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1 Using the algebraic laws of sets, show that (A – B) U (A U B)' = B' . [4 marks]

6 x2
2 Evaluate 2
x 2  4 x  13
dx . [4 marks]

2e x 2 , x  2
3 Function f is defined as f x    .
 2x , x  2

Determine whether the function f is continuous at x = 2. [4 marks]

dy
4 Find for
dx
2 x
i. y  (4 x  1)e [2 marks]

ii. x 2  2 xy  4 y 2  12 [3 marks]

5 The polynomial f(x) = x 4  3x 3  kx2  2x  4 has a factor (x+2), find the value of k.

Hence, find q(x) such that f(x) = (x-1)(x+2)q(x) and show that q(x) is positive for

all real values of x. [6 marks]

6 If (a  bi) 2  5  12i , where a and b are real numbers, find the possible values of a and b. Hence,

by completing the square, solve the equation z 2  4z  9  12i . [8 marks]

x  5 1
7 Find the set of values of x which satisfy the inequality  3. [6 marks]
x  5 1

8 A circle passes through the points P(4,-1) and Q(2,3). The line 2y = x – 6 is the tangent to the

circle at P. Find the centre, C and the equation of the circle. [8 marks]

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1 1 0  1 1 2 
   
9 Given matrices A =  0 1 2  and B =  2 1  2 .
1 0 1 1 1 1 
  

Show that A-1 exists.

Find AB and deduce A-1.

Hence, solve the simultaneous equations: x+y=3

y + 2z = 2
2x + 2z = 5 [11 marks]

10 Using the sketch graphs of y = ln x and y = - x2+6x, show that the equation

ln x  x 2  6x  0 has only one real root. [4 marks]

Show also that the root lies between 5 and 6. [2 marks]

Use the Newton-Raphson method with the initial estimate x0 = 5.5 to estimate the

root correct to three decimal places. [5 marks]

1
11 a) By using a suitable substitution, evaluate x
2
x  3dx [6 marks]

1
b) Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the curves y  e x  and y  e x  1 .
2

Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the two curves.

Calculate the area of the region bounded by the two curves and the y-axis.

[10 marks]

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12 (a) Expand
1  x 2 as a series in ascending powers of x up to the term in x3.
1  2 x  12
State the set of values of x such that the series is valid.

1
Hence, by using x = , find the value of 23 correct to four decimal places.
23

[7 marks]

1
(b) Express in partial fractions.
2r  12r  1
n
1
Hence, find in term of n, the sum to n-term of the series  2r  12r  1
r 1
.


1
Deduce the value of  2r  12r  1
r 1
. [9 marks]

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