St.

Paul’s College
F.4 Final Examination 2021-2022

MATHEMATICS Extended Part

Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics)
Question-Answer Book

Time Allowed: 1½ hours

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Class

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Attempt ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.

3. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

4. Marks will be deducted for poor and untidy presentation.

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or given to 4 decimal
places.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Question
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
No.

Marks /70

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1. Solve the equation 7e− x − 25 − 12e x = 0 .
(3 marks)

2. Let f ( x ) = xk 3 x
for all x  0 , where k is a constant. If f ( 9 ) = 2f ( 4 ) , find k .

(2 marks)

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 Solve the equation ln ( x − 2 ) = 3ln ( x 2 − 4 x + 4 ).
2
3.
(4 marks)

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4. The temperature y (in C) of a lunch box after taking out from a microwave oven for t minutes
is given by y = 20 + 100e − kt , where k is a positive constant. It is known that the lunch box will
cool down to 90C after taking it out from the oven for 5 minutes.
(a) Find k.
(b) After taking the lunch box out from the microwave oven for 20 minutes, what will be the
temperature of the lunch box, correct to the nearest C?
(c) How many minutes will it take for the lunch box to drop below 25C? Explain your answer.
(6 marks)

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5. Let n be a positive integer.
n
If the coefficients of x and x 2 in the binomial expansion of 1 +  are 3 and
x 17
 a 4
respectively, where a is a non-zero constant. Find the values of a and n .
(4 marks)

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6. (a) Expand 3 − e −8 x in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x 2 .

(b) Find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1 + 3 x)10 (3 − e −8 x ).

(5 marks)

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7. A veterinary models the length of a boa by
y = e0.4t + at b + k ,
where a, b and k are constants, y is the length (in cm) of the boa and t ( 0  t  24 ) is the number
of months elapsed since it is born. It is given that the length of the boa was 40 cm when it was
born.

(a) Find the value of k.

(b) Express ln ( y − e0.4t − k ) as a linear function of lnt .
(c) It is given that the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph of the linear function obtained
in (b) is ln 4 and the graph passes through the point ( ln 2, 3.5ln 2 ) . Find a and b.
(6 marks)

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8. Let P = for t  0 , where a and b are non-zero constants.
1−bt
a +1
4 
(a) Express ln  −1 as a linear function of t .
P 
(b) If the graph of the linear function obtained in (a) passes through the point (1, − 2 ln 2) and
the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph is ln 4 , find a and b .
(4 marks)

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9. Evaluate each of the following limits.
2
(a) lim
t →− 3e − 1
t

x3 + 12 x − 13
(b) lim
(2 − x)
x → 3

2 x 2 + 8 x − 10
(c) lim
x →1 x 2 + 2 x − 3

(5 marks)

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10. Let a be a constant. Define f (x ) = ax8 + 152 x 5 − 4320 x 2 for all real numbers x .
It is given that f (− 3) = 0 .
(a) Find a .
(b) Find the slope of the tangent to the curve y = f ( x ) at x = 1 . (5 marks)

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11. Let f (x ) =
(x − 3)2
for x  −1.
x +1
(a) (i) Find f (x ) .
(ii) Hence, solve f ( x ) = 0 .
(b) Find f (0 ) .
(5 marks)

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12. Let y = ln 3x 2 − ln (5 x + 4) .
2
d 2 y  dy  dy
Prove that x 2
−  x  + 4x = 2. (5 marks)
dx  dx 
2
dx

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13. It is given that y = log 2 (t + 2) and t = 6e3 x .
dy dt
(a) Find and .
dt dx
dy
(b) Find the value of when x = 0 .
dx
(5 marks)

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 2x
14. Consider the curve C: y = .
3x 2 + 2
dy
(a) Find .
dx
(b) A tangent to C passes through the point (12, 0). Find the slope of this tangent in surd form.
(7 marks)

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 250
15. Let V = 300 − .
1 + 30.1t −2
dV d 2V
Find and 2 . (4 marks)
dt dt

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