CAPE PURE MATHEMATICS UNIT 2 - PAPER 01 ( 2 hours ) 24 MAY 2005

Section A ( module 1 ) . Answer all questions.

1 (a) The function f  x  is defined by f  x  = a 0  a 1 x  a2 x 2  a 3 x 3  ⋯ where

a1 , a2 , a3 ∈ R .
(i) Obtain f /  x  . [1]

(ii) Given that f / x  =  f /  x  ,  ≠ 0 , ∈ R , express the coefficients

a 1 , a 2 , a 3 in terms of λ and a 0 . [4]

(b) Differentiate with respect to x the following: (i) y = e cos x , (ii) y = x 2  1x [ 2 [] 3 ]

2 (a) Given that log 10 3=m , log 10 e=n , express in terms of m and /or n
(i) log 10  
3
10
, (ii) log e 9 . [ 3 ][ 4 ]

(b) Find the value of x ∈R for which 3 x = 7 . [3]

3 Given that u = tan θ ,

du
(i) use the quotient rule to show that = sec 2 θ , (ii) find ∫ tan3 θ sec 2 θ dθ . [ 3 ][ 4 ]
dθ

dy d2 y [ 3 ][ 4 ]
4 Show that, if y = sin x cos x , (i) = 2 cos 2 x − 1 , (ii)  4y = 0 .
dx dx 2
6x
5 (a) Find ∫ x2  1
dx .
[3]
2
(b) By using the substitution u = x 2 , or otherwise, find ∫ x e− x dx . [4]

Section B ( module 2 ) . Answer all questions.

8
6 (a) A sequence  un  is generated by the recurrence relation u n1 =
un− 3
, n≥1

(i) If u 2 = 2 u 1 , find the possible values of u1 . [4]

(ii) Find u 3 corresponding to each value of u1 . [4]

7 The sum, S n , of the first n terms of a series is given by S n = 2n  n−2  .

[4]
(a) Find , in terms of n , the n th term of the series.
[2]
(b) Hence show that the series is an AP .
(c) For the A P in (b) above , identify (i) the first term, (ii) the common difference. [ 1 ] [ 1 ]

n n
8 Express the binomial coefficients of C k and C k −1 , for n  k ≥ 1 , in terms [2]
of factorials. Hence show that
n n n n n1
(i) C k = C n−k , (ii) C k  C k −1 = Ck . [6]

9 The coefficient of x 7 is sixteen times the coefficient of x 11 in the expansion of  a x 18 .

Given that n C k = n C n − k , find the possible value(s) of the real constant a . [7]
 Section B ( module 3 ) . Answer all questions.
10 The length of one side of a square tile is given as 25 cm correct to the nearest cm .

(a) Within what limits does the length of the tile lie ? [1]
(b) Calculate (i) the smallest absolute error in the area of the tile, [3]
(ii) the maximum percentage error in the area of the tile. [3]

11 (a) How many four digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 if all digits
can be repeated ? [2]

Determine (i) how many of the four digit numbers in (a) are even , [4]
(ii) the probability that a four digit number in (a) above is odd.. [2]

12 A fair coin is tossed three times .

(a) Determine the sample space.

(b) Calculate (i) the probability that two heads and one tail appear,
(ii) the probability that at least two heads appear.

 
1 −1
13 A =  1 2 3
4 5 6
,  B = 2 2
2 −3
.

(a) Calculate (i) AB , (ii) AT B T .

T
(b) Deduce that  A B  = B T AT .

x  2y  3z = 7
14 (a) Write the augmented matrix for the following system of equations: 2x  2y − z = 0
3x − 4y  2z = 7
(b) Reduce the augmented matrix obtained to echelon form.

(c) Hence, solve the system of equations.

15 The rate of change of the volume, V , of a sphere of radius r with respect to time t ,
is directly proportional to the volume of the sphere.

(a) Obtain a differential equation involving the radius, r , of the sphere.

(b) Hence, show that

r = C e
kt
3
, k ∈R
. [ V =
4
3
π r3 ] .

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