Mathematics Mpc4 Unit Pure Core 4

General Certificate of Education
January 2006
Advanced Level Examination
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Wednesday 25 January 2006 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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P80395/Jan06/MPC4 6/6/6/ MPC4
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1 (a) The polynomial f x is defined by f x 3x
3
2x
2
7x 2 .
(i) Find f 1. (1 mark)
(ii) Show that f 2 0 . (1 mark)
(iii) Hence, or otherwise, show that
x 1x 2
3x
3
2x
2
7x 2
1
ax b
where a and b are integers. (3 marks)
(b) The polynomial gx is defined by gx 3x
3
2x
2
7x d .
When gx is divided by 3x 1, the remainder is 2. Find the value of d. (3 marks)
2 A curve is defined by the parametric equations
x 3 4t y 1
2
t
(a) Find
dy
dx
in terms of t. (4 marks)
(b) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where t 2, giving your
answer in the form ax by c 0, where a, b and c are integers. (4 marks)
(c) Verify that the cartesian equation of the curve can be written as
x 3y 1 8 0 (3 marks)
3 It is given that 3 cos y 2 sin y Rcosy a, where R > 0 and 0
<a <90
.
(a) Find the value of R. (1 mark)
(b) Show that a % 33:7
. (2 marks)
(c) Hence write down the maximum value of 3 cos y 2 sin y and find a positive value
of y at which this maximum value occurs. (3 marks)
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4 On 1 January 1900, a sculpture was valued at 80.
When the sculpture was sold on 1 January 1956, its value was 5000.
The value, V, of the sculpture is modelled by the formula V Ak
t
, where t is the time in
years since 1 January 1900 and A and k are constants.
(a) Write down the value of A. (1 mark)
(b) Show that k % 1:07664. (3 marks)
(c) Use this model to:
(i) show that the value of the sculpture on 1 January 2006 will be greater than
200 000; (2 marks)
(ii) find the year in which the value of the sculpture will first exceed 800 000.
(3 marks)
5 (a) (i) Obtain the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
up to and including the term in x
2
.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, show that
1
3 2x
%
1
3
2
9
x
4
27
x
2
for small values of x. (3 marks)
(b) Obtain the binomial expansion of
1
1 x
2
2
.
(2 marks)
(c) Given that
2x
2
3
3 2x1 x
2
can be written in the form
A
3 2x
B
1 x
C
1 x
2
,
find the values of A, B and C.
(5 marks)
(d) Hence find the binomial expansion of
2x
2
3
3 2x1 x
2
up to and including the term
in x
2
.
(3 marks)
Turn over for the next question
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6 (a) Express cos 2x in the form a cos
2
x b , where a and b are constants. (2 marks)
(b) Hence show that
p
2
0
cos
2
x dx
p
a
, where a is an integer. (5 marks)
7 The quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A2, 1, 3, B6, 5, 3, C 6, 1,1 and D2,3,1.
The line l
1
has vector equation r
6
1
1
2
4
3
5
l
1
1
0
2
4
3
5
:
(a) (i) Find the vector AB
3
. (2 marks)
(ii) Show that the line AB is parallel to l
1
. (1 mark)
(iii) Verify that D lies on l
1
. (2 marks)
(b) The line l
2
passes through D2,3,1 and M 4, 1, 1.
(i) Find the vector equation of l
2
. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the angle between l
2
and AC. (3 marks)
8 (a) Solve the differential equation
dx
dt
2x 6
1
2
to find t in terms of x , given that x 70 when t 0. (6 marks)
(b) Liquid fuel is stored in a tank. At time t minutes, the depth of fuel in the tank is
x cm. Initially there is a depth of 70 cm of fuel in the tank. There is a tap 6 cm
above the bottom of the tank. The flow of fuel out of the tank is modelled by the
differential equation
dx
dt
2x 6
1
2
(i) Explain what happens when x 6. (1 mark)
(ii) Find how long it will take for the depth of fuel to fall from 70 cm to 22 cm.
(2 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
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January 2007
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Thursday 25 January 2007 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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x 1 2t, y 1 4t
2
(a) (i) Find
dx
dt
and
dy
dt
. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence find
dy
dx
in terms of t . (2 marks)
(b) Find an equation of the normal to the curve at the point where t 1 . (4 marks)
(c) Find a cartesian equation of the curve. (3 marks)
2 The polynomial f x is defined by f x 2x
3
7x
2
13 .
(a) Use the Remainder Theorem to find the remainder when f x is divided by 2x 3 .
(2 marks)
3
7x
2
13 d , where d is a constant.
Given that 2x 3 is a factor of gx , show that d 4 . (2 marks)
(c) Express gx in the form 2x 3x
2
ax b . (2 marks)
3 (a) Express cos 2x in terms of sin x . (1 mark)
(b) (i) Hence show that 3 sin x cos 2x 2 sin
2
x 3 sin x 1 for all values of x .
(2 marks)
(ii) Solve the equation 3 sin x cos 2x 1 for 0 <x <360 . (4 marks)
(c) Use your answer from part (a) to find
sin
2
x dx . (2 marks)
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4 (a) (i) Express
3x 5
x 3
in the form A
B
x 3
, where A and B are integers. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence find
3x 5
x 3
dx . (2 marks)
(b) (i) Express
6x 5
4x
2
25
in the form
P
2x 5
Q
2x 5
, where P and Q are integers.
(3 marks)
(ii) Hence find
6x 5
4x
2
25
dx . (3 marks)
5 (a) Find the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
3
up to the term in x
2
. (2 marks)
(b) (i) Show that 8 3x
1
3
% 2
1
4
x
1
32
x
2
for small values of x . (3 marks)
(ii) Hence show that
9
3
p
%
599
288
. (2 marks)
6 The points A, B and C have coordinates (3, 2, 4), (5, 4, 0) and (11, 6, 4) respectively.
(a) (i) Find the vector BA
!
. (2 marks)
(ii) Show that the size of angle ABC is cos
1
5
7

. (5 marks)
(b) The line l has equation r
8
3
2
2
4
3
5
l
1
3
2
2
4
3
5
.
(i) Verify that C lies on l . (2 marks)
(ii) Show that AB is parallel to l . (1 mark)
(c) The quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the coordinates of D. (3 marks)
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7 (a) Use the identity
tanA B
tan A tan B
1 tan Atan B
to express tan 2x in terms of tan x . (2 marks)
(b) Show that
2 2 tan x
2 tan x
tan 2x
1 tan x
2
for all values of x , tan 2x 6 0 . (4 marks)
8 (a) (i) Solve the differential equation
dy
dt
y sin t to obtain y in terms of t . (4 marks)
(ii) Given that y 50 when t p , show that y 50e
1cos t
. (3 marks)
(b) A wave machine at a leisure pool produces waves. The height of the water, y cm,
above a fixed point at time t seconds is given by the differential equation
dy
dt
y sin t
(i) Given that this height is 50 cm after p seconds, find, to the nearest centimetre, the
height of the water after 6 seconds. (2 marks)
(ii) Find
d
2
y
dt
2
and hence verify that the water reaches a maximum height after
p seconds. (4 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
January 2008
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Thursday 24 January 2008 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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P1029/Jan08/MPC4 6/6/6/ MPC4
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1 (a) Given that
3
9 x
2
can be expressed in the form k
1
3 x
1
3 x
_ _
, find the value of
the rational number k.
(2 marks)
(b) Show that
_
2
1
3
9 x
2
dx
1
2
ln
a
b
_ _
, where a and b are integers. (3 marks)
3
3x
2
18x 8 .
(i) Use the Factor Theorem to show that 2x 1 is a factor of f x. (2 marks)
(ii) Write f x in the form 2x 1x
2
px q , where p and q are integers.
(2 marks)
(iii) Simplify the algebraic fraction
4x
2
16x
2x
3
3x
2
18x 8
. (2 marks)
(b) Express the algebraic fraction
2x
2
x 5x 3
in the form A
B Cx
x 5x 3
, where
A, B and C are integers.
(4 marks)
3 (a) Obtain the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
2
2
.
(2 marks)
(b) Hence obtain the binomial expansion of
1 x
_
3
2
2
.
(2 marks)
(c) Hence show that
2 3x
8
_
% a bx cx
2
for small values of x, where a, b and c
are constants to be found. (2 marks)
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4 David is researching changes in the selling price of houses. One particular house was sold
on 1 January 1885 for 20. Sixty years later, on 1 January 1945, it was sold for 2000.
David proposes a model
P Ak
t
for the selling price, P, of this house, where t is the time in years after 1 January 1885
and A and k are constants.
(a) (i) Write down the value of A. (1 mark)
(ii) Show that, to six decimal places, k 1:079775 . (2 marks)
(iii) Use the model, with this value of k, to estimate the selling price of this house
on 1 January 2008. Give your answer to the nearest 1000. (2 marks)
(b) For another house, which was sold for 15 on 1 January 1885, David proposes
the model
Q 15 1:082709
t
for the selling price, Q, of this house t years after 1 January 1885. Calculate the year
in which, according to these models, these two houses would have had the same selling
price. (4 marks)
5 A curve is defined by the parametric equations x 2t
1
t
2
, y 2t
1
t
2
.
(a) At the point P on the curve, t
1
2
.
(i) Find the coordinates of P. (2 marks)
(ii) Find an equation of the tangent to the curve at P. (5 marks)
(b) Show that the cartesian equation of the curve can be written as
x yx y
2
k
where k is an integer. (3 marks)
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6 A curve has equation 3xy 2y
2
4 .
Find the gradient of the curve at the point 2, 1. (5 marks)
7 (a) (i) Express 6 sin y 8 cos y in the form Rsiny a , where R>0
and 0 <a <90. Give your value for a to the nearest 0.1. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence solve the equation 6 sin 2x 8 cos 2x 7 , giving all solutions to the
nearest 0.1 in the interval 0 <x <360. (4 marks)
(b) (i) Prove the identity
sin 2x
1 cos 2x
1
tan x
. (4 marks)
(ii) Hence solve the equation
sin 2x
1 cos 2x
tan x
giving all solutions in the interval 0 <x <360. (4 marks)
8 Solve the differential equation
dy
dx
3 cos 3x
y
given that y 2 when x
p
2
. Give your answer in the form y
2
f x . (5 marks)
9 The points A and B lie on the line l
1
and have coordinates 2, 5, 1 and 4, 1, 2 respectively.
!
. (2 marks)
(ii) Find a vector equation of the line l
1
, with parameter l . (1 mark)
(b) The line l
2
has equation r
1
3
1
_
_
_
_
m
1
0
2
_
_
_
_
.
(i) Show that the point P2, 3, 5 lies on l
2
. (2 marks)
(ii) The point Q lies on l
1
and is such that PQ is perpendicular to l
2
. Find the
coordinates of Q. (6 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
January 2009
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Wednesday 21 January 2009 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
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P10952/Jan09/MPC4 6/6/ MPC4
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7x 3 .
(i) Find f 1 . (1 mark)
(ii) Use the Factor Theorem to show that 2x 1 is a factor of f x . (2 marks)
(iii) Simplify the algebraic fraction
4x
3
7x 3
2x
2
3x 1
. (3 marks)
3
7x d . When gx is divided
by 2x 1 , the remainder is 2. Find the value of d. (2 marks)
2 (a) Express sin x 3 cos x in the form Rsinx a , where R>0 and 0 <a <
p
2
. Give
your value of a in radians to two decimal places. (3 marks)
(b) Hence:
(i) write down the minimum value of sin x 3 cos x ; (1 mark)
(ii) find the value of x in the interval 0 <x <2p at which this minimum value occurs,
giving your value of x in radians to two decimal places. (2 marks)
3 (a) (i) Express
2x 7
x 2
in the form A
B
x 2
, where A and B are integers. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence find
2x 7
x 2
dx . (2 marks)
(b) (i) Express
28 4x
2
1 3x5 x
2
in the form
P
1 3x
Q
5 x
R
5 x
2
, where P, Q and
R are constants. (5 marks)
(ii) Hence find
28 4x
2
1 3x5 x
2
dx . (4 marks)
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4 (a) (i) Find the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
2
2
.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence obtain the binomial expansion of
4 x
p
in x
2
. (3 marks)
(b) Use your answer to part (a)(ii) to find an approximate value for
3
p
. Give your answer
to three decimal places. (2 marks)
5 (a) Express sin 2x in terms of sin x and cos x . (1 mark)
(b) Solve the equation
5 sin 2x 3 cos x 0
giving all solutions in the interval 0 4x 4360 to the nearest 0.1, where
appropriate. (4 marks)
(c) Given that sin 2x cos 2x 1 sin x and sin x 6 0 , show that 2cos x sin x 1 .
(4 marks)
6 A curve is defined by the equation x
2
y y
3
2x 1 .
(a) Find the gradient of the curve at the point 2, 1 . (6 marks)
(b) Show that the x-coordinate of any stationary point on this curve satisfies the equation
1
x
3
x 1 (4 marks)
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7 (a) A differential equation is given by
dx
dt
kte
1
2
x
, where k is a positive constant.
(i) Solve the differential equation. (3 marks)
(ii) Hence, given that x 6 when t 0 , show that x 2 ln
kt
2
4
e
3

.
(3 marks)
(b) The population of a colony of insects is decreasing according to the model
dx
dt
kte
1
2
x
, where x thousands is the number of insects in the colony after time
t minutes. Initially, there were 6000 insects in the colony.
Given that k 0:004 , find:
(i) the population of the colony after 10 minutes, giving your answer to the nearest
hundred; (2 marks)
(ii) the time after which there will be no insects left in the colony, giving your answer
to the nearest 0.1 of a minute. (2 marks)
8 The points A and B have coordinates 2, 1, 1 and 3, 1, 2 respectively.
The angle OBA is y, where O is the origin.
!
. (2 marks)
(ii) Show that cos y
5
2
7
p . (4 marks)
(b) The point C is such that OC
!
2OB
!
. The line l is parallel to AB
!
and passes through
the point C. Find a vector equation of l. (2 marks)
(c) The point D lies on l such that angle ODC 90. Find the coordinates of D.
(4 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
January 2010
Mathematics MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Tuesday 19 January 2010 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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P21993/Jan10/MPC4 6/6/6/ MPC4
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19x
2
4 .
(a) (i) Find f 1 . (1 mark)
(ii) Show that 5x 2 is a factor of f x . (2 marks)
(b) Simplify
15x
2
6x
f x
giving your answer in a fully factorised form. (5 marks)
2 (a) Express cos x 3 sin x in the form Rcosx a , where R>0 and 0 <a <
p
2
. Give
your value of a, in radians, to three decimal places. (3 marks)
(b) (i) Hence write down the minimum value of cos x 3 sin x . (1 mark)
(ii) Find the value of x in the interval 0 4x 42p at which this minimum occurs,
giving your answer, in radians, to three decimal places. (2 marks)
(c) Solve the equation cos x 3 sin x 2 in the interval 0 4x 42p , giving all solutions,
in radians, to three decimal places. (4 marks)
1
3
2
.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence find the binomial expansion of
_
1
3
4
x
_
1
3
in x
2
. (2 marks)
(b) Hence show that
256
4 3x
3
_
% a bx cx
2
for small values of x, stating the values of
the constants a, b and c. (3 marks)
3
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4 The expression
10x
2
8
x 15x 1
can be written in the form 2
A
x 1
B
5x 1
, where A
and B are constants.
(a) Find the values of A and B. (4 marks)
(b) Hence find
_
10x
2
8
x 15x 1
dx . (4 marks)
5 A curve is defined by the equation
x
2
xy e
y
Find the gradient at the point 1, 0 on this curve. (5 marks)
6 (a) (i) Express sin 2y and cos 2y in terms of sin y and cos y . (2 marks)
(ii) Given that 0 <y <
p
2
and cos y
3
5
, show that sin 2y
24
25
and find the value
of cos 2y . (2 marks)
(b) A curve has parametric equations
x 3 sin 2y, y 4 cos 2y
(i) Find
dy
dx
in terms of y . (3 marks)
(ii) At the point P on the curve, cos y
3
5
and 0 <y <
p
2
. Find an equation of the
tangent to the curve at the point P. (3 marks)
dy
dx
1
y
cos
x
3
_ _
, given that y 1 when x
p
2
.
Write your answer in the form y
2
f x . (6 marks)
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8 The points A, B and C have coordinates 2, 1, 5 , 0, 5, 9 and 9, 2, 3
respectively.
The line l has equation r
2
1
5
_
_
_
_
l
1
3
2
_
_
_
_
.
(a) Verify that the point B lies on the line l. (2 marks)
(b) Find the vector BC
!
. (2 marks)
(c) The point D is such that AD
!
2BC
!
.
(i) Show that D has coordinates 20, 7, 19 . (2 marks)
(ii) The point P lies on l where l p . The line PD is perpendicular to l. Find the
value of p. (5 marks)
9 A botanist is investigating the rate of growth of a certain species of toadstool. She observes
that a particular toadstool of this type has a height of 57 millimetres at a time 12 hours after
it begins to grow.
She proposes the model h A 1 e
1
4
t
_ _
, where A is a constant, for the height
h millimetres of the toadstool, t hours after it begins to grow.
(a) Use this model to:
(i) find the height of the toadstool when t 0 ; (1 mark)
(ii) show that A 60 , correct to two significant figures. (2 marks)
(b) Use the model h 60 1 e
1
4
t
_ _
to:
(i) show that the time T hours for the toadstool to grow to a height of 48 millimetres
is given by
T a ln b
where a and b are integers; (3 marks)
(ii) show that
dh
dt
15
h
4
; (3 marks)
(iii) find the height of the toadstool when it is growing at a rate of 13 millimetres
per hour. (1 mark)
END OF QUESTIONS
June 2006
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Thursday 15 June 2006 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
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P85556/Jun06/MPC4 6/6/6/ MPC4
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1 (a) The polynomial px is defined by px 6x
3
19x
2
9x 10 .
(i) Find p2. (1 mark)
(ii) Use the Factor Theorem to show that 2x 1 is a factor of px . (3 marks)
(iii) Write px as the product of three linear factors. (2 marks)
(b) Hence simplify
3x
2
6x
6x
3
19x
2
9x 10
. (2 marks)
2 (a) Obtain the binomial expansion of 1 x
3
2
.
(2 marks)
(b) Hence obtain the binomial expansion of 1
5
2
x

3
in x
2
. (2 marks)
(c) Find the range of values of x for which the binomial expansion of 1
5
2
x

3
would
be valid.
(2 marks)
(d) Given that x is small, show that
4
2 5x

3
% a bx cx
2
, where a, b and c are
integers. (2 marks)
3 (a) Given that
9x
2
6x 5
3x 1x 1
can be written in the form 3
A
3x 1
B
x 1
, where A
and B are integers, find the values of A and B. (4 marks)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find
9x
2
6x 5
3x 1x 1
dx . (4 marks)
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4 (a) (i) Express sin 2x in terms of sin x and cos x . (1 mark)
(ii) Express cos 2x in terms of cos x . (1 mark)
(b) Show that
sin 2x tan x tan x cos 2x
for all values of x . (3 marks)
(c) Solve the equation sin 2x tan x 0, giving all solutions in degrees in the interval
0 <x <360 . (4 marks)
5 A curve is defined by the equation
y
2
xy 3x
2
5 0
(a) Find the y-coordinates of the two points on the curve where x 1 . (3 marks)
(b) (i) Show that
dy
dx
y 6x
2y x
. (6 marks)
(ii) Find the gradient of the curve at each of the points where x 1 . (2 marks)
(iii) Show that, at the two stationary points on the curve, 33x
2
5 0 . (3 marks)
6 The points A and B have coordinates 2, 4, 1 and 3, 2, 1 respectively. The point C is
such that OC
3
2OB
3
, where O is the origin.
(a) Find the vectors:
(i) OC
3
; (1 mark)
(ii) AB
3
. (2 marks)
(b) (i) Show that the distance between the points A and C is 5 . (2 marks)
(ii) Find the size of angle BAC, giving your answer to the nearest degree. (4 marks)
(c) The point Pa, b, g is such that BP is perpendicular to AC .
Show that 4a 3g 15 . (3 marks)
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dy
dx
6xy
2
given that y 1 when x 2 . Give your answer in the form y f x . (6 marks)
8 A disease is spreading through a colony of rabbits. There are 5000 rabbits in the colony.
At time t hours, x is the number of rabbits infected. The rate of increase of the number of
rabbits infected is proportional to the product of the number of rabbits infected and the
number not yet infected.
(a) (i) Formulate a differential equation for
dx
dt
in terms of the variables x and t and a
constant of proportionality k . (2 marks)
(ii) Initially, 1000 rabbits are infected and the disease is spreading at a rate of
200 rabbits per hour. Find the value of the constant k .
(You are not required to solve your differential equation.) (2 marks)
(b) The solution of the differential equation in this model is
t 4 ln
4x
5000 x

(i) Find the time after which 2500 rabbits will be infected, giving your answer in
hours to one decimal place. (2 marks)
(ii) Find, according to this model, the number of rabbits infected after 30 hours.
(4 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
June 2007
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Monday 18 June 2007 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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1 (a) Find the remainder when 2x
2
x 3 is divided by 2x 1 . (2 marks)
(b) Simplify the algebraic fraction
2x
2
x 3
x
2
1
. (3 marks)
1
up to the term in x
3
. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, obtain the binomial expansion of
1
1 3x
up to the term
in x
3
.
(2 marks)
(b) Express
1 4x
1 x1 3x
in partial fractions. (3 marks)
(c) (i) Find the binomial expansion of
1 4x
1 x1 3x
up to the term in x
3
. (3 marks)
(ii) Find the range of values of x for which the binomial expansion of
1 4x
1 x1 3x
is valid. (2 marks)
3 (a) Express 4 cos x 3 sin x in the form Rcosx a , where R>0 and 0 <a <360 ,
giving your value for a to the nearest 0.1. (3 marks)
(b) Hence solve the equation 4 cos x 3 sin x 2 in the interval 0 <x <360, giving all
solutions to the nearest 0.1. (4 marks)
(c) Write down the minimum value of 4 cos x 3 sin x and find the value of x in the
interval 0 <x <360 at which this minimum value occurs. (3 marks)
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4 A biologist is researching the growth of a certain species of hamster. She proposes that the
length, x cm, of a hamster t days after its birth is given by
x 15 12e
t
14
(a) Use this model to find:
(i) the length of a hamster when it is born; (1 mark)
(ii) the length of a hamster after 14 days, giving your answer to three significant
figures. (2 marks)
(b) (i) Show that the time for a hamster to grow to 10 cm in length is given by
t 14 ln
a
b
_ _
, where a and b are integers.
(3 marks)
(ii) Find this time to the nearest day. (1 mark)
(c) (i) Show that
dx
dt
1
14
15 x (3 marks)
(ii) Find the rate of growth of the hamster, in cm per day, when its length is 8 cm.
(1 mark)
5 The point P(1, a) , where a >0 , lies on the curve y 4x 5x
2
y
2
.
(a) Show that a 1 . (2 marks)
(b) Find the gradient of the curve at P. (7 marks)
(c) Find an equation of the tangent to the curve at P. (1 mark)
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6 A curve is given by the parametric equations
x cos y y sin 2y
(a) (i) Find
dx
dy
and
dy
dy
. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the gradient of the curve at the point where y
p
6
. (2 marks)
(b) Show that the cartesian equation of the curve can be written as
y
2
kx
2
1 x
2

7 The lines l
1
and l
2
have equations r
8
6
9
_
_
_
_
l
3
3
1
_
_
_
_
and r
4
0
11
_
_
_
_
m
1
2
3
_
_
_
_
respectively.
(a) Show that l
1
and l
2
are perpendicular. (2 marks)
(b) Show that l
1
and l
2
intersect and find the coordinates of the point of intersection, P.
(5 marks)
(c) The point A(4, 0, 11) lies on l
2
. The point B on l
1
is such that AP BP.
Find the length of AB. (4 marks)
dy
dx
1 2y
_
x
2
given that y 4 when x 1 . (6 marks)
(b) Show that the solution can be written as y
1
2
15
8
x
1
x
2
_ _
. (2 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
June 2008
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Thursday 12 June 2008 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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9x 2 .
(a) Find the remainder when f x is divided by 3x 1 . (2 marks)
(b) (i) Show that f
2
3
0 . (1 mark)
(ii) Express f x as a product of three linear factors. (4 marks)
(iii) Simplify
27x
3
9x 2
9x
2
3x 2
(2 marks)
2 A curve is defined, for t 6 0 , by the parametric equations
x 4t 3, y
1
2t
1
At the point P on the curve, t
1
2
.
(a) Find the gradient of the curve at the point P. (4 marks)
(b) Find an equation of the normal to the curve at the point P. (3 marks)
(c) Find a cartesian equation of the curve. (3 marks)
3 (a) By writing sin 3x as sinx 2x , show that sin 3x 3 sin x 4 sin
3
x for all values
of x. (5 marks)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find
sin
3
x dx . (3 marks)
4 (a) (i) Obtain the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
4
2
.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence show that 81 16x
1
4
% 3
4
27
x
8
729
x
2
for small values of x .
(3 marks)
(b) Use the result from part (a)(ii) to find an approximation for
80
4
p
, giving your answer
to seven decimal places. (2 marks)
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5 (a) The angle a is acute and sin a
4
5
.
(i) Find the value of cos a . (1 mark)
(ii) Express cosa b in terms of sin b and cos b . (2 marks)
(iii) Given also that the angle b is acute and cos b
5
13
, find the exact value
of cosa b . (2 marks)
(b) (i) Given that tan 2x 1 , show that tan
2
x 2 tan x 1 0 . (2 marks)
(ii) Hence, given that tan 45 1 , show that tan 22
1
2

2
p
1 . (3 marks)
6 (a) Express
2
x
2
1
in the form
A
x 1
B
x 1
. (3 marks)
(b) Hence find
2
x
2
1
dx . (2 marks)
(c) Solve the differential equation
dy
dx
2y
3x
2
1
, given that y 1 when x 3 .
Show that the solution can be written as y
3
2x 1
x 1
. (5 marks)
7 The coordinates of the points A and B are 3, 2, 1 and 5, 3, 0 respectively.
The line l has equation r
5
3
0
2
4
3
5
l
1
0
3
2
4
3
5
.
(a) Find the distance between A and B. (2 marks)
(b) Find the acute angle between the lines AB and l. Give your answer to the nearest
degree. (5 marks)
(c) The points B and C lie on l such that the distance AC is equal to the distance AB. Find
the coordinates of C. (5 marks)
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8 (a) The number of fish in a lake is decreasing. After t years, there are x fish in the lake.
The rate of decrease of the number of fish is proportional to the number of fish
currently in the lake.
(i) Formulate a differential equation, in the variables x and t and a constant of
proportionality k, where k >0 , to model the rate at which the number of fish in
the lake is decreasing. (2 marks)
(ii) At a certain time, there were 20 000 fish in the lake and the rate of decrease was
500 fish per year. Find the value of k. (2 marks)
(b) The equation
P 2000 Ae
0:05t
is proposed as a model for the number of fish, P, in another lake, where t is the time in
years and A is a positive constant.
On 1 January 2008, a biologist estimated that there were 700 fish in this lake.
(i) Taking 1 January 2008 as t 0, find the value of A. (1 mark)
(ii) Hence find the year during which, according to this model, the number of fish in
this lake will first exceed 1900. (4 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
June 2009
MATHEMATICS MPC4
Unit Pure Core 4
Thursday 11 June 2009 9.00 am to 10.30 am
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1 (a) Use the Remainder Theorem to find the remainder when 3x
3
8x
2
3x 5 is divided
by 3x 1 . (2 marks)
(b) Express
3x
3
8x
2
3x 5
3x 1
in the form ax
2
bx
c
3x 1
, where a, b and c
are integers. (3 marks)
x
1
t
, y t
1
2t
(a) Find
dy
dx
in terms of t. (4 marks)
(b) Find an equation of the normal to the curve at the point where t 1 . (4 marks)
(c) Show that the cartesian equation of the curve can be written in the form
x
2
2xy k 0
3 (a) Find the binomial expansion of 1 x
1
2
.
(2 marks)
(b) (i) Express
3x 1
1 x2 3x
in the form
A
1 x
B
2 3x
, where A and B are integers.
(3 marks)
(ii) Find the binomial expansion of
3x 1
1 x2 3x
in x
2
. (6 marks)
(c) Find the range of values of x for which the binomial expansion of
3x 1
1 x2 3x
is valid. (2 marks)
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4 A car depreciates in value according to the model
V Ak
t
where V is the value of the car t months from when it was new, and A and k are constants.
Its value when new was 12 499 and 36 months later its value was 7000.
(a) (i) Write down the value of A. (1 mark)
(ii) Show that the value of k is 0.984 025, correct to six decimal places. (2 marks)
(b) The value of this car first dropped below 5000 during the nth month from new. Find
the value of n. (3 marks)
5 A curve is defined by the equation 4x
2
y
2
4 3xy .
Find the gradient at the point 1, 3 on this curve. (5 marks)
6 (a) (i) Show that the equation 3 cos 2x 7 cos x 5 0 can be written in the form
a cos
2
x b cos x c 0 , where a, b and c are integers. (3 marks)
(ii) Hence find the possible values of cos x . (2 marks)
(b) (i) Express 7 sin y 3 cos y in the form Rsiny a , where R>0 and a is an
acute angle. Give your value of a to the nearest 0.1 . (3 marks)
(ii) Hence solve the equation 7 sin y 3 cos y 4 for all solutions in the interval
0 4y 4360 , giving y to the nearest 0.1 . (3 marks)
(c) (i) Given that b is an acute angle and that tan b 2
2
p
, show that cos b
1
3
.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence show that sin 2b p
2
p
, where p is a rational number. (2 marks)
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7 The points A and B have coordinates 3, 2, 5 and 4, 0, 1 respectively.
The line l
1
has equation r
6
1
5
2
4
3
5
l
2
1
4
2
4
3
5
.
(a) Find the distance between the points A and B. (2 marks)
(b) Verify that B lies on l
1
. (2 marks)
(c) The line l
2
passes through A and has equation r
3
2
5
2
4
3
5
m
1
3
8
2
4
3
5
.
The lines l
1
and l
2
intersect at the point C. Show that the points A, B and C form an
isosceles triangle. (6 marks)
dx
dt
150 cos 2t
x
given that x 20 when t
p
4
, giving your solution in the form x
2
f t . (6 marks)
(b) The oscillations of a baby bouncy cradle are modelled by the differential equation
dx
dt
150 cos 2t
x
where x cm is the height of the cradle above its base t seconds after the cradle begins to
oscillate.
Given that the cradle is 20 cm above its base at time t
p
4
seconds, find:
(i) the height of the cradle above its base 13 seconds after it starts oscillating, giving
your answer to the nearest millimetre; (2 marks)
(ii) the time at which the cradle will first be 11 cm above its base, giving your answer
to the nearest tenth of a second. (2 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS

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