954/2 PRA STPM 2021

SIJIL TINGGI PERSEKOLAHAN MALAYSIA

MATHEMATICS (T)
PAPER 2

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Instruction to candidates:

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO.

Answer all questions in Section A.

Answer one question only in Section B.

Write the answers on the answer sheets. Begin each answer on a new page of the
answer sheet. All working should be shown.

Scientific calculators may be used. Programmable and graphic display calculators are
not allowed.

Answers may be written either in English or Malay.

This question paper consists of 5 printed pages.

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Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions.

2𝑥2 −5𝑥
1 (a) Determine whether the limit exists for lim . [4 marks]
𝑥→2.5 |2𝑥−5|

2+𝑥2 −2 cos 𝑥
(b) Evaluate lim . [3 marks]
𝑥→0 𝑒 𝑥 +𝑒 −𝑥 −2 cos 𝑥

2 A company that manufactures dog food wishes to pack the food in closed
cylindrical tins. What should be the dimensions of each tin if each is to have a
volume of 128𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 and the minimum possible surface area? [7 marks]

𝑑
3 (a) Show that 𝑑𝑥
(2𝑥 − sin 2𝑥) = 4 sin2 𝑥. [3 marks]

(b) Hence, use integration by parts to show that

𝜋
2 1
∫02 𝑥 sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 16 (𝜋 2 + 4) [4 marks]

4 (a) Find the general solution of the equation

𝑑𝑧
𝑑𝑥
+𝑧 = 𝑒𝑥 [4 marks]

(b) Make the substitution 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑧 in the equation

𝑑𝑦
𝑥 + (𝑥 − 1)𝑦 = 𝑥2 𝑒 𝑥
𝑑𝑥

Hence, write down the solution of this question. [4 marks]

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 2
5 It is given that 𝑦 = √cos 𝑥 . Show that 2𝑦 𝑑𝑥2 + 2 (𝑑𝑥) + 𝑦 2 = 0. [3 marks]

Find the Maclaurin’s series for 𝑦, up to and including the term in 𝑥2 . [2 marks]

By choosing a suitable value for 𝑥, deduce the approximate relation

1
4 ≈ 1 + 𝑘𝜋 2 , where 𝑘 is a constant to be determined. [3 marks]
√2
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𝑦 𝑦 = 𝑒𝑥
𝑦 = 5𝑥

0 ∝ 𝛽 𝑥

The figure shows the line with equation 𝑦 = 5𝑥 and the curve with equation
𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 . They meet where 𝑥 = ∝ and 𝑥 = 𝛽. Approximate values for ∝ and 𝛽
are 0.2 and 2.5 respectively.
1
(a) The iterative formula 𝑥𝑛+1 = 5 𝑒 𝑥𝑛 is used to find a more accurate
approximation for ∝. Taking 𝑥0 = 0.2, use the iterative formula to obtain a
more accurate approximation for ∝, giving your answer to three decimal
places. [5 marks]

(b) The Newton-Raphson process is used to find a more accurate

approximation for 𝛽. By taking 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 − 5𝑥 and a first approximation to
𝛽 is 2.5, apply the Newton-Raphson process once to obtain a second
approximation, giving your answer to three decimal places. [3 marks]
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Section B [15 marks]

Answer one question only.

You may answer all the questions but, only the first answer will be marked.

7 The parametric equations of a curve are 𝑥 = 𝑎 cos 𝑡 , 𝑦 = sin2 𝑡 , 0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 𝜋

and 0 < 𝑎 < 1.

𝑑𝑦 2𝑥
(a) Show that 𝑑𝑥
= − 𝑎2 . [2 marks]

𝑑2 𝑦
(b) Prove that < −2. [3 marks]
𝑑𝑥2

(c) Sketch the curve, indicating clearly all intercepts and turning points.
[3 marks]

(d) Find the equation of the line that passes through the origin and the point
𝜋
at 𝑡 = 6 . [2 marks]

The region 𝑅 is enclosed by the curve, the line found in (d) and the 𝑦-axis.
𝑉𝑅 is the volume obtained by rotating 𝑅 completely about the 𝑦-axis.
Find 𝑉𝑅 , leaving your answer exactly in terms of 𝑎 . [5 marks]

8 A hospital patient is receiving a certain drug through a drip at a constant rate

of 50 mg per hour. The rate of loss of the drug from the patient’s body is
proportional to 𝑥, where 𝑥 (in mg) is the amount of drug in the patient at time 𝑡
(in hours).

(a) Form a differential equation connecting 𝑥 and 𝑡. [1 marks]

1
(b) Show that 𝑥 = 𝑘 (50 − 𝐵𝑒−𝑘𝑡 ), where B and k are constants. [4 marks]

1
Given that 𝑘 = 20 ,

(c) Find the time needed for the drug in the patient’s body to reach 200 mg, if
initially there is no trace of this drug in the patient’s body. [5 marks]

(d) When there is 80 mg of the drug in the patient’s body, the drip is
disconnected. Assuming that the rate of loss remains the same, find the
time taken for the amount of drug in the patient to fall from 80 mg to 20 mg.
[5 marks]
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MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE

Differentiation
d

sin 1 x  
1
dx 1 x2
d

cos1 x    1
dx 1 x2
d
dx

tan 1 x  
1
1 x2
d
 f x g x   f ' x g x   f x g ' x 
dx
d  f x  f ' x g x   f x g ' x 

dx  g x   g x 2

Integration
f x 
 dx  ln f x   c
f x 
dv du
 u dx  uv   v dx
dx dx

Maclaurin series
x2 xr
e  1 x 
x
 ...   ...
2! r!
x 2 x3 r
ln1  x   x   ...   1
r 1 x
  ..., 1  x  1
2 3 r
2 r 1
x3 x5
 ...   1
r x
sin x  x    ...
3! 5! 2r  1!
x2 x4 2r
 ...   1
r x
cos x  1    ...
2! 4! 2r !
Numerical methods
Newton-Raphson method
f  xn 
xn1  xn  , n  0,1,2,3,...
f xn 
Trapezium rule
ba
h y0  2 y1  y 2  ...  y n1   y n , h 
b 1
 ydx 
a 2 n

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