IFYHM002 Mathematics

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IFYHM002 - Mathematics
End of Semester 1 Test

2017-18

Test Session Time Allowed

Semester One 2 Hours 10 minutes
(including 10 minutes reading time)

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
SECTION A Answer ALL questions. This section carries 40 marks.

SECTION B Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 60 marks.

The marks for each question are indicated in square brackets [ ].

 Answers must not be written during the first 10 minutes.

 A formula booklet and graph paper will be provided.
 An approved calculator may be used in the test.
 Show ALL workings in your answer booklet.
 Test materials must not be removed from the room.

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE

INVIGILATOR

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Section A
Answer ALL questions. This section carries 40 marks.

Question A1

Find the equation of the line which passes through the point 5, 6 and is
perpendicular to the line with equation 4 1 0.

Give your answer in the form . [4]

Question A2

Three letters are selected, one after the other and with no replacement, from the
word LOCOMOTION.

Find the probability that none of them is the letter ‘O’. [3]

Question A3

When 3 1 is divided by 2 the remainder is 1.

Use the Remainder Theorem to find the possible values of . [4]

Question A4

A geometric progression is defined as , 2 , 4 ,…

The 9th term is 9841 .

Find the value of .

[3]

Question A5

Solve the equation 8 17 8 16 0.

All working must be shown: just giving the answer, even the correct one, will
score no marks if this working is not seen. [4]

Question A6

Solve 2 sin 80° √3 for 0 360°. [5]

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Question A7

A curve has equation 7 .

At the point 2, 7 the equation of the tangent is 13 19.

Find the value of and the value of . [5]

Question A8

An equation is defined as 4 cos .

Find the exact value of when .

[4]

Question A9

Find
2 1 .
[4]

Question A10

Evaluate
3
1 .

All working must be shown: just giving the answer, even the correct one, will
score no marks if this working is not seen.

Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

In this question, 1 mark will be given for the correct use of significant figures. [4]

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Section B
Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 60
marks.

Question B1

a) Find the range of values of which satisfy 2 3 0. [4]

b) Divide 2 3 12 by 2 3 . [3]

c) Write 14 46 in the form where and are integers.

Hence solve the equation 14 46 0

Give your answers in the form √ and √ where and are

integers. Each stage of your working must be clearly shown.
[4]

d) A straight line passes through three points.

Their coordinates are 2 7, 3 1 ; 3, 5 and 7, 17 .

Find the value of . All working must be shown.

[4]

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Question B2

a) A student plays two games of tennis. The probability that he wins the first
game is .

If he wins the first game, the probability that he wins the second is . If he
does not win the first game, the probability that he wins the second
is .

i. Draw and label a tree diagram. [2]

ii. Find the probability that he wins exactly one game. [3]

b)

NOT TO SCALE

80 m

140 m

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows acute-angled triangle with 80 metres,

140 metres and angle where cos .

i. Find the length of . [3]

ii. Without working out the size of , find the value of sin giving your
answer in surd form. [2]

iii. Find the area of triangle . [2]

iv. A student is at point . She walks along side . How far has she gone
when she is closest to point ? [1]

v. Write as a fraction. [2]

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Question B3

a) In an arithmetic series, the 38th term is equal to the common difference.

i. Show that, if the first term is and the common difference is , then

36 . [2]

The 112th term is equal to 300.

ii. Find the value of and the value of . [3]

iii. Find the sum of the first 173 terms. [3]

b) A geometric series is defined as 625 250 100 ⋯

i. Find the common ratio and explain why this series is convergent. [1]

ii. Can the sum of this series exceed 1040? Justify your answer. [2]

c) The coefficient of the term in the expansion of 1 is half the size

of the coefficient of the term in the expansion of 1 where is a
non-zero constant.

Find the value of . [4]

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Question B4

a) It is assumed that the air temperature, ° , at a height of km above ground

level is given by the formula
.
42 24 0 12

i. Find the temperature at ground level. [2]

ii. Find the temperature at a height of 11 km above ground level. [2]

iii. At what height is the temperature 0° ?

Each stage of your working must be shown. No marks will be given for
just the answer, even the correct one, if this working is not seen. [3]

b) In part b), all working must be shown.

i. If 5 , express in terms of ln . [3]

ii. Solve the equation

2 log log 6 2 6 [5]

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Question B5

cm

cm

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a water trough which is uniform with length cm and has a
cross-section made up of a semi-circle of radius cm. The trough has no
top.

The volume of the trough is 64000 cm3.

a) Find an expression for in terms of . [2]

b) Show that the outside surface area, , is given by

128000
[3]

c) Use to find the value of which gives the minimum surface area. [5]

d) Confirm that your value of is a minimum. [3]

e) Find the minimum outside surface area of the trough. [2]

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Question B6

1
NOT TO SCALE

2, 3

O 11, 0

Figure 3

Figure 3 shows the curve 1.

Line is also shown which intersects with the curve at point 2, 3 and
the axis at point 11, 0 .

a) Confirm that line is a normal to the curve 1 at point . [4]

b) Other than at point , will line meet the curve 1 again?

[2]
Explain your answer.

c) There are two points on the curve 1 where the gradient is 12.

Find the coordinates of each point.

[3]

d) Find the area, which is shaded on the diagram, that is bounded by

the and axes, line and the curve 1.

All working must be shown.

[6]

This is the end of the test.

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