ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE

JC1 Promotional Examination 2006

MATHEMATICS 9740
Higher 2

4th October 2006 3 hours

Name : PDG: / 06

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diagrams or graphs.

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angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

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required to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator
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Anderson Junior College
JC1 Promotional Examination 2006
H2 Mathematics
Answer all questions.

tan 2 x
1. (a) Differentiate ln with respect to x. [2]
x2 + 1
1
(b) Using the substitution x = 2sec θ , find ∫x 2
x2 − 4
dx. [3]

1 1
2. Solve the inequality ≥ , where a > 0 . [3]
a+x a−x
1 1
Hence solve ≥ . [2]
1+ 2x 1 − 2x

3. The figure shows the model of a building with a total volume of 4750π cm3. It
consists of three cylindrical sections with base radius of 5cm, 10cm and 15cm
respectively. The height of the middle section is two-fifths the height of the model.
If the shaded curved surface area required for painting is 900π cm2, find the height
of this model.

[5]

1
4. (i) Show that the first three non-zero terms in the expansion of  8 − 1 3 in ascending powers of x are
3
x 

a
in the form + bx 2 + cx 5 where a, b and c are constants to be determined. [3]
x
2
(ii) By putting x = in your result, obtain an approximation for 3
26 in the form of a fraction in its
3
lowest terms. [2]
A student put x = 6 into the expansion to obtain an approximation of 3
26 . Comment on the
3
suitability of this choice of x for the approximation of 26 . [2]

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5. A chicken farmer has 1000 chickens that cost $0.50 per chicken per week to rear at the start of each
week. On the last day of every week, he sells exactly k chickens (where k is a positive integer and
1000 is divisible by k) to a restaurant. In the first week, the price of each chicken is $12. After each
week, the price of the remaining chickens drops by 5% of the existing price. The sale continues until
the farmer has sold all of his 1000 chickens.
(a) Show that, when he has sold all his chickens, the total cost of rearing the chickens is $

250
(1000 + k ) . [3]
k
(b) Hence, when k = 40 , determine whether the farmer has made a profit or a loss when he has sold all
his chickens. [4]

6. A curve C is defined by the parametric equations x = t 2 (t + 1), y = 4t − 5, t ≥ 0 .

(i) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve C at the point where y = −5 . [3]
(ii) Find the equation of the normal to the curve C when t = 2 and hence show that this normal does
not intersect the curve C again. [4]

1 A B
7. (i) Express in the form + . [1]
(2r − 1)(2r + 3) 2r − 1 2r + 3
1 1 1 1
(ii) Hence find the sum of + + +K + . [3]
1× 5 3 × 7 5 × 9 (2n − 1)(2n + 3)
n
1
(iii) Deduce the value of ∑ (2r + 1)(2r + 5) . [3]
r =1

n −1
1 1
8. A sequence u1 , u2 , u3 K is such that u1 = 2 and ur +1 = ur + . Prove by induction that u n = 3 −  
2r 2

for all n ∈ ¢ + . [4]

Hence,
(i) find the limit of the sequence. [1]
2N
(ii) find ∑ ( ur + N ) . [3]
r=N
9. Factory A uses a number of raw materials to produce their product U-Gallop. The amount of waste
produced, y m3, is related to the volume x m3 of a particular raw material Super B, by the equation

( x − a)2
3y = + 2a where a is a positive constant. The factory uses Super B at a rate of 2x m3s-1.
y
Find in terms of a,
(i) the rate of waste produced, when the factory uses 2a m3 of Super B. [5]
(ii) the minimum volume of waste produced, and the corresponding volume of Super B used.
[3]

10. (i) By writing x = A(1 − x) + B , where A and B are constants to be determined, prove that

∫ 0
4
x
1− x
dx =
1
12
(
16 − 9 3 )
1
(ii) Hence, find the exact value of ∫ 0
4
( )
x sin −1 x dx [8]

11. The functions f and g are defined as follows:

x+2
f :xa , x ∈ ¡ \ { 2}
x−2
g : x a 2 + e− x , x > 0
(i) Sketch the graph of f and give its range. [3]
(ii) Prove that the composite function fg exists. [2]
x+2
(iii) Given that f1 : x a , x ∈ S , find the set S in the form { x ∈ ¡ , a ≤ x < b} such that f1−1
x−2

exists and f1 has the same range as f. Find the function f1−1 . [4]
12. The diagram shows the region R bounded by the curve C

3e x y 3e x
with equation y = and the line y = 3 . M is y= a
3e x − 2 3e x − 2

point of intersection of C and the line y = 3 . M

y =3

2 0 x
ln
3

(i) Find the exact value of the x-coordinate of the point M. [2]
(ii) Show that the area of the region R is 3ln 2 − 2 . [3]
(iii) Find the exact volume of the solid generated when R is rotated through 2π about the x-axis.
(You may consider the use of the substitution u = e x .) [6]

k+2
13. The curve C has equation y = x + k + , where k is a constant. Find the range of values of k for
x−k
which the curve C cuts the x-axis at two distinct points. [3]

Given that k = 2,
(i) Sketch the curve C, stating its asymptotes, stationary points and axial intercepts if
any.
[3]
(ii) The two asymptotes of C intersect at point P. Show that P lies on the line y = mx + ( 4 − 2m ) for
all real values of m.

Hence, state the range of values of m for which the line y = mx + ( 4 − 2m ) does not cut the
curve C. [4]
(iii) The curve Q has parametric equations x = t + 4 and y = a − t 2 , where a is a real constant. Find
the Cartesian equation of Q.
Hence, state the range of values of a for which the curves C and Q have exactly one point of
intersection. [3]
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