HILLVIEW COLLEGE

TERM I
2011/2012
MATHEMATICS
UNIT TWO - MODULE 1 (I.A)
UPPER SIX
1HOURS

TIME:

Attempt ALL question. Give non-exact numerical answers correct to

3 significant figures or 1 decimal place in the case of angles in
degrees unless a different level of accuracy is specified.
1.

a.

(i) Solve the equation 3 ln xln 2=ln32

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(ii) Find the gradient to the curve y=3 ln x ln 2

at the point where y = ln 32 .
x 22 xy +2 y 2=4, show that

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dy yx
=
dx 2 yx

b.

Given that

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c.

Find the x co-ordinates, in terms of k, of the stationary points of

y=x 3 ekx

where k is a positive constant.

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2

d.

2.

a.

A curve has parametric equations

x=

3t1
t 4
, y=
t
t

, show that

(i)

dy 2
=t +4
dx

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(ii)

d2 y
3
=2 t
2
dx

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(i) Given that y = sin-1x, show that

dy
1
=
dx 1x 2

2
2
(ii) By mean of the substitution u =1x , or otherwise, find

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x
dx
1x2

(iii) Using the above results, evaluate

sin1 x dx

2 x +1

x1
Express
in partial fractions

b.

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2 x +1
3
Hence find the exact value of
dx
(
)
2 ( x1 )
3

3.

a.

(i) Given that In =

x
ln

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dx, using integration by parts, show

1 2 1
e n
In = 2
In-1
2
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e

(ii)

Hence find

x ( ln x )3 dx
1

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x ex dx

b.

Evaluate

c.

The rate, in cm3 s-1, at which air is escaping from a balloon at time t seconds is

, giving your answer in terms of e.

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proportional to the volume of air, Vcm3, in the balloon at that instant.

Initially V = 1000.
(i)

Show that V = 1000 e-kt, where k is a positive constant.

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Given also that V = 500 when t = 6, show that k =

4.

a.

(i) Show

1
ln 2
2

4 sin2 x dx=2 xsin 2 x+ c

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(ii) Using an appropriate integrating factor, and the result in (i), solve the
differential equation

b.

dy
+ y cot x=4 sin x
dx

By finding (i) the complementary function and (ii) the particular integral, solve
d2 y
dy
7 +10 y=40 x+ 2
dx
dx

the differential equation

c.

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The diagram shows the curve y = 1.25x

(i) A point on the curve has y-coordinate 2. Calculate its x-coordinate.

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(ii) Use the trapezium rule with 4 intervals to estimate the area of the shaded
region, bounded by the curve, the axes, and the line x = 4

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(iii) State, with a reason, whether the estimate found in part (ii) is an overestimate
or an underestimate.

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(iv) Explain briefly how the trapezium rule could be used to find a more accurate
estimate of the area of the shaded region.

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