P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
Oct/Nov. 2022
3 hours

PRE-UNEB SET 2
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five from section B.
Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
All necessary working must be shown clearly.
Begin each answer on a fresh page.
Silent non programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a
list of formulae may be used.

TURN OVER

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

Attempt all questions in this section.

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1. Solve the inequality:  x + 1. (05 marks)
x−4
3 2
2. Evaluate: ∫2 𝑑𝑥 (05 marks)
𝑥 2 +5𝑥+6

3. Find the equation of the normal to the curve 𝑥 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 − 𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑦 2 + 2 =

0 at the point (0, 1). (05 marks)

𝑠𝑖𝑛8𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃−𝑠𝑖𝑛6𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝜃
4. Show that = 𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃 (05 marks)
𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃−𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝜃𝑠𝑖𝑛4𝜃

y +1 z −1
5. Show that the lines x − 2 = = and r = i − 3j +  (2i + 5 j + 4k )
3 3

intersect. Hence state the position vector of the point of intersection.

(05 marks)

6. Peter deposits sh.80,000 per year month in a bank that offers a compound

interest rate of 2% per month. Find the interest he will earn after saving

for 2 years. (05 marks)

7. A point P moves such that its distance from the point (3, 1) is equal to its

perpendicular distance from the line x+3=0. Find the equation of locus.

Hence sketch the locus. (05 marks)

8. Find the volume generated by rotating about the x-axis the area bounded

by part of the curve y = x 2 + 2 for which x is positive, the y-axis and the

line y=3. (05 marks)

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 SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Attempt only five questions in this section.

9. (a) Given that z = 2 + 3i is a root of the equation

z 4 + az 3 + 6 z 2 + bz + 65 = 0, find the values of a and b. Hence state the
remaining roots of the equation. (07 marks)
(b) Show on the Argand diagram the locus of the points given by values
of z satisfying z − 2 − 4i = 4 . Sketch the locus on an Argand diagram.

(05 marks)
10.The plane  1 has equation 3x − 4 y + 2 z = 5 and plane  2 has equation

1   2 1 
     
r =  0  +  1  +   − 1  where  and  are constants.
1  5  − 2
     
(a) Find the Cartesian equation of plane  2 . (04 marks)
(b) Obtain the acute angle between the planes. (04 marks)
(c) Find the vector equation of line of intersection of the two planes.
(04 marks)
11.(a) Solve the equation: 4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝑥 = 1 for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1800
(05 marks)
(b) Solve the equation 5 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 5 = 0 for 00    2400
(06 marks)
x−5 3 𝑥−5
12.(a) Express in partial fractions. Hence ∫2 𝑑𝑥
( x + 1)( x − 1)
2 (𝑥+1)(𝑥 2 −1)

(08 marks)
(b)Find ∫(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥)2 𝑑𝑥 (04 marks)
13.(a) Solve for n if 𝑛𝑃4 = 60(𝑛𝐶2 ) (05 marks)
(b) Find the values of a and b if f ( x) = x 3 + 4ax 2 + bx + 3a is divisible by

(x − 1)2 . Hence factorise the polynomial. (07 marks)

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14. (a) Find the value of cos 2 580 using small changes correct to 4s.f
(05 marks)
(b) A piece of wire 128cm is cut into two parts of un equal length. The
former is bent into the shape of a square and the other into a rectangle of
whose length is double the base. Find the dimensions of the rectangle for
which the sum of the areas is a minimum. (07 marks)
15.The tangents to the parabola at the point 𝑃(𝑝2 , 2𝑝) and 𝑄(𝑞 2 , 2𝑞)
intersect at T.
(a) Find the equation of tangent at P and deduce the one at Q.
(05 marks)
(b) Find the coordinates of T. (03 marks)

(c) If the angle PTQ is 450 , find the equation locus of T.

(04 marks)
16.(a) Given that y = Ae x + Be 2 x , find a differential equation connecting x
and y which is independent of the arbitrary constants A and B.
(04 marks)
(b) According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate at which a hot object
cools is directly proportional to the difference between the temperature of
the object and the temperature of air (assumed to be constant equal to
250C). If an object cools from 2000C to 1600C in 20 minutes, find the
time taken to cool from 1600 to 1000C. (08 marks)

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