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    FOR EDEXCEL

    GCE Examinations
    Advanced Subsidiary

    Core Mathematics C2
    Paper F
    Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

    Instructions and Information


    Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic
    algebra, differentiation and / or integration.
    Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
    Mathematical formulae and statistical tables are available.
    This paper has nine questions.

    Advice to Candidates
    You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
    Answers without working may gain no credit.

    Written by Shaun Armstrong


     Solomon Press

    These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchaser’s institute.
    1. A

    12.6 cm

    107° 31°
    B C
    Figure 1

    Figure 1 shows triangle ABC in which AB = 12.6 cm, ∠ABC = 107° and ∠ACB = 31°.

    Find, to 3 significant figures,

    (a) the length BC, (3)

    (b) the area of triangle ABC. (2)

    2. Show that
    3 4
    ∫2 (6 x −
    x
    ) dx = k 3 ,

    where k is an integer to be found. (6)

    3. y

    1
    y= 2
    x +1

    O 2 x

    Figure 2
    1
    Figure 2 shows the curve with equation y = 2
    .
    x +1
    The shaded region R is bounded by the curve, the coordinate axes and the line x = 2.

    (a) Use the trapezium rule with four strips of equal width to estimate the area of R. (5)

    The cross-section of a support for a bookshelf is modelled by R with 1 unit on each


    axis representing 8 cm. Given that the support is 2 cm thick,

    (b) find an estimate for the volume of the support. (2)

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    C2F page 2
    4. (a) Expand (2 + y)6 in ascending powers of y as far as the term in y3, simplifying
    each coefficient. (4)

    (b) Hence expand (2 + x − x2)6 in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x3,
    simplifying each coefficient. (3)

    5. (a) Given that

    8 tan x − 3 cos x = 0,

    show that

    3 sin2 x + 8 sin x − 3 = 0. (3)

    (b) Find, to 2 decimal places, the values of x in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π such that

    8 tan x − 3 cos x = 0. (5)

    6. (a) Given that y = 3x, find expressions in terms of y for

    (i) 3x + 1 ,

    (ii) 32x − 1. (4)

    (b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

    3x + 1 − 32x − 1 = 6,

    giving non-exact answers to 2 decimal places. (5)

    7. The circle C has centre (5, 2) and passes through the point (7, 3).

    (a) Find the length of the diameter of C. (2)

    (b) Find an equation for C. (2)

    (c) Show that the line y = 2x − 3 is a tangent to C and find the coordinates of the
    point of contact. (5)

    Turn over

     Solomon Press
    C2F page 3
    8. y

    8
    y= x +
    x2

    O 1 9 x

    Figure 3

    8
    Figure 3 shows the curve with equation y = x + , x > 0.
    x2
    (a) Find the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve. (7)

    (b) Show that the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the x-axis and
    the lines x = 1 and x = 9 is 24 94 . (5)

    9. The first three terms of a geometric series are (x − 2), (x + 6) and x2 respectively.

    (a) Show that x must be a solution of the equation

    x3 − 3x2 − 12x − 36 = 0. (I) (3)

    (b) Verify that x = 6 is a solution of equation (I) and show that there are no other
    real solutions. (6)

    Using x = 6,

    (c) find the common ratio of the series, (1)

    (d) find the sum of the first eight terms of the series. (2)

    END

     Solomon Press
    C2F page 4

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