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1. Find

giving your answer in simplest form.

(3)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
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2. The sequence u1, u2, u3, ... is defined by

u1 = k
un + 1 = 3un – 2

where k is a constant.
(a) Find, in simplest form in terms of k,
(i) u2
(ii) u3
(2)

Given that

(b) find the value of k.

(3)
(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
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3. A student was asked to solve the simultaneous equations
x+y=9
x2 – 3xy + 2y2 = 0
The student’s solution is shown below:
line 1: x+y=9⇒y=9–x
line 2: x2 – 3xy + 2y2 = 0 ⇒ x2 – 3x(9 – x) + 2(9 – x)2 = 0
line 3: x2 – 27x – 3x2 + 162 – 36x + 2x2 = 0
line 4: 63x = 162

line 5: x = ⇒

(a) Identify the error in line 3 of the solution.

(1)
(b) Using algebra and showing all your working, solve the simultaneous equations.
(4)
(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)
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4. Curve C has equation

y = (x + k)(2 – x)

where k is a constant and k > 2

(a) Sketch C, showing the coordinates of any points of intersection with the
coordinate axes.
(3)
(b) Find, in simplest form in terms of k, the coordinates of the stationary point of C.
(3)
(Total for Question 4 is 6 marks)
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5. Relative to a fixed origin O,
● the point A has position vector 5i + 3j – 2k
● the point B has position vector 7i + j + 2k
● the point C has position vector 4i + 8j – 3k

(a) Find giving your answer as a simplified surd.

(2)
Given that ABCD is a parallelogram,
(b) find the position vector of the point D.
(2)
The point E is positioned such that
● ACE is a straight line
● AC : CE = 2 : 1
(c) Find the coordinates of the point E.
(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)
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6.

Figure 1 shows a sector OABCO of a circle centre O.

Given that
● OA = OC = 12 cm
● angle AOC = θ radians
● area triangle OAC : area segment ABC = 3 : 1
(a) show that

3θ – 4 sin θ = 0
(2)
(b) Taking 1.2 as a first approximation to θ, apply the Newton‑Raphson method once to

f(θ) = 3θ – 4 sin θ

to find a second approximation to θ

Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
(3)
(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)
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7. A ball is released from rest from a height of 5 m and bounces repeatedly on
horizontal ground.
After hitting the ground for the first time, the ball rises to a maximum height of 3 m.
In a model for the motion of the ball
● the maximum height after each bounce is 60% of the previous maximum height
● the motion takes place in a vertical line
(a) Using the model
(i) show that the maximum height after the 3rd bounce is 1.08 m,
(ii) find the total distance the ball travels from release to when the ball hits the
ground for the 5th time.
(3)
According to the model, after the ball is released, there is a limit, D metres, to the total
distance the ball will travel.
(b) Find the value of D
(2)
With reference to the model,
(c) give a reason why, in reality, the ball will not travel D metres in total.
(1)
(Total for Question 7 is 6 marks)
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8. In this question you must show all stages of your working.
Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
(a) Express 3 cos x + sin x in the form R cos(x – α) where
● R and α are constants
● R>0

● 0<α<

Give the exact value of R and the value of α in radians to 3 decimal places.
(3)
The temperature, θ °C, inside a rabbit hole on a particular day is modelled by
the equation

0 ≤ t < 24

where t is the number of hours after midnight.

Using the equation of the model and your answer to part (a)
(b) (i) deduce the minimum value of θ during this day,
(ii) find the time of day when this minimum value occurs, giving your answer to the
nearest minute.
(4)
(c) Find the rate of temperature increase in the rabbit hole at midday.
(2)
(Total for Question 8 is 9 marks)
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9. The function f is defined by

x∈ℝ x>k

(a) State the smallest possible value of k.

(1)
(b) Show that

where a, b and c are integers to be found.

(4)
(c) Hence show that f is an increasing function.
(2)
(Total for Question 9 is 7 marks)
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10.

The curve C shown in Figure 2 has parametric equations

x = t 3 + 3t y = 3t 2 –2 < t < 4

The point P lies on C where t = 3

(a) Write down the coordinates of P
(1)
The line l is the tangent to C at P as shown in Figure 2.
(b) Use calculus to show that an equation for l is
3x – 5y + 27 = 0
(3)
The line l meets C again at the point Q
(c) Using algebra and showing all stages of your working, find the coordinates of Q
(3)
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve C and the line l
(d) Using algebraic integration, find the exact area of R
(5)
(Total for Question 10 is 12 marks)
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11. The number of bees in a colony is monitored over time.
There were 3 500 bees in the colony when monitoring began.
After 1 week there were only 2 000 bees in the colony.
In a simple model, the rate of decrease in the number of bees is assumed to be
proportional to the square of the number of bees.
Given that there are x thousand bees in the colony t weeks after monitoring began,
(a) form and solve a differential equation to show that an equation of the model is

(6)
There are only 500 bees in the colony T weeks after monitoring began.
(b) Use the equation of the model to find T
(2)
(Total for Question 11 is 8 marks)
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12. Given that

y = ax

where a is a positive constant

(a) prove that

(3)
(b) Hence show that

where k and n are integers to be found.

(3)
(Total for Question 12 is 6 marks)
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13. The resting metabolic rate, R ml of oxygen consumed per hour, of a particular species of
mammal is modelled by the formula,
R = aM b
where
● M grams is the mass of the mammal
● a and b are constants
(a) Show that this relationship can be written in the form

log10 R = b log10 M + log10 a

(2)
A student gathers data for R and M and plots a graph of log10 R against log10 M
The graph is a straight line passing through points (0.7, 1.2) and (1.8, 1.9) as shown
in Figure 3.
(b) Using this information, find a complete equation for the model.
Write your answer in the form
R = aM b
giving the value of each of a and b to 3 significant figures.
(3)
(c) With reference to the model, interpret the value of the constant a
(1)
(Total for Question 13 is 6 marks)
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14. (a) Use the substitution u = 1 + sin2 x to show that

where p and q are constants to be found.

(5)
(b) Hence, using algebraic integration, show that

where A is a rational number to be found.

(6)
(Total for Question 14 is 11 marks)
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15. In this question you must show all stages of your working.
Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.

The first 3 terms of an arithmetic sequence are

ln 3 ln(3k – 1) ln(3k + 5)
Find the exact value of the constant k.
(5)
(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)
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