Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3 (P3) May/June 2016

1 Use logarithms to solve the equation , giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. [4]
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1. x = 0.975,

2 Expand in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x3, simplifying the coefficients. [4]
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2.

3 Find the exact value . [5]

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3. or exact equivalent,

4 The curve with equation has two stationary points. Find the exact values of the coordinates of these points.
[6]
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4. and ,

5 (i) Prove the identity . [4]

(ii) Hence solve the equation
,
for . [4]
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5. (i) correctly proved, (ii) 111.5°, 248.5°,

6 The variables x and satisfy the differential equation

and it is given that x = 3 when .

(i) Solve the differential equation and obtain an expression for x in terms of . [7]
(ii) State the least value taken by x. [1]
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6. (i) , (ii) ,

7 let .
(i) Express in partial fractions. [5]

(ii) Show that . [5]

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

8.

The diagram shows the curve for and part of the curve . When , the tangents to the
curves are parallel.

(i) By differentiating , show that if then . [3]

(ii) By equating the gradients of the curves at , show that

. [2]
(iii) Verify by calculation that a lies between 1 and 1.5. [2]
(iv) Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (ii) to determine a correct to 3 decimal places. Give the result
of each iteration to 5 decimal places. [3]
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8. (i) correctly shown, (ii) correctly shown, (iii) correctly verified, (iv) 1.317 to 3 d.p,

9 The points A, B and C have position vectors, relative to the origin O, given by , and
. A fourth point D is such that the quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram.
(i) Find the position vector of D and verify that the parallelogram is a rhombus. [5]
(ii) The plane p is parallel to OA and the line BC lies in p. Find the equation of p, giving your answer in the form
. [5]
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9. (i) position vector of D = or equivalent, (ii) or equivalent,

10 (a) Showing all necessary working, solve the equation , giving your answers in the form ,
where x and y are real and exact. [5]
(b) (i) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, show the locus representing complex numbers satisfying the equation

. [2]

(ii) Find the complex number represented by the point on the locus where is least. Find the modulus and argument of
this complex number, giving the argument correct to 2 decimal places. [3]
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10. (i) and , (b) (i) correctly shown, (ii) , modulus 2.5, argument = 0.64 (or 36.9°),