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6672
Edexcel GCE
Pure Mathematics P2
(New Syllabus)
Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary
Monday 14 January 2002  Morning
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials required for examination Items included with question papers
Answer Book (AB16) Nil
Graph Paper (ASG2)
Mathematical Formulae (Lilac)

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algebra, differentiation and/or integration. Thus candidates may NOT use calculators
such as the Texas Instruments TI 89, TI 92, Casio CFX 9970G, Hewlett Packard
HP 48G.

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Information for Candidates

A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
This paper has nine questions. Pages 7 and 8 are blank.

Advice to Candidates
You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the Examiner. Answers
without working may gain no credit.

N9115 This publication may only be reproduced in accordance with Edexcel copyright policy.
Edexcel Foundation is a registered charity. ©2001 Edexcel
1. The following is a table of values for y = (1 + sin x), where x is in radians.

x 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
y 1 1.216 p 1.413 q

(a) Find the value of p and the value of q.

(2)
(b) Use the trapezium rule and all the values of y in the completed table to obtain
an estimate of I, where
2

I=  (1 + sin x) dx.
0
(4)

2. Given that p = logq 16, express in terms of p,

(a) logq 2,
(2)
(b) logq (8q).
(4)

3. The function f is defined by

f : x  2x – a, x ℝ,

where a is a positive constant.

(a) Sketch the graph of y = f(x), showing the coordinates of the points where the
graph cuts the axes.
(2)
(b) On a separate diagram, sketch the graph of y = f(2x), showing the coordinates
of the points where the graph cuts the axes.
(2)
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(c) Given that a solution of the equation f(x) = 2 x is x = 4, find the two possible
values of a.
(4)

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4. Figure 1

O 1 2 x

In Fig. 1, the curve C has equation y = f(x), where

2
f(x) = x + , x > 0.
x2

The shaded region is bounded by C, the x-axis and the lines with equations x = 1
and x = 2. The shaded region is rotated through 2 radians about the x-axis.

Using calculus, calculate the volume of the solid generated. Give your answer in
the form (a + ln b), where a and b are constants.
(8)

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5. Initially the number of fish in a lake is 500 000. The population is then modelled
by the recurrence relation

un + 1 = 1.05un – d, u0 = 500 000.

In this relation un is the number of fish in the lake after n years and d is the
number of fish which are caught each year.

Given that d = 15 000,

(a) calculate u1 , u2 and u3 and comment briefly on your results.

(3)
Given that d = 100 000,

(b) show that the population of fish dies out during the sixth year.
(3)
(c) Find the value of d which would leave the population each year unchanged.
(2)

6. (a) Prove that

1  cos 2 n
 tan  ,   , n  ℤ.
sin 2 2
(3)
(b) Solve, giving exact answers in terms of ,

2(1 – cos 2 ) = tan  , 0< <.

(6)

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7. Figure 2

y
C


O B x

Figure 2 shows part of the curve C with equation y = f(x), where

f(x) = 0.5ex – x2.

The curve C cuts the y-axis at A and there is a minimum at the point B.

(a) Find an equation of the tangent to C at A.

(4)
The x-coordinate of B is approximately 2.15. A more exact estimate is to be made
of this coordinate using iterations xn + 1 = ln g(xn).

(b) Show that a possible form for g(x) is g(x) = 4x.

(3)
(c) Using xn + 1 = ln 4xn , with x0 = 2.15, calculate x1 , x2 and x3. Give the value
of x3 to 4 decimal places.
(2)

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8. f(x) = x  1  ( x  1)(2 x  1) , x > 1.

4
(a) Prove that f(x) = .
2x  1
(4)
(b) Find the range of f.
(2)
(c) Find f 1(x).
(3)
(d) Find the range of f 1(x).
(1)

n
 x
9. f(x) = 1   , k, n  ℕ, n > 2.
 k

Given that the coefficient of x3 is twice the coefficient of x2 in the binomial

expansion of f(x),

(a) prove that n = 6k + 2.

(3)
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Given also that the coefficients of x and x are equal and non-zero,

(b) form another equation in n and k and hence show that k = 2 and n = 14.
(4)
Using these values of k and n,

(c) expand f(x) in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x5. Give
each coefficient as an exact fraction in its lowest terms.
(4)

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