P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
Oct/Nov. 2022
3 hours

PRE-UNEB SET 4

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

PURE MATHEMATICS

Paper 1

3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Answer all the eight questions in section A and only five in section B.

Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

Each question in section A carries 5 marks while each question in section B

All working must be shown clearly.

Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.

Silent , non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a

TURN OVER

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

Attempt all questions in this section.

1. Sketch the locus of z − 2 − 3i = 4 given z = x + yi . State the greatest value

of z + 1 + i . (05 marks)

2. When the polynomial x 3 + 4 x 2 + ax + b is divided by ( x + 1)2 + 3 , the

3. A parabola in polar form is given as r = 4 cot  cos ec . Find the Cartesian
equation of this parabola. Hence state the directrix and focus. (05 marks)
4. Solve the equation: 2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 = 3tan⁡(450 − 𝑥) for −1800 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1800
(05 marks)

 x cos
2
5. Find ( x 2 )dx correct to 4 significant figures. (05 marks)
0

6. Find the volume generated by rotating the area enclosed by the curve 𝑦 =
1 + 𝑥 2 and line y = 1 about the x-axis from x = 0 to x = 2 . Leave  in
your solution. (05 marks)
dy 2 x − 1
7. Solve the differential equation ; = given that y(1) = 2
dx 1 − x
(05 marks)
8. Show that the lines with vector equations r = 2i − 3 j + ( − 2)k and
r = ( + 1)i + (2 −  ) j + (2 − 5)k are skew. (05 marks)

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 SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
Attempt only five questions from this section.
3   − 2
x −1 y − 3 z    
9. (a) Show that the lines = = and r =  − 1 +  1  are parallel
2 −1 4 4   − 4
   
to each other. Hence find the Cartesian equation of the plane containing the
two lines. (08 marks)
x+2 z −5
(b) Find the angle between the line =5− y = and the plane
2 −2
3x − 4 y + 6 z = 4 . (04 marks)
10.(a) Expand 3 1 − 5 x as far as the term in x 3 and state the range of values of x
for which the expansion is valid. Hence estimate 3 22 correct to 4 decimal
places. (07 marks)
(b) Solve the equation: 𝑙𝑜𝑔8 𝑥 3 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 32 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 64 (05 marks)
𝑥 4 −6𝑥 2 +3
11.Express in partial fractions.
𝑥 3 +2𝑥 2 +𝑥

2 𝑥 4 −6𝑥 2 +3
Hence evaluate ∫1 ⁡𝑑𝑥 (12 marks)
𝑥 3 +2𝑥 2 +𝑥
x2 − 1 1
12.(a) Solve the inequality 2  (06 marks)
x −4 5
𝑥 2 +4𝑥 84
(b) Solve the equation: + = 11 (06 marks)
3 𝑥 2 +4𝑥

13.(a) Solve the equation tan 2 x cos x + sin x = 3sin 3x for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1800.

(06 marks)

(b) Show that cos ec4 − cot 4 = tan 2 . Hence or otherwise solve
2 sin 4 = 3 cot 2 for 0 0    900 . (06 marks)
𝑥 2 +1
14.(a) Differentiate 3 and simplify to the simplest form possible.
√𝑥 2 −1
(05 marks)
(b) Water runs into a conical vessel fixed with its vertex downwards at the
rate 3cm3 s −1 , filling the vessel to a depth of 15cm in one minute. Find the
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 rate at which the depth of water in the vessel is increasing when the water
has been running for 7 12 seconds. (07 marks)

15.(a) Find the equation of the normal to the parabola to the parabola 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥
at the point 𝑃(𝑎𝑡 2 , 2𝑎𝑡). The normal line meets the directrix at point Q. Find
the equation of locus of N the midpoint of PQ. (08 marks)
(b) Find the equation of locus of a point P which is twice as far from the
origin as it is from the point (9,12). (04 marks)
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16.(a) If y = + Bx where A and B are constants. Form a differential equation
x
independent of constants A and B. (04 marks)
(b) According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate at which a body cools is
directly proportional to the difference between temperature  of the body
and the temperature  0 of the surrounding air (assumed to be constant). If a
body cools from 1000 to 800 in 10 minutes and from 800 to 650 in another 10
minutes.
(i) form a differential equation connecting  and t. (01 mark)
(ii) By solving the differential equation, find the value of  0 . (07 marks)

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