Professional Documents
Culture Documents
9231/01
FURTHER MATHEMATICS
May/June 2008
Paper 1
3 hours
*8437663496*
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
Graph Paper
List of Formulae (MF10)
UCLES 2008
[Turn over
2
1
The finite region enclosed by the line y = kx, where k is a positive constant, the x-axis for 0 x h,
and the line x = h is rotated through 1 complete revolution about the x-axis. Prove by integration that
the centroid of the resulting cone is at a distance 34 h from the origin O.
[4]
[The volume of a cone of height h and base radius r is 13 r2 h.]
Given that
un = ln
1 + xn+1
,
1 + xn
un in terms of N and x.
[3]
n=1
u1 + u2 + u3 + . . .
when
[1]
(ii) x = 1.
[1]
Show that if is an eigenvalue of the square matrix A with e as a corresponding eigenvector, and is
an eigenvalue of the square matrix B for which e is also a corresponding eigenvector, then + is an
eigenvalue of the matrix A + B with e as a corresponding eigenvector.
[2]
The matrix
3
A = 4
5
1
6
11
0
6
10
1
has 1 as an eigenvector. Find the corresponding eigenvalue.
1
[1]
1
1
The other two eigenvalues of A are 1 and 2, with corresponding eigenvectors 2 and 1
3
2
1
1
respectively. The matrix B has eigenvalues 2, 3, 1 with corresponding eigenvectors 1 , 2 ,
1
3
1
1 respectively. Find a matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that (A + B)4 = PDP1 .
[3]
2
[You are not required to evaluate P1 .]
UCLES 2008
9231/01/M/J/08
3
4
r = +2
r = 2
and
respectively, where 0 .
[2]
[2]
[3]
The equation
x3 + x 1 = 0
has roots , , . Show that the equation with roots 3 , 3 , 3 is
y3 3y2 + 4y 1 = 0.
[4]
[3]
x = 4t t 2
and
y = 1 et ,
d2 y
with respect to x over the interval 0 x
dx2
4e
12
3
.
21
[4]
7
4
is
[4]
r=1
for all n 1.
[5]
Use this result together with the List of Formulae (MF10) to prove that
n
r=1
UCLES 2008
9231/01/M/J/08
[3]
[Turn over
4
8
In =
tn sin t dt,
n1
In = n n(n 1)In2 .
2
[5]
(ii) A curve C in the x-y plane is defined parametrically in terms of t. It is given that
dx
= t4 (1 cos 2t)
dt
dy
= t4 sin 2t.
dt
and
Find the length of the arc of C from the point where t = 0 to the point where t = 12 .
9
[5]
y=
x2 2x +
,
x+1
where is a constant. Show that the equations of the asymptotes of C are independent of .
[3]
Find the value of for which the x-axis is a tangent to C, and sketch C in this case.
[4]
Sketch C in the case = 4, giving the exact coordinates of the points of intersection of C with the
x-axis.
[3]
10
By considering
n=1
cos(2n 1) =
n=1
sin(2N )
,
2 sin
where sin 0.
[6]
Deduce that
N
(2n 1) sin
n=1
11
(2n 1)
= N cosec .
N
N
[4]
Show that, with a suitable value of the constant , the substitution y = x w reduces the differential
equation
2x2
d2 y
dy
+ (3x2 + 8x) + (x2 + 6x + 4)y = f(x)
2
dx
dx
to
2
d2 w
dw
+3
+ w = f(x).
2
dx
dx
Find the general solution for y in the case where f(x) = 6 sin 2x + 7 cos 2x.
UCLES 2008
9231/01/M/J/08
[5]
[6]
5
12
3i + 5j 2k,
2i + 6j + 3k,
2i + 7j + k
respectively. It is given that the shortest distance between the line AB and the line CD is 3.
(i) Show that 2 5 + 4 = 0.
[7]
(ii) Find the acute angle between the planes through A, B, D corresponding to the values of
satisfying the equation in part (i).
[7]
OR
2
3
0
3
1
1
3
4
1
0
.
1
1
[3]
1
1
2
1 3 1
, , are linearly independent.
(ii) Show that the vectors
1
0
3
0
3
4
[4]
[1]
[1]
x
y
belongs to W then y t 0.
(v) Show that if the vector
[5]
UCLES 2008
9231/01/M/J/08
6
BLANK PAGE
9231/01/M/J/08
7
BLANK PAGE
9231/01/M/J/08
8
BLANK PAGE
Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable
effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will
be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.
University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.
9231/01/M/J/08