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Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C2
Advanced Subsidiary
Set B: Practice Question Paper 4

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

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This paper has 8 questions.

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1. (a) Write down the first four terms of the binomial expansion, in ascending powers of x, of (1 +
3x)n, where n > 2. (2)
Given that the coefficient of x3 in this expansion is ten times the coefficient of x2,
(b) find the value of n, (2)
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(c) find the coefficient of x in the expansion. (2)
[P2 June 2002 Question 1]

2. f(x) = x 3 + ax2 + bx – 10, where a and b are constants. When f(x) is divided by (x – 3), the
remainder is 14. When f(x) is divided by (x + 1), the remainder is 18.
(a) Find the value of a and the value of b. (5)
(b) Show that (x – 2) is a factor of f(x). (2)
[P3 June 2002 Question 1]

3. Given that f( x)  15  7 x  2 x 2 ,
(a) find the coordinates of all points at which the graph of y = f(x) crosses the coordinate axes.
(3)
(b) Sketch the graph of y = f(x). (2)
(c) Calculate the coordinates of the stationary point of f(x). (3)
[P1 June 2002 Question 3]

4. f(x) = 5 sin 3x, 0  x  180.

(a) Sketch the graph of f(x), indicating the value of x at each point where the graph intersects the x-
axis. (3)
(b) Write down the coordinates of all the maximum and minimum points of f(x). (3)
(c) Calculate the values of x for which f(x) = 2.5 (4)
[P1 June 2002 Question 5]

5. (a) Given that 3 + 2 log2 x = log2 y, show that y = 8x2. (3)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the roots  and , where  < , of the equation
3 + 2 log2 x = log2 (14x – 3). (3)
(c) Show that log2  = 2. (1)
(d) Calculate log2 , giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (3)
[P2 June 2002 Question 5]

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6. Given that f ( x)  (2 x 2  3 x 2 ) 2  5, x  0,
(a) find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which f(x) = 5. (3)
B
(b) Show that f(x) may be written in the form Ax 3   C , where A, B and C are constants to be
x3
found. (3)
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(c) Hence evaluate 
 f ( x) dx . (5)
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[P1 June 2002 Question 6]

7. Figure 1
y

B C

A 14 M 14 D x

Fig. 1 shows the cross-section ABCD of a chocolate bar, where AB, CD and AD are straight lines
and M is the mid-point of AD. The length AD is 28 mm, and BC is an arc of a circle with centre M.
Taking A as the origin, B, C and D have coordinates (7, 24), (21, 24) and (28, 0) respectively.
(a) Show that the length of BM is 25 mm. (1)
(b) Show that, to 3 significant figures, BMC = 0.568 radians. (3)
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(c) Hence calculate, in mm , the area of the cross-section of the chocolate bar. (5)
Given that this chocolate bar has length 85 mm,
(d) calculate, to the nearest cm3, the volume of the bar. (2)
[P1 January 2003 Question 7]

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8. (a) An arithmetic series has first term a and common difference d. Prove that the sum of the first n
terms of the series is 12 n[2a + (n – 1)d]. (4)
A company made a profit of £54 000 in the year 2001. A model for future performance assumes that
yearly profits will increase in an arithmetic sequence with common difference £d. This model
predicts total profits of £619 200 for the 9 years 2001 to 2009 inclusive.
(b) Find the value of d. (4)
Using your value of d,
(c) find the predicted profit for the year 2011. (2)
An alternative model assumes that the company’s yearly profits will increase in a geometric
sequence with common ratio 1.06. Using this alternative model and again taking the profit in 2001
to be £54 000,
(d) find the predicted profit for the year 2011. (3)
[P1 November 2002 Question 4]

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