Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3 (P3) February/March 2016

1 Solve the equation , giving your answer in an exact form. [3]

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1. or exact equivalent,

2 Express the equation as a quadratic equation in . Hence solve this equation for
. [6]
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2. ,

3 The equation has one positive root.

(i) Verify by calculation that this root lies between 1 and 2. [2]
(ii) Show that the equation can be rearranged in the form

. [1]
(iii) Use an iterative formula based on this rearrangement to determine the positive root correct to 2 decimal places. Give
the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places. [3]
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3. (i) correctly verified, (ii) correctly shown, (iii) 1.78 to 2 d.p,

4 The polynomial , where a is a constant, is denoted by . It is given that is a factor of .

(i) Find the value of a. [2]
(ii) When a has this value,
(a) factorise , [2]
(b) solve the inequality , justifying your answer. [3]
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4. (i) a = 3, (ii)(a) , (b)

5 Let .

(i) Using the substitution , show that . [3]

(ii) Hence find the exact value . [4]
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5. (i) correctly shown, (ii) or exact equivalent,

6 A curve has equation

,

For .

(i) Find in terms of x and y. [5]

(ii) Hence find the exact x-coordinate of the point on the curve at which the tangent is parallel to the x-axis. [3]
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6. (i) , (ii) or exact equivalent,

7 The variables x and y satisfy the differential equation

,
and it is given that when .
(i) Solve the differential equation and obtain an expression for y in terms of x. [7]
(ii) Explain briefly why x can only take values less than 1. [1]
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7. (i) or equivalent, (ii) Justify the given statement,

8 The line l has equation . The plane p has equation .

(i) Show that l is parallel to p. [3]
(ii) A line m lies in the plane p and is perpendicular to l. The line m passes through the point with coordinates (5, 3, 1).
Find a vector equation for m. [6]
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8. (i) correctly shown, (ii) or equivalent,

9 Let .

(i) Express in the form . [5]

(ii) Show that . [5]

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9. (i) , (ii) correctly shown,

10 (a) Find the complex number satisfying the equation z* + 1 = 2iz, where denotes the complex
conjugate of . Give your answer in the form , where x and y are real. [5]
(b) (i) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, shade the region whose points represent complex numbers satisfying the

inequalities and , where denotes the imaginary part of . [4]

(ii) Determine the difference between the greatest and least values of for points lying in this region. [2]
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10. (i) , (b)(i) centre = , radius = 1, Show the line , Shade the correct region, (ii) 0.588
radians (or 33.7°),