SMJK CHUNG HWA CONFUCIAN, PULAU PINANG

TRIAL STPM 2015

954/2 MATHEMATICS T PAPER 2 (UPPER 6)
(Time: 1 hours)

Prepared by : Mdm Low Yee Yean

Checked by: Mdm Low Ka Hong
Approved by: Mdm Ong Seok Ling

Instructions to candidates:
1. This question paper consists of 2 printed pages.
2. Answer all questions in Section A and any one question in Section B.
3. All necessary working should be shown clearly.
4. Non-exact numerical answers may be given correct to three significant figures, or one decimal place in the
case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

Section A
[45marks]
Answer all questions in this section.
1. Sketch the graph of k where

[2m]

Find
and
. Hence, show that k is not continuous at
Determine whether k is continuous at
.
2. Find the coordinates of the turning points of the curve
Hence, sketch

and sketch the curve.

[3m]
[3m]
[5m]

in separate diagrams and give the equations of the asymptotes. [4m]

Determine the number of real roots of the equation

[3m]

3. Show that
[5m]
4. Differentiate

with respect to x. Hence, find the solution of the differential equation

for which

5. Find the series expansion of

By putting

when

[6m]

in ascending power of x up to and including the term in

in your result, show that

, where a and b are positive integers to be

determined.

[5m]

6. (a) Show that the equation

has only one real root.
[1m]
(b) Show also that this root lies between 0 and 1.
[3m]
(c) Taking
as the initial approximation, use the Newton-Raphson method to find the root
correct to two decimal places.
[5m]

Section B
[15marks]
Answer any one question in this section.

7. (a)(i) Sketch the graphs

and
in the same diagram for positive value of x.
(ii) Find the area bounded by the curves
and
.
(iii) Find also the volume of revolution generated when the area is rotated through four right
angles about the x-axis.
(b) Using the trapezium rule with 5 ordinates, find an approximation of the value of

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[4m]
[5m]
.

Give your answer correct to four decimal places. With the aid of a sketch, explain whether
this value is greater or less than the exact value.

8.(a) Find the general solution of

[4m]

[3m]

(b) In a research laboratory, a drug is infused into the bloodstream of a mouse, which was
originally free of the drug, at a constant rate of r ml per min. Simultaneously, the drug is removed
at a rate proportional to the amount of the drug present at time t minutes. Suppose the amount
of drug in the bloodstream remains constant at the instant when it is 2r ml, show that the differential
equation

models the situation just described, where x is the amount of drug in the

bloodstream.
(i) Solve the differential equation, leaving x in terms of r and t.
(ii) Find the exact amount of time needed for the amount of drug to reach r ml.

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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