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1 PAPER 1 QUESTIONS SPECIMEN PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPM 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PAPER 1 ANSWER STPM 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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This is a document which shows all the STPM Mathematics (M) questions from year 2013 to year A 2013 using L TEX. Students should use this document as reference and try all the questions if possible. Students are encourage to contact me via email1 or facebook2 . Students also encourage to send me your collection of papers or questions by email because i am collecting various type of papers. All papers are welcomed.
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Section A [45 marks] Answer all questions in this section. 1. The function f is dened by f (x) = ln(1 2x), x < 0. (a) Find f 1 , and state its domain. (b) Sketch, on the same axes, the graphs of f and f
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(c) Determine whether there is any value of x for which f (x) = f 2. The sequence u1 , u2 , u3 , . . . is dened by un+1 = 3un , u1 = 2. (a) Write down the rst ve terms of the sequence.
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4. Find the gradients of the curve y 3 + y = x3 + x2 at the points where the curve meets the coordinate axes. [6 marks] 5. Show that
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6. The variables x and y , where x, y > 0, are related by the dierential equation 2y dy + y2 = . dx x
Solve this dierential equation, and hence, nd y , in terms of x, with the condition that y = 1 when x = 1. [6 marks]
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Lee Kian Keong Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section.
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1 + ax , where |b| < 1, in ascending powers of x up to the term in x3 . Determine 1 + bx the set of values of x for which both the expansions are valid. [7 marks] 2 If the two expansions are identical up to the term in x ,
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(a) determine the values of a and b, [3 marks] 212 1 3 (b) use x = to obtain the approximation 81 . [3 marks] 8 49 (c) nd, correct to ve decimal places, the dierence between the terms in x3 for the two expansions 1 with x = . [2 marks] 8 8. Sketch, on the same axes, the curve y 2 = x and the straight line y = 2 x, showing the coordinates of the points of intersection. [4 marks] (a) State whether the curve y 2 = x has a turning point. Justify your answer.
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(b) Calculate the area of the region bounded by the curve y = x and the straight line y = 2 x.
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(c) Calculate the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by the curve y 2 = x and the straight line y = 2 x completely about the x-axis. [5 marks]
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Section A [45 marks] Answer all questions in this section. 1 x e ex , where x R. 2
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8(= 2. Write the innite recurring decimal 0.131 0.13181818 . . .) as the sum of a constant and a geometric series. Hence, express the recurring decimal as a fraction in its lowest terms. [4 marks] 5 3. Given that matrix M = 4 2 4 5 2 2 2. 2
Show that there exist non-zero constants a and b such that M2 = aM + bI, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix. [6 marks] Hence, nd the inverse of the matrix M. [3 marks] 3x2 + x . Find lim 1 f (x) and lim f (x). x 8x 3 x 3
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6. The variables x and y , where x, y > 0 are related by the dierential equation xy dy + y 2 = 3x4 . dx
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and nd u2 in terms of x. [9 marks] Hence, nd the particular solution of the original dierential equation which satises the condition y = 2 when x = 1. [3 marks]
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Lee Kian Keong Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section.
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7. (a) Express
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Hence, use the method of dierences to nd the sum of the rst (n 1) terms, Sn1 , of the series 1 1 1 1 + + + ... + + ..., 2 3 3 8 4 15 r(r2 1) and deduce Sn .
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1 Sn < 0.0025. 4 3x 1 is shown below. (x + 1)3 (a) Write the equations of the asymptotes of the graph. 5
1 (b) Explain why the series converges to , and determine the smallest value of n such that 4
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(b) Determine the coordinates of the points A and B . Hence, state dy i. the set of values of x when 0, dx
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ii. the intervals where the graph is concave upward. [1 marks] 3x 1 , determine the set of values of k for which the equation (c) Using the above graph of y = (x + 1)3 3 3x 1 k (x + 1) = 0 i. has three distinct real roots, ii. has only one positive root.
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