MAY 2022 ADVANCED LEVEL

SUBJECT TITLE PURE MATHEMATICS WITH MECHANICS

PURE MATHEMATICS WITH STATISTICS
PAPER NO PAPER 2
SUBJECT CODE NO 765/770

THREE HOURS
FULL MARKS MAY BE OBTAINED FOR ANSWERS TO ALL QUESTIONS.

FORMULAE BOOKLETS ARE ALLOWED

IN CALCULATIONS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SHOW ALL THE STEPS IN

YOUR WORKING, GIVING YOUR ANSWER AT EACH STAGE

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 1) i) Find the general solution of the equation
Cos2x + 1 = Sin2x (3mks)
ii) Given that
f(x) = cosx -√3sinx,
Express f(x) in the form Rcos(x+α), where R>0 and 0<α<900
Hence find the maximum value of 1
1+ f(x) (7mks)

2) a) show that the tangent at the point P, with parameter t, on the curve whose parametric
equations are
x=ct, y= c
t
where c is a constant, has equation x+t2y=2ct (5mks)
b) Given that x-3, 2x+1, and 7x-2 are the first three consecutive terms of an arithmetic
progression, find the value of x and hence obtain the sum of the first ten terms of the
progression (5mks)

3) i) Solve the inequality (x-3)(x+2)(x+4)>0

ii) a) Find the range of values of x for which the series
∞
𝑥−3 r
∑ ( )
𝑟=1 𝑥+1
Converges

b) Determine the value of x for which

∞
𝑥−3 r
∑
𝑟=1
(
𝑥+1
) =½
(9mks)

4) i) The roots of the equation 2x2-x+3=0 are α and β, and the roots of the equation
3x2 + mx + n are α + 1/α and β + 1/β. Determine the values of m and n
(5mks)
ii) Given that g(x)=2x3-3x2-8x+12, show that (2x-3) is a factor of g(x). hence, solve, for
real values of x, the equation g(x)=0 (3mks)
iii) Solve the equation log4(x2+x+10) – log4(x2+x+5)=1/2 (3mks)
iv) The sum of the first four terms of an arithmetic progression is 16 and the sum of the
terms from the fifth to the tenth inclusive is 84. Find
a) the first term
b) the common difference of the progression (4mks)

5) (i) The polynomial f(x)= 3 – ax – bx2 – x3.

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 When f(x) is divided by (x+2) the remainder is 45. Given that (3-x) is a factor of
f(x), find the values of the real constants a and b (5mks)

ii) Express 5x into partial fractions (3mks)

(x+3)(x-2)

6) The equations of the two lines are given by

R1=i + cj – k + α(i + 2j + 2k)
R2=ci + 2k + β(-j +3k), where α and β are scalar parameters.
Given that r1 and r2 intersect,
Find
a) The value of the constant C (6mks)
b) The position vector of the point of intersection (1mk)
c) The cosine of the acute angle between r1 and r2. (3mks)

7) I) Given that the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + (2k +2)x + 2k +5=0 are α and β,
a) Find the values of the constant K for which α=β (3mks)
b) For k>0, find the quadratic equation with integral coefficients, whose roots are 2α+αβ
and 2β+αβ. (5mks)

ii) Find the value of x for which

y = 2log2 x and y + 4 = log2 2x

(3mks)

8) i) Given that three events A,B and C are such that P(A)=P(C), P(AnC)=1/10, P(AnC)=1/2
P(C/B)=2/7 and P(BuC)=4/5. Find
a) P(A) (3mks)
b) P(B) (4mks)

II) The desks in a certain classroom are produced by three different carpenters A,B and C.
A produces 30%, B produces 45% and the rest are produced by C. it is known that 3% of
the desks produced by A, 6% of those produced by B and 4% of those produced by C are
defective. A desk is selected from this classroom at random.

c) Draw a tree diagram showing all possible outcomes (2mks)

d) Find the probability that the desks is defective (2mks)
e) Given that the desk is defective, find the probability that it was produced by C..
(2mks)
The probability that Modest gets to school late is ¾ if he uses a bicycle and 1/3 if he
uses a car. Modest goes to school either by a bicycle or by car. The probability that he
uses a bicycle is 2/3.
f) Find the probability that he gets to school late (3mks)
A bag contains 4 black and 3 red marbles. Two marbles are chosen at random from
the bag one after the other without replacement. Find the probability that
g) The marbles are of same colour (2mks)
h) The second marble is black (2mks)

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 9) Express x in partial fractions.
(x+1)(x+2)
Solve the differential equation

(x+1)(x+2)dy = x(y+1).
dx
for x>-1, given that y=1/2 when x=1, expressing the solution in the form y=f(x)

(7mks)

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