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H2 Mathematics

Year 1/2012

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CT: 12_______

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Chapter 0 Assignment
In this assignment, you are required to answer questions 1 to 26 and check your answer from
the AsknLearn portal. You can consult your tutor if you have any doubts.
Q1 5 are multiple choice questions. You are to choose the option that best represents the correct
answer out of the 5 possible options.
1.

2.

3.

The set of non-negative integers can be represented by the set

(A) {,3,2,1,0,1,2,3,} (B) {n Z : n 0} (C) {n Z : n > 0}
(D) {n Z : n < 0} (E) Z+
The value of ( 4 ) is
(A) 16 (B) 4 (C) 4
2

4.

)(

For a 0, a m a n is equal to
(A) a m + n

5.

(E) undefined

1
is defined for all real values of x except
x x 1 x2 + 2
(B) 1 only (C) 2 only (D) 0 and 1 only (E) 0 and 2 only

The expression
(A) 0 only

(D) 4

(B) a m n

(C) a mn

(D) a

x
For x > 0, y > 0, ln is the same as
y
ln x
(B) ln x + ln y (C) ln x ln y
(A)
ln y

(E) none of the above

(D)

ln x
y

(E)

x
ln y

Q6 11 are statements which are either true or false. State whether each of the following
statements is true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make it true.

6.

For a > 0, (a m ) = a mn .

7.

ln x 2 = 2 ln x for all real values of x.

8.

For x > 0, y > 0, x > y ln x > ln y .

9.

x > y x 2 > y 2 for all real values of x and y.

10.

x 2 = x for all real values of x.

11. x 2 = y 2 x = y for all real values of x and y.

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Q12 26 are questions that require working. Show your workings clearly.

12. Given that 4 is a root of the equation x3 + 4x2 + kx 4 = 0, find the value of k and hence solve
the equation completely.
13. Show that for all x R, 4x2 + 4x cannot be less than a certain value and find this value. Deduce
the range of values of c such that the line y = c cuts the graph of y = 4x2 + 4x at exactly 2 points.
14. Find the range of values of k for which kx2 + 8x > 6 k for all real values of x.
15. Express

1
as a sum of partial fractions.
x 2x2 + x 2
3

16. Find the solution set of the following inequalities:

(b) ln x < 1
(a) ln ( x + 1) ln 2
17. Prove that for all x > 0, eln x = x .
18. Solve the following equations:
(a) x 1 = 2

(b) e x

=1

(c) e x =

1
2

(d) ln x 2 = 4

19. Write down the exact value of each of the following:

5
(a) sin 240 (b) tan(60) (c) cos
(d) sin n (n Z) (e) cos n (n Z)
3

1
where
< x < , find, without the use of a calculator, the exact values of
2
2
cos x, tan x, sin 2x and tan 2x.

20. Given that sin x =

21. Solve the following trigonometric equations:

3
(a) sin 2 x =
(0 < x 2) (b) tan (x 30 ) = 1 ( 180 < x < 180 )
2
22. Solve the following trigonometric inequalities for 0 x :
1
(a) tan 2 x 3
(b) cos 2 x >
2
23. In a right-angled triangle ABC, B = 90
Hence deduce the exact value of

and A = . Show that sin (90 ) = cos .

cos 20
.
cos 20 + sin 70

24. Prove that sin ( x + y )sin ( x y ) = sin 2 x sin 2 y . Deduce that sin 15 sin 75 =

1
.
4

25. Prove the following trigonometric identities:

1

sin x
1
(b)
(a) cos 4 x = (3 + 4 cos 2 x + cos 4 x )
= 2 cos x ( 0 < x < )
8
2
2
(1 cos x )
26. Solve the equation sin x + sin 2 x + sin 3 x = 0 for 0 < x < 360 .

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Q27 29 may be attempted after you have studied the topic Functions.

4
27. Evaluate cos tan 1 exactly.
3

28. If y = sin 1 x , prove that sec y =

1
1 x2

1
29. Given that = cos 1 x where x > 0, find, in terms of x,
4
(i) sin , (ii) cot , (iii) sin 2
Q30 35 are optional questions for the interested student

30.

Prove that the roots of ax2 + bx a3 = 0 (a 0) cannot have the same sign. If and are the
roots of the above equation, find 2 + 2 in terms of a and b.

31. If a, b and c are odd integers, prove that ax2 + bx + c = 0 cannot have rational solutions.
32. Prove that the only solutions of the equation cos10x sin10x = 1 are of the form
n where n Z.
33. In triangle ABC the bisector of angle A meets BC at D.
BD
BA
=
.
DC
AC
Given that the triangle ABC is equilateral, so that D is the mid-point of BC, and that the
ED
3
.
bisector of angle BAD meets BD at E, show that
=
BD
2+ 3

Use the sine rule in triangles ABD and ACD to show that

34. Prove that if , , are angles of a triangle, then

cos2 + cos2 + cos2 = 1 2 cos cos cos .
35. If cos 1x + cos 1y + cos 1z = , prove that x2 + y2 + z2 + 2xyz = 1. Hence
1

find the positive value of x given that cos 1x + cos 1 3 x + cos 1 x = .

2

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