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    MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA MATRICULATION EXAMINATION INTERMEDIATE LEVEL MAY 2013, suBJECT: PURE MATHEMATICS DATE: ‘9th May 2013 TIME: 2.00 um. to 12.00 noon Directions to candidates Attempt all questions. There are 10 questions in all. ‘The marks carried by each question are shown at the end of the question ‘The total number of marks for all the questions in the paper is 100. Graphical calculators are not allowed. Scientific calculators can be used, but all necessary working must be shown, A booklet with mathematical formulae is provided. . (a) Find the value of x if gett gtr oy > grat” (b) In an ant colony, the number of ants is given by n(é) = nge™, where t is in days, and no and are constants. Initially, the number of ants is 100, and the number of ants doubles after 5 days. Write down the constant ro, and estimate ) to four places of decimals. (c) Find the values of A, B and C in the expression Hence find [ f(x)de. (3; 3; 4, 3 marks] Page 1 of 4 2. (a) The function f(x) is given by f(x) = 23+ ax?—Ta +b, The factor (x ~ 3) divides J(x) exactly, and the remainder when f(z) is divided by (« — 1) is 12. (i) Using the remainder theorem, or otherwise, find the values of a and b. (ii) Given that the two other roots of f(x) are negative integers, factorise the polynomial f(x) (iii) Draw a sketch of f(x), and find where f(x) <0. (b) The quadratic equation 2? +x ~ eB equation whose roots are S and © 0 has roots a and 8. Find the quadratic [4, 1, 3; 4 marks} 3. (a) In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first four terms is 8, whilst the sum of the 6th and 7th terms is -12. Find the initial term, the common difference, and the sum of the first 100 terms, (b) In a geometric progression, the sum of the first 3 terms is 10, whilst the sum to infinity is 80/7. Find the initial term, the common ratio and the sum of the first ten terms. [4, 4 marks] 4. (a) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points A(1, 2) and B(5, 6) (b) A function f(x) is defined by f(x) = sin 2x. (i) Draw a sketch of f(x) for 0 0. Find 2(¢) using separation of variables, (b) Using integration, find the area enclosed by the quadratic y = the line y = 1-2. [4; 5 marks] J 9. A2x2 matrix A represents a reflection in the line y = @, whilst a 2x2 matrix B represents an anti-clockwise rotation through 7/2. (i) Write down the matrices A and B. (ii) Find the matrix products BA and (BA)? (iii) Interpret geometrically the results obtained in (ii) above. (2, 2, 2 marks] ol 10. (a) A matrix A is given by A = ( a ee 2 yee (i) Find the determinant of A, and deduce the values of a for which the inverse matrix, AW, exists. (ii) Find A~ in terms of a. 1 eeeleet (b) The matrices B and C are givenby B= |1 2 1],andC=[-1 3 1 2 -1 -1 3 (i) Find the matrix product BC. (ii) Deduce B-! (iii) Using the method of the matrix inverse, solve the system of linear equations: 21-1\ fx ‘4 1 2oul|y| = |8 oi 2/ \e 1 (2, 2; 2, 1, 3 marks] Page 4 of 4 hy, MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD ‘UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA MATRICULATION EXAMINATION INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SEPTEMBER 2013 SUBJECT: PURE MATHEMATICS DATE: ‘Teh September 2013, ME, 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon Directions to candidates Attempt all questions. There are 10 questions in all. ‘The marks carried by each question are shown at the end of the question. ‘The total number of marks for all the questions in the paper is 100. Graphical calculators are not allowed. Scientific calculators can be used, but all necessary working must be shown A booklet with mathematical formulae is provided (a) Without using calculators, find ¢ if loge = 4 log 27 + ; log 49 — log 63. 3 (b) Using surds, simplify the expression 2v3B+1 (av3—5)" writing your answer in the form (a + bV/3)/c, where a,b, are integers. (©) The function f(2) os epeguatlad action deitkiniaid sz tolows Fe 45 has # Part eprese! follow: Ar+B OC ee Find the constants A, B and C in this relation. [4; 3; 4 marks] (© The MATSEC Examinations Board reserves alright onthe examination qemtions inal pu Page 1 of 4 2. (a) Ifa and f are the roots of the quadratic equation x? — 8x + 2 = 0, find the quadratic equation whose roots are a? and 6? (b) The cubic polynomial p(x) is defined by p(x) = 2°+-az+b2—3 . This polynomial is exactly divisible by the factor + 1, and gives a remainder of 15 when divided by e—2. (i) Find a and 6. (i) Factorise the polynomial p(z) (iii) Draw a rough sketch of p(x). (iv) Find the range of p(x) for x > 1. [5; 4, 2, 1, 1 marks] 3. (a) Evaluate the arithmetic series 10 Vr +2) rai (b) Ina geometric progression, the third term is 14, whilst the sixth term is 7/4. Find the common ratio, the first term and the sum to infinity. [4; 5 marks] 4. (a) Find the coefficient of x4 in (1 — 2r)%. (b) In a small class of 5 students, the probability that a student passes a certain examination is 0.6. (i) Find the probability that all 5 students pass from this examination. (ii) Find the probability that all 5 students fail in this examination. (ii) Find the probability that at least one student passes from this examination (c) Tom tosses three fair dice. Find the probability that he obtains a total score of 5. [35 2, 1, 2; 5 marks} 5. (a) Draw a sketch of the the function f(x) = 1+ sin 2x over the range 0 >2. [4, 3; 4 marks} 5. The line y = 4z +c is a tangent to the curve y = (x +3)(x +1) at the point P. (i) Using derivatives, or otherwise, find the coordinates of P and the value of ¢. (ji) Find the equation of the line which passes through (2,1) and which is perpen- dicular to this tangent. (iii) Find the shortest distance of the point (2, 1) from this tangent. (3, 3; 3; 2 marks] IM 27.148 6. (a) The function f(x) is defined by f(z) = (3 + 4z)* (j) Expand f(2) in ascending powers of x up to the term in 2° (ii) Using this series, obtain an approximate value for 3.04°. (ii) By evaluating the term in 2° in the expansion, find the approximate error in the estimate obtained in (fi). (b) A survey is conducted among families of six children. It can be assumed that the probability that a boy is born is 0.55, and that unultiple births (eg. twins, triplets ete.) are very rare. Find the probability that in a farmily of six children: (j) all 6 children are boys; (ii) at least one of the children is a girl; (iii) both girls and boys are present [3, 1, 2; 2, 1, 2 marks} 7. (a) Differentiate the following functions with respect to 2: z @ J@= 3 sing’ (i) g(x) = 2+ 67). (b) Using derivatives, find the turning points of the curve y = 2° — 3x. Draw a sketch of this curve showing the turning points and the points where the curve cuts the coordinate axes. (2, 1; 8, 3 marks] 8. (a) Evaluate to four places of decimals the integral: [e +e )dz. fo (b) A physical problem is modelled with thé differential equation Initially, when ¢ = 0, 2(0) = Using separation of variables, solve this differential equation to obtain x(t) in terms of t. Draw a sketch of x(t) as a function of t over the range 0

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