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SERANGOON JUNIOR COLLEGE

2011 JC2 MID YEAR EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Higher 2
Wednesday

9740/1
18 May 2011

Additional materials: Writing paper

List of Formulae (MF15)

TIME : 3 hours
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your name and class on the cover page and on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all the questions.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the
case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
You are expected to use a graphic calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states
otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are not allowed in a question, you are
required to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator
commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Total marks for this paper is 100 marks.
This question paper consists of 6 printed pages (inclusive of this page) and no blank pages.

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Answer all questions [100 marks].
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Without the use of the calculator, solve the inequality

x 2 +1
5
1, x .
3x + 5
3

Hence, solve x +1 3 x + 5 .
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In a certain culture of bacteria, the rate of increase of the population is

proportional to the number, x of bacteria present at any time t hours.
(i) Write down a differential equation connecting x and t.
(ii) The initial number of bacteria is x0 and the number of bacteria doubles

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after 4 hours. Find , in terms of x0 , the number of bacteria at the end of

12 hours.

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The diagram below shows the graph of y f ( x ) . There is a minimum point

at ( 3,0) and the equations of the asymptotes are x 0 and y 4 .
Sketch, on separate clearly labelled diagrams, the graphs of
(i)

y f ( x)

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1
f x

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(ii) y

(iii) y f ' x

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(iv) y f (1 2 x)

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y

y f ( x)

3,0

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4.

The diagram below shows the graph of y 5x 2x . The two roots of the
equation 5x 2x 0 are denoted by and , where .
y

y 5x 2x

(i) Find the values of and , each correct to 3 decimal places.

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A sequence of real numbers x1 , x2 , x3 ,... satisfies the recurrence relation

1 xn
2
for n 1.
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(ii) Prove algebraically that, if the sequence converges, then it converges to
either or .
(iii) Use a graphic calculator to determine the behaviour of the sequence for
each of the cases x1 4 and x1 5 .
xn 1

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(iv) By considering xn1 xn , show that

xn1 xn if xn ,
xn1 xn if xn or xn > .

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5.

x y2 6 y

x 9
x 9

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The diagramxshows
9 the region R bounded by the curve x y 6 y , the

x-axis and the line x 9 .

(a) Find, without the use of Graphic Calculator, the exact area of R.
(b) Find the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated completely about
(i) the x-axis,
(ii) the y-axis,
giving your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(a) The length of each side of a cube is increasing at a constant rate of

0.1ms 1 . Find the rate of increase of the volume of the cube when the
length of each side is 2 m.
(b)
z

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z
9 cm

z
24 cm
The diagram above shows a 24 cm by 9 cm aluminium sheet that can be
folded into a box with length x cm, width y cm and height z cm.
(i) Show that the volume of the box, V 2 y3 39 y 2 180 y .
(ii) Hence, find the maximum volume of the box.

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7.

(a) Prove by mathematical induction, that

4r
r=1

1
2

-1

n
for all positive
2n +1

integers n.
Hence, or otherwise, find the sum to infinity of the series,
1 1 1
+ + +... .
15 35 63

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3
5
2
3r - 2r - 3

=
.
r 1! r ! r 1!
( r +1)!
2

(b) Show that

3r 2 - 2r - 3
.

( r +1)!
r=1
n

Hence find

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The variable complex numbers w and z are such that

w 3 i 2 and arg z 5 4i .
Sketch, on a single Argand diagram, the loci representing the complex
numbers w and z.
(i) Find the minimum value of w z .
(ii) Show that the maximum value of arg w 2 is 0.600.
(iii) Hence, find the coordinates of the point P, which gives the maximum
arg w 2 in part (ii).

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The line whose vector equation is r = 5i + 2j 3k + (7i 2j 3k),

, passes through the point A with position vector 5i + 2j 3k.
The plane whose vector equation is
r = 5i +2j + 2k + ( 7i 2j 3k) + ( 9i j + k ), , , contains the
point B with position vector 5i +2j + 2k.
(i) Find the position vector of the point P on the line segment AB such that
AP : PB = 4:1.
(ii) The plane 1 contains the line and the point P.
Write down a vector equation of the line of intersection of and 1 .

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(iii) Find the vector equation of 1 .

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(iv) Calculate the angle between and 1

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(v) Hence find the ratio of the perpendicular distances from P to the line
and from P to the plane .

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10.

(a) A convergent geometric progression has first term a and common ratio r,
where a and r are non-zero. The first three terms of this geometric
progression are the fifteenth, seventh and the third term of an arithmetic
progression.
(i) Show that 2r 2 3r 1 0 .
(ii) Find the least value of n for which the sum of first n terms of the
arithmetic progression exceeds the sum to infinity of the geometric
progression.
(b) Jack took a housing loan of $250 000 in January 2011 from the bank to
buy a 4-room flat in Punggol. The bank charges an annual interest rate of
5% on the outstanding loan at the end of each year. Jack pays $1500 at the
beginning of each month until he finishes paying his loan. If Jack started
paying back the loan in January 2011, show that the amount owe by Jack
at the end of nth year is 378000 128000 1.05 .

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Find the minimum number of years he needs to clear his debts.

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x 2 2ax 1
, a .
ax
(i) Find the equations of the asymptotes of C.
(ii) Find the range of values of a such that C has no stationary points.
(iii) For a = 2, sketch C. Show clearly on your diagram the equations of the
asymptotes and the coordinates of the points of intersection of C with
the axes and stationary points.
(iv) By sketching a suitable graph, deduce the number of roots of the
equation

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The curve C has equation y

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x2 4 x 1

x 1 .
2 x

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