Core Mathematics C3: GCE Examinations Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary
Core Mathematics C3: GCE Examinations Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary
Core Mathematics C3: GCE Examinations Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary
GCE Examinations
Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary
Core Mathematics C3
Paper A
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Answer all the questions.
• Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, unless a different degree
of accuracy is specified in the question or is clearly appropriate.
• You are permitted to use a graphic calculator in this paper.
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1. Evaluate
15 1
∫2 3
2x − 3
dx. [5]
2. y
3x + 1
y=
x
O 1 3 x
3x + 1
The diagram shows the curve with equation y = , x > 0.
x
The shaded region is bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines x = 1 and x = 3.
Find the volume of the solid formed when the shaded region is rotated through four
right angles about the x-axis, giving your answer in the form π(a + ln b), where
a and b are integers. [6]
(i) Find an equation for the tangent to the curve at the point P (2, 1). [4]
e2y − x + 2 = 0
ln (x + 3) − 2y − 1 = 0 [7]
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5. (i) Find the exact value of x such that
3 tan−1 (x − 2) + π = 0. [3]
cos 2θ − sin θ − 1 = 0,
f : x → 3x − 4, x ∈ ,
2
g:x→ , x ∈ , x ≠ −3.
x+3
7. (i) Express 2 sin x° − 3 cos x° in the form R sin (x − α)° where R > 0
and 0 < α < 90. [3]
cosec x° + 3 cot x° = 2
cosec x° + 3 cot x° = 2,
for x in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 360, giving your answers to 1 decimal place. [4]
Turn over
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8. The functions f and g are defined for all real values of x by
f : x → x − 3a,
g : x → 2x + a,
(ii) Sketch on the same diagram the graphs of y = f(x) and y = g(x), showing the
coordinates of any points where each graph meets the coordinate axes. [4]
9. y
y = 2x − 3 ln (2x + 5)
O x
Q
P
The diagram shows the curve with equation y = 2x − 3 ln (2x + 5) and the normal
to the curve at the point P (−2, −4).
The normal to the curve at P intersects the curve again at the point Q with
x-coordinate q.
x= 12
7
ln (2x + 5) − 2. [2]
(iv) Use an iterative process based on the equation above with a starting value
of 1.5 to find the value of q to 3 significant figures and justify the accuracy
of your answer. [4]
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