ANDERSON SECONDARY SCHOOL

2012 Preliminary Examination

Secondary Four Express / Five Normal
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NAME
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INDEX
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
Paper 1

4038/01
27 August 2012
2 hours

Candidates answer on writing papers.

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Answer all the questions.
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Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Calculators should be used where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not
exact, give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one
decimal place.
For , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the
answer in terms of .
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Hand in the question paper and your answer scripts separately.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 80.

This document consists of 5 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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Mathematical Formulae
1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation
For the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 ,

x=

b b 2 4ac
2a

Binomial expansion
n
n
n
(a + b) n = a n + a n 1b + a n 2 b 2 + ... + a n r b r + ... + b n ,
1
2
r
n
n!
n(n 1) ... (n r + 1)
where n is a positive integer and =
=
r!
r r !(n r )!

2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin 2 A + cos 2 A = 1
sec 2 A = 1 + tan 2 A
cosec 2 A = 1 + cot 2 A
sin( A B ) = sin A cos B cos A sin B
cos( A B ) = cos A cos B m sin A sin B

tan( A B ) =

tan A tan B
1 m tan A tan B

sin 2 A = 2 sin A cos A

cos 2 A = cos 2 A sin 2 A = 2 cos 2 A 1 = 1 2 sin 2 A

tan 2 A =

2 tan A
1 tan 2 A

sin A + sin B = 2 sin 12 ( A + B ) cos 12 ( A B )

sin A sin B = 2 cos 12 ( A + B ) sin 12 ( A B )
cos A + cos B = 2 cos 12 ( A + B) cos 12 ( A B)
cos A cos B = 2 sin 12 ( A + B) sin 12 ( A B)
Formulae for ABC
a
b
c
=
=
sin A sin B sin C

a 2 = b 2 + c 2 2bc cos A
=

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ab sin C
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Given that y =

3 2x
, where x < 3 .
x+3

dy
.
dx

[1]

(i)

Find

(ii)

The line y x = c is a normal to the curve y =

3 2x
at a point P(a, b).
x+3

Find the value of c.

[4]

(iii)

Show that y decreases as x increases.

[1]

(a)

Given that sin x =

(b)

The variable y is given in terms of x by 4 y = 4 sin 2 x + 1 , where 0 x

3
1

and 0 x , show that cos x = .

2
2
2

[1]

.
2

Given that x is increasing at the rate of 2 radians per second, find

the exact corresponding rate of change of y when y = 1.

[3]

Find all the angles between 0 and 360 which satisfy the equation
2 cos( x 75) sin x = sin x .

[3]

(b)

Solve the equation ( 2 3 sec y ) cos 2 y = 2 for y .

[3]

(a)

Find the range of values of x for which

(b)

Given that f ( x) =

(a)

x ( 2 x + 6) x 9
3.
2

[3]

ax 4
, x 1 . Find the positive value of a for which
x +1
there is only one value of x satisfying f ( x) = x .
[3]

x
Find the first five terms of the binomial expansion of 1 in ascending powers
2
of x. Hence,
[1]

(i)

find the value of a given that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of

9

1 a
x
3

4 + 2 1 is 54 ,
x x 2
8

[2]

(ii)

expand 1 x x 2 up to and including the term in x 3 .

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Solve the following equations.

(a)

1 ex 1 = ex

[4]

(b)

e x = 5(2 x +1 )

[2]

Given that f ( x) = 2 x 2 6 x 8 ,
(i)

find the value of a, of b and of c for which f ( x) = a ( x + b) 2 + c ,

(ii)

sketch the graph of y = | f ( x) | for 2 x 5 , indicating on your graph

the coordinates of the stationary point and of the points where the graph
meets the coordinate axes,
[3]

(iii)

state the set of values of k for which | f ( x ) | = k has two real solutions
for 2 x 5 .

[3]

[2]

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = ln x at the point where x = a .
Hence, find the equation of the tangent to the curve which passes through the origin.
Given that the line y = mx intersects the curve y = ln x at two distinct points,
write down an inequality for m.
[5]

The equation of a line l1 is 3 y = 2 x 3 . Another line l 2 is parallel to the x-axis and

passes through the point A whose coordinates are (1, 4).
Given that the lines l1 and l 2 meet at point B.

10

(i)

Find the length of AB.

(ii)

Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular from A to l1 .

[2]

Hence show that the distance from A to l1 is 13 units.

[5]

(iii)

Calculate the size of the acute angle between l1 and l 2 .

[2]

(i)

Express 3 cos x 4 sin x in the form R cos( x + ) where R is a positive

constant and is a positive acute angle measured in radians.

[2]

A curve has the equation y = (3 cos x 4 sin x 1) 2 for 0 x .

Find the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve in the domain
0 x .

[3]

(ii)

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12

A particle starts from rest and moves in a straight line with a velocity, v ms 1 ,
given by v = 12t 6t 2 . When t = 0 , its displacement from a fixed point A is 3 m.
(i)

Find the acceleration when it is instantaneously at rest.

[2]

(ii)

Find the speed when it is again at the point A.

[3]

(iii)

Calculate the total distance travelled during the first 4 seconds.

[2]

(iv)

Describe the particles motion when t = 4 .

[2]

(a)

The figure shows part of the straight line graph which is obtained by plotting
y
against x for a relation between x and y given by 4 y = 12 x 3 + 2 x 2 .
2
x
This straight line graph passes through P(1, p) and cuts the x-axis at R.
Q is a point on the horizontal axis such that QPR = 90 and QRP = .
y
x2

Find the value of p, of and the x-coordinate of Q.

(b)

[4]

Answer the whole of this part question on a sheet of graph paper.

The table below shows experimental values of two variables x and y.
x

0.34

0.84

1.65

3.20

8.33

It is known that x and y are connected by an equation of the form

bxy = 2 x ay where a and b are constants. By a suitable choice of variables,
this equation may be represented by a straight line graph with gradient b.
(i)

Using suitably chosen scales, plot a straight line graph and use
this graph to estimate the value of a and of b.

(ii)

If the value of a is increased and the value of b remains the same,

deduce what will happen to the original value of y for each given
value of x.
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ANDERSON SECONDARY SCHOOL

2012 Preliminary Examination
Secondary Four Express / Five Normal

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

4038/01

Paper ONE

Answers
1
2
3

6
7

9
( x + 3) 2
c =1
(ii)
(b)
3 units/s
x = 15 or 135 or 180
(a)
2
2
(b)
or
y=
3
3
1
(a)
3 x
2
a=5
(b)
9
21
63 4
1 x + 9x 2 x3 +
x + ...
2
2
8
a =1
(i)
9
51
(ii)
1 x + x 3 + ...
2
2
x=0
(a)
x = 7.50
(b)
3
1
a = 2 , b = , c = 12
(i)
2
2
(ii)

(i)

(iii)

1
{k : k = 0 or 12 < k < 12 }
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10
11

12

x
1
x
1 + ln a , y = , 0 < m <
e
e
a
1
(i)
6 units
2
(ii)
(3, 1)
= 33.7
(iii)
(i)
5 cos( x + 0.927 )
(ii)
(2.21, 36)
(i)
12 ms 2
(ii)
18 ms 1
(iii) 48 m
moving away from A in
(iv)
the direction opposite to
its initial motion
1
23
(a)
p = 3 , = 71.6 , q =
2
2
(b) (i)
y=

a = 7.2 , b = 1.2
(b) (ii) y will decrease

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