sin x , show that = 2 ç - y ÷. [3]
dx 2 è dx ø

(ii) Find the Maclaurin expansion of the function e x sin x as far as the term
in x 3 by further differentiation of the result in part (i), [4]

2 (i) Find the equation of a circle which has the points (-7; 3) and (1; 9)
as end points of its diameter. [3]

(ii) Hence or otherwise, find the equation of the tangent to the circle which
passes through the point (-7; 3) . [4]

3 Prove by induction that

𝑛
1 − 𝑝𝑛
∑ 𝑎𝑝𝑟 = 𝑎𝑝 [ ]
1−𝑝
𝑟−1

for all positive integral values of n, where a and p are constants. [8]

4 By using the substitution 𝑢 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥, show that

3𝑛
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 1 1
∫02 𝑑𝑥 = 4 𝑙𝑛 3 [8]
3+𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥

1 𝑦
5 Let H be the set of all matrices of the form ( ), where y ∈ 𝐼𝑅 .
0 1

Show that

(i) H does not form a group under matrix addition. [4]

(ii) H forms an abelian group under matrix multiplication.

[Assume associativity] [6]

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Section B (80)

Answer any five questions from this section. Each question carries 16 marks.

6 (a) A plane, p , contains the point X with position vector and

the line, l, with vector equation

where l is a parameter.

Find the (i) vector equation of p , [4]

(ii) shortest distance from the origin to p . [5]

(b) Two planes have equations

and .

find the (i) equation of the line of intersection of the two

planes, [4]

(ii) angle between the two planes. [3]

æ 1 -2 ö
7 (a) Given that matrix T = ç ÷,
è 0 1 ø

(i) interpret geometrically the transformation represented by T, [2]

(ii) find the image of a line y = 2x + 3under the transformation

T, giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0.
[3]

æ 1 -1 0 ö
ç ÷
(b) (i) Given that matrix N = ç 5 -4 1 ÷,
ç 2 2 1 ÷
è ø

find N−1 , the universe of matrix N. [6]

(ii) Hence, or otherwise solve the simultaneous equations:

x-y = -4
5x - 4y + z = -12
2x + 2y + z = 11
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8 Given the points A(0; 2; 2), B(4; 1; 0) and C(–2 ; 0, 3).

Find the
(i) value of q, given that the Cartesian equation of a
perpendicular bisector of a line joining the points A and B,
2𝑦−3
passing through point D (1; q; 0) is 𝑥 − 2 = 4 = 𝑧 − 1. [5]

(ii) exact shortest distance of the line in part (i) to the origin, [5]

(iii) Cartesian equation of the plane containing points A, B and C. [6]

9 The temperature of meat in an oven is q . The rate of increase of the

temperature of the meat in the oven is proportional to the difference in the
temperature that exists between the meat and the oven. The oven is kept at
a constant temperature of 100 C at any instant.

dq
(i) Show that = k (100 - q ), where k is a constant. [3]
dt

(ii) A piece of meat which was initially at 4C is placed into the oven at
time t = 0 seconds. After one minute, the temperature rose to 16C.

Express q in terms of t seconds in its simplified form. [8]

(iii) Find q when t = 2.5 minutes. [2]

(iv) Find the time it takes for temperature of meat to rise to 80ºC. [3]

5+i
10 (a) Given that z = , find the fifth roots of z in the form reiq . [8]
2 + 3i

(b) Given that 1+ i is a root of the equation z3 + pz 2 + qz + 6 = 0 where

p and q are constants,

find the

(i) other two roots, [4]

(ii) values of p and q.

[4]

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11 It is given that 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 𝑒 𝑥 .
d2y
(i) Find . [5]
dx 2

𝑑3 𝑦 𝑑2 𝑦
(ii) Show that 𝑑𝑥 3 = 4𝑒 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑑𝑥 2 . [3]

(iii) Hence, prove by induction that the statement

𝑑𝑥 𝑦 𝑑𝑛−1 𝑦
= (𝑛 − 1)(2𝑒 𝑥 ) + 2𝑥𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑑𝑥 𝑛−1 is true for all positive integers, n,
𝑑𝑥 𝑛

such that n ≥ 2. [8]

12 (a) The 4th term of an arithmetic progression is 42 and the sum of the first
three terms of the series is 12.

Find the

(i) first term and the common difference, [4]

(ii) sum of the first twenty terms.
[4]

(b) The 3rd term of a geometric progression is 36 and the 5th term is 16.

Find the
(i) first term and the common ratio, r, given that r < 0, [4]
(ii) sum to infinity of the series.
[4]

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