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DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR HIGH

PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 2008
Higher 2

MATHEMATICS 9740
30 September 2008
3 hours
Additional Materials: Answer Paper
List of Formulae (MF15)

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Name, Class and Index number on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all the questions.

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 in the question.
You are expected to use a graphic calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are not allowed in a question, you are required to
present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

At the end of the examination, attach the question paper to the front of your answer script.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For teacher’s use:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Total

This question paper consists of 6 printed pages (including this cover page).
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1 Differentiate the following with respect to x:

(a) esec(2 x ) , [2]

(b)
sin 1  ,
1  2x 2  [3]
leaving your answers in the simplest form.

n
 r 1    n  1 n 

r 1
r ln 
 r 
  ln 
 n ! 

2 Prove by induction that . [5]

3 (i) Sketch on the same diagram, the graphs of

 y  1
2
 x2  4x  3  0
(a) ,
indicating clearly the centre of this geometrical shape and any axial
intercepts, [2]
x 1
y
(b) kx  1 where k  1 ,
indicating clearly the asymptotes and the axial intercepts. [3]

(ii) Hence deduce the number of real roots to the equation

2
 x 1 
  1  x 2  4 x  3  0
 kx  1  . [1]

18
 x2
4 Without using the calculator, solve the inequality x  1 . [4]

Hence solve the following inequalities

18
 | x | 2
(i) | x | 1 , [2]

18
 x
(ii) x3 . [2]

1  x2
5 Find the first three terms in the expansion of 3  2 x in ascending powers of x. [3]
2  2 x2
y
Deduce that the equation of the tangent to the curve 3  2 x at the point where
x = 0, is given by

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 9 y  2 3x  6 3 . [2]

6 The diagram shows the graph of y  f( x) . It passes through the origin O and the point
P  3, 0 
, and has asymptotes x  2 and y   2 .

y2
y  f( x)
O P x
y  2
x2
Sketch on separate clearly labelled diagrams, the graphs of

y f x
(i) , [3]

1
y
(ii) f ( x  3) . [3]

A curve is defined by the equation 8 y  x  4 x y   4 .

2 2 2
7

dy
(i) Find dx in terms of x and y. [2]
1
y x
(ii) The curve meets the line 2 at the point P. Find the equation of the
normal at point P. [4]

8 Find the following integrals:

1
  2 x  1  x  1 dx
(a) , [3]

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 5  tan 3 x
(b)
 cos2 x dx . [3]

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9 Functions f and g are defined by

f : x  ln ( x  2), 0 x 5,
g : x  x 3  1, x0 .
1
(i) Find f in a similar form. [3]
1
(ii) Show that gf exists, stating your reasons clearly. [2]
1
(iii) Find the range of gf . [2]
(iv) Using part (i) or otherwise, determine h(x) such that
hf ( x)  g( x) . [2]

10 The diagram shows a curve with the equation y  x sin x .

y

P
b
O a x
Q

State the value of a. [1]

(i) Show that

 x sin x dx = sin x  x cos x  c ,

where c is a real constant. [3]

(ii)Given that the area P+Q which is bounded by the curve y  x sin x , the x-axis and
the line x  b is given by 2π unit2, find the value of b.
[5]

(iii)Find the volume of the solid of revolution generated when the region P is rotated
through an angle of 2π about the x-axis. [3]

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11 A sequence of real numbers x1 , x2 , x3 ,... satisfies the recurrence relation

 1 
  xn  2 
xn 1   xn 
where  is a real constant and x1  1 .
It is given that the sequence converges for one of these two cases:

2 6
 
Case 1: 3 and Case 2: 5.
(i) Use your calculator to find the values of x2, x3, x4 and x5, correct to 2 decimal
places for each of two above values of  . Hence state which value of 
causes the sequence to converge. [3]

(ii) As n  , xn  d . Taking the  value in part (i) that causes the sequence to
converge, find the exact value d. [3]

12 (a) Relative to a fixed origin O, the points A, B and C have position vectors given
respectively by
a  2i  3j  k , b  5i  2 j + 3k , c  4i  j  2k .

Find the area of triangle ABC, correct to 3 significant figures. [3]

Hence determine the length of the perpendicular from B to the side AC of the
triangle. [2]

(b) The lines l1 and l2 have equations

1 a  2 1

l1 : r   1     1 
  and l2 : r   1     1 
 
0 0 0  1 
       

respectively, where a is a constant.

Find, in terms of a, the cosine of the acute angle between the lines l1 and l2. [2]

Deduce the value of a such that l1 is perpendicular to l2. [1]

For the case where a  2 ,

(i) Show that the position vector of the foot of the perpendicular from the
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i j
point Q( 3, 2, 0 ) to the line l1 is 5 5 . [3]

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 (ii) Find the position vector of the image Q ' , the reflection of Q in the line l1.
[2]

The nth term of a progression is given by Tn  2 .

n
13 (a)
n

 2r
(i) Find r 1 in terms of n. [1]

(ii) Find the least value of n such that T2  T4  T6 ...Tn  50000 , where n is
even. [4]

(b) A chemist is experimenting on a new type of anti-bacterial spray. In a container

of 5 10 bacteria, this spray is activated every 40 min from the start of the
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experiment. Each spray instantly kills 90% of the bacteria present at that time.

The number of bacteria multiplies by 2 times every 20 min from the start of the
experiment.

(You may assume that whenever the spray is activated, the bacteria multiplies
first before it gets killed.)

(i) Calculate the number of bacteria left immediately after 40 min, i.e.
immediately after the first spray has been activated. [2]

(ii) It is given that Bn represents the number of bacteria left immediately after
40n min. For example, B1  number of bacteria left immediately after
40min, B2  number of bacteria left immediately after 80min and so on.
Show that

Bn  (5  108 )(0.4).
[2]
(iii) Find the number of bacteria left immediately after 240 min. [2]

(iv) State, with justification, whether the spray is effective in controlling the
bacterial growth after a long period of time. [2]

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