ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

MATHEMATICS
Higher 2

Paper 1 17 August 2011
JC 2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Time allowed: 3 hours

Additional Materials: List of Formulae (MF15)

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Index number, Form Class, graphic and/or scientific calculator model/s on the cover page.
Write your Index number and full name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on your answer scripts.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all the questions.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case of
angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
You are expected to use a graphic calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states
otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are not allowed in the question, you are
required to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.





This document consists of 5 printed pages.


[Turn Over
9740 / 01
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
H2 Mathematics 9740: 2011 JC 2 Preliminary Examination Paper 1
Page 2 of 5

ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
JC2 Preliminary Examination 2011

MATHEMATICS 9740
Higher 2
Paper 1



Calculator model: _____________________

Arrange your answers in the same numerical order.
Place this cover sheet on top of them and tie them together with the string provided.

Question No. Marks
1 /3
2 /5
3 /13
4 /8
5 /8
6 /8
7 /5
8 /9
9 /10
10 /7
11 /6
12 /8
13 /10

/ 100
Index No: Form Class: ___________
Name: _________________________
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
H2 Mathematics 9740: 2011 JC 2 Preliminary Examination Paper 1
Page 3 of 5
1 Without using the graphic calculator, find the range of values of x which satisfy the
inequality
2
2
1
1
+
>
x x
. [3]

2 Given that ( 1) x + is a factor of
3
1, x + express
2
3
2
1
x
x
+
+
as partial fractions.
Hence or otherwise, find the coefficient of
3n
x in the expansion of
( )
1
2
1 x x

+ in
ascending powers of x. [5]


3 (a) Find
(i)
( )
2
tan d x x x

, [2]
(ii)
2
d
3
x
x
x x + +

. [4]

(b) Evaluate, exactly,
(i)
( )
1

1 2
2
0
sin d x x x

, [4]
(ii)
1
0
d x x b x

where 0 1 b < < . [3]

4 The equation of the plane
1
p is given by 6 2 5 x y z + = .
(i) Show that the line
1
l with equation r =
|
|
|
.
|

\
|
+
|
|
|
.
|

\
|
2
1
2
1
1
9
lies on the plane
1
p . [2]
(ii) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane
2
p which is parallel to plane
1
p and contains
the point A with coordinates ( ) 1, 1,1 . [2]
(iii) Line
2
l contains point A and the point B with coordinates (9,1,1). Show that the sine
of the acute angle between
2
l and
1
p is
697
697 2
. [2]
Hence, or otherwise, find the exact perpendicular distance between
1
p and
2
p . [2]


5 Given that f( ) y x = where
1 1
tan 2tan
4
y x
t

= + for 0.4 0.4 x s s , show that
( ) ( )
2 2
d
1 2 1
d
y
x y
x
+ = + . [2]
By further differentiation of this result, find the Maclaurins series for y up to and including
the term in
3
. x [4]
Denote the above Maclaurins series for y by g( ) x .
Find the range of values of x for which the value of g( ) x differs from f( ) x by less than 0.5.[2]
[Turn Over

Anglo-Chinese Junior College
H2 Mathematics 9740: 2011 JC 2 Preliminary Examination Paper 1
Page 4 of 5
6 (i) Find the roots of the equation
5
243 0 z + = in exponential form. [3]
(ii)
5
243 z + can be expressed as | |
2 2
( cos ) ( cos3 ) z c z a z b z a z b u u

+ + +

, where
, , a b c and u are real.
Find the exact values of , , a b c and u . [5]


7 An isosceles triangle has fixed base of length b cm. The other 2 equal sides of the triangle
are each decreasing at the constant rate of 3 cm per second. How fast is the area changing
when the triangle is equilateral? Leave your answer in terms of b. [5]


8 The region R is bounded by the curve
( )
2
2
1
1 4
y
x
=
+
, the line
3
2
x = , the x-axis and the
y-axis, as shown in the diagram below.

(i) Using the substitution
1
tan
2
x t = , find the exact area of R . [6]
(ii) Find the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated completely about the y-axis.[3]


9 Sketch the curve given by the equation
2 2
5 y ax + =

for

0 x > and 0 y > , where a is a
positive constant. [1]
The functions f and g are defined by
2
f : 5 x ax ,
5
, 0 x x
a
e s s
g : 1 e , , 0.
x
x x x

+ e >

Show that
1
f

exists and define
1
f

in a similar form. [4]
Given that
2
5
f ( ) = , for all , 0 x x x x
a
e s s ,
(i) show that a = 1 without evaluating
2
f ( ) x , [2]
(ii) using the result in (i), show that fg exists and find its corresponding range. [3]

[Turn Over

3
2
x =

( )
2
2
1
1 4
y
x
=
+

x
y
O
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
H2 Mathematics 9740: 2011 JC 2 Preliminary Examination Paper 1
Page 5 of 5
10 Prove by Mathematical Induction that
( )
( )
1 2
2
1
1
,
1
n n
n
r
r
x n x nx
rx
x
+ +
=
+ +
=

for all n
+
e . [4]
Hence evaluate
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 3 4 14
3 3 4 3 5 3 15 3 + + + + . [3]


11 Detectives arrive at a crime scene at 12 p.m. and found an unfinished cup of coffee at
45
o
C. In order to estimate what time the coffee was brewed, a fresh cup of coffee was
made from the coffee machine in the same room, and its temperature was found to be
110
o
C. After leaving the new cup of coffee in the room for 5 minutes, the temperature
dropped to 80
o
C.

It is known that the rate at which the temperature of the coffee falls is proportional to the
amount by which its temperature exceeds that of the room. Given that the crime scene is an
air-conditioned room with temperature controlled at 25
o
C, at what time was the unfinished
cup of coffee brewed? Leave your answer to the nearest minute. [6]


12 A curve with equation ( ) x y f = is also defined by the parametric equations

2
1 e , 1 x y t
t
= = +

, t e.
(i) The point P on the curve has parameter p. Given that the tangent to the curve at P
passes through the point (1, 0), find the value of p. [4]
(ii) Given that the graph of ( ) x y f = has an inflexion point at 1 t = , sketch, on separate
diagrams, the graphs of ( ) x y f = and ( ) f y x ' = , showing clearly the exact
coordinates of the turning point(s) and asymptote(s), if any. [4]


13 (a) Jerrys brother gave him some game cards for his birthday. He then starts to collect
cards for a total period of 3n weeks, counting his birthday gift as the first week of
collection. Subsequently, the number of cards he buys each week is d more than the
number he bought the previous week.
If P is the number of cards collected in the first n weeks and Q the number of cards
collected in the last n weeks, show that
Q P = 2n
2
d [4]

(b) A fund is established with a single deposit of $2500 at the beginning of 2011 to
provide an annual bursary of $150. The fund earns interest at 3.5% per annum, paid at
the end of each year.
If the first bursary is awarded at the end of 2011 after interest is earned, show that at
the end of n years, the amount (in dollars) remaining in the fund is
( )
12500 30000
1.035
7 7
n
+ .
When is the last year that the bursary can be awarded? [6]

- End of Paper -