EUNOIA JUNIOR COLLEGE

JC2 Preliminary Examination 2019

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

Higher 2

CANDIDATE
NAME

CLASS INDEX NO.

MATHEMATICS 9758/01
04 September 2019
Paper 1 [100 marks] 3 hours

Candidates answer on the Question Paper

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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Total
1 Electricity cost per household is calculated by multiplying the electricity consumption (in kWh), by the tariff
(in cents/kWh). The tariff is set by the government and reviewed every 4 months.
The amount of electricity used by each household for each 4-month period, together with the total electricity
cost for each household in the year, are given in the following table.

Jan – April May – Aug Sept – Dec Total electricity cost in the year
(in kWh) (in kWh) (in kWh) ($)

Household 1 677 586 699 529.53

Household 2 1011 871 1048 790.63

Household 3 1349 1174 1417 1063.28

Write down and solve equations to find the tariff, in cents/kWh, to 2 decimal places, for each 4-month
period. [4]

2 A string of fixed length l is cut into two pieces. The first piece is used to form a square of side s and the second
piece is used to form a circle of radius r. Find the ratio of the length of the first piece to the second piece that
gives the smallest possible combined area of the square and circle. [6]

3 A geometric progression has first term a and common ratio r, and an arithmetic progression has first term a
and common difference d, where a and d are non-zero. The sums of the first 2 and 4 terms of the arithmetic
progression are equal to the respective sums of the first 2 and 4 terms of the geometric progression.

(i) By showing r 3  r 2  5r  3  0 , or otherwise, find the value of the common ratio. [5]

(ii) Given that a  0 and the nth term of the geometric progression is positive, find the smallest possible
value of n such that the nth term of the geometric progression is more than 1000 times the nth term of
the arithmetic progression. [3]

Find the series expansion for 1  ax  in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x3 ,
n
4 (i)
where a is non-zero and a  1 . [1]

(ii) It is given that the coefficients of the terms in x, x 2 , and x3 are three consecutive terms in a geometric
progression. Show that n  1 . [2]

Show that the coefficients of the terms in the series expansion of 1  ax  form a geometric progression.
1
(iii)
[3]
(iv) Evaluate the sum to infinity of the coefficients of the terms in x of odd powers. [2]

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5 (a) It is given that the equation f  x   a has three roots x1 , x2 , x3 where x1  0  x2  x3 , and a is a
constant.

(i) How many roots does the equation f  x   a have? With the aid of a diagram, or otherwise,
explain your answer briefly. [2]

(ii) How many roots does the equation f  x  a   a have? With the aid of a diagram, or otherwise,
explain your answer briefly. [2]

2ln 2
(b) Solve the inequality x  ln 1  sin x  , where 0  x  2 . [4]
3

x2  5x  3
6 The curve C has equation y  .
x 1
(i) Show algebraically that the curve C has no stationary points. [2]
(ii) Sketch the curve C, indicating the equations of any asymptotes, and the coordinates of points where C
intersects the axes. [4]

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(iii) Region S is bounded by C, the y-axis, and the line y  . Find the volume of the solid formed when
2
region S is rotated about the x-axis completely. [3]

7 In the Argand diagram, the points P1 and P2 represent the complex numbers z and z 2 respectively, where
z  3i 3 .

(i) Find the exact modulus and argument of z. [2]

(ii) Mark the points P1 and P2 on an Argand diagram and find the area of the triangle OPP
1 2 , where O
represents the complex number 0. [3]
 
i  
Let w  2e  3
.


(iii)  
Find the set of integer values n such that arg wn z 3  
4
. [4]
 Given that 2  2  sin 2 x, use repeated differentiation to find the Maclaurin series for y , up to and
y
8 (a)
including the term in x 2 . [5]

(b)

A C

The points A, B, C, and D lie on a semi-circle with AC as its diameter. Furthermore, angle DAB   ,

and angle ACB  .
3
BC 1
(i) Show that  . [3]
DC cos  3 sin 

(ii) Given that  is a sufficiently small angle, show that

BC
 1  a  b 2 ,
DC
for constants a and b to be determined. [3]

9 (a) (i) Find  2sin x cos3 x dx. [3]

1
(ii) Hence, show that  2 x sin x cos3x dx   4 x cos 4 x  8 x cos 2 x  sin 4 x  4sin 2 x   C, where C
16
is an arbitrary constant. [3]
(b) The curve C has parametric equations

x   2 , y  sin  cos3 , where 0    .
2
(i) Sketch the curve C, giving the exact coordinates of the points where it intersects the x-axis. [2]

(ii) By using the result in (a)(ii), find the exact total area of the regions bounded by the curve C and
the x-axis. [4]

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10 An object is heated up by placing it on a hotplate kept at a high temperature. A simple model for the temperature
of the object over time is given by the differential equation

dT
 k TH  T  ,
dt

where T is the temperature of the object in degrees Celsius, TH is the temperature of the hotplate in degrees
Celsius, t is time measured in seconds and k is a real constant.

(i) State the sign of k and explain your answer. [1]

(ii) It is given that the temperature of the object is 25 degrees Celsius at t  0 , and the temperature of the
hotplate is kept constant at 275 degrees Celsius. If the temperature of the object is 75 degrees Celsius at
t  100 , find T in terms of t , giving the value of k to 5 significant figures. [6]
The model is now modified to account for heat lost by the object to its surroundings. The new model is given
by the equation

dT
 k TH  T   m T  TS  ,
dt

where TS is the temperature of the surrounding environment in degrees Celsius and m is a positive real
constant.
(iii) It is given that the object eventually approaches an equilibrium temperature of 125 degrees Celsius, and
that the surrounding environment has a constant temperature which is lower than 125 degrees Celsius.
One of the two curves (A and B) shown below is a possible graph of the object’s temperature over time.
State which curve this is, and explain clearly why the other curve cannot be a graph of the object’s
temperature over time. [2]

A
125
B

25

(iv) Using the same value of k as found in part (ii) and assuming TS  25 , find the value of m . (You need
not solve the revised differential equation.) [3]
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R
P
T

Methane ( CH 4 ) is an example of a chemical compound with a tetrahedral structure. The 4 hydrogen (H)
atoms form a regular tetrahedron, and the carbon (C) atom is in the centre.

Let the 4 H-atoms be at points P, Q, R, and S with coordinates  9,2,9  ,  9,8,3 ,  3,2,3 , and 3,8,9 
respectively.

(i) Find a Cartesian equation of the plane 1 which contains the points P, Q and R. [4]

(ii) Find a Cartesian equation of the plane  2 which passes through the midpoint of PQ and is
perpendicular to PQ . [2]

(iii) Find the coordinates of point F, the foot of the perpendicular from S to 1 . [4]

(iv) Let T be the point representing the carbon (C) atom. Given that point T is equidistant from the points P,
Q, R and S, find the coordinates of T. [3]

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