ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
MATHEMATICS
Higher 2
Paper 1

9740
3 October 2008

JC 1 PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
Time allowed: 3 hours
Additional Materials: List of Formulae (MF15)
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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.

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ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
JC 1 Promotional Examination 2008
MATHEMATICS 9740
Higher 2
Paper 1

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Index No:
Form Class: ___________
Name: _________________________
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

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4 + x in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x 2 .
2+ x
Find the range of x for which the expansion is valid.
[5]

Expand

Express the sum of the first 2n terms of the series

2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 16 + 12 + 32 + 15 + 64 + 18 + 128 + 21 + 256 + ,
n

in the form

(ar + b

) , where a and b are constants to be found.

[2]

r =1

Hence, or otherwise, find the sum of the first 2n terms of the given series in terms of n.
[3]
3

Find

sin ( ln x ) dx .

[5]

6x3 x 2 + 4x 1
Ax + B Cx + D
in the form
+
where A, B, C and D are
2
2
x + 1 3x + 2
x 2 + 1 3x 2 + 2
[3]
constants to be determined.
3
2
6x x + 4x 1
Hence, or otherwise, find
[3]
dx .
x 2 + 1 3x 2 + 2
Express

)(

)(

There are 6 discs, of which 2 are red and the other 4 are of different colours. These
discs are of the same size and the 2 red discs are identical. Find the number of ways to
arrange all the 6 discs in a circle if
(i) the 2 red discs are adjacent to each other; and
[2]
[2]
(ii) the 2 red discs are not adjacent to each other.
Deduce the total number of ways that all the 6 discs can be arranged in a circle.
[1]

The region R is bounded by the curves y = ( x 3)

and y 2 = 13 x + 3 between their

points of intersection. Show on a sketch the region R. Find the volume of the solid
formed when R is rotated completely about the x-axis.
[4]

Functions f and g are defined by

ln x
5
1
+ 2, x , x .
f :x
, x > 0,
g:x
x
5x 1
5
(i) Find the exact coordinates of the stationary point on the graph of f, and sketch the
graph of f .
[3]
(ii) Deduce the range of f.
[1]
[1]
(iii) Determine if the composite function gf exists.
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x +1 x + 2
.

x
x 1
x2 +1
x2
Hence, deduce the solution of the inequality 2

.
x + 2 x2 1

Without using a calculator, solve the inequality

[3]

Ax 1
where A and B are constants. There is a vertical
Bx
asymptote at x = 20 and a horizontal asymptote at y = 2 .
(i) Find the values of A and B.
[3]
(ii) With the values for A and B found above, sketch the graph of S, showing clearly the
equations of the asymptotes and the coordinates of the points of intersection of S with
the axes.
[3]
The curve S has equation y =

10

[3]

Prove by induction, that

(r + 1)! = 1 (n + 1)!

for all positive integers n.

[4]

r =1
n

r 1
in terms of n.
r!
r =1

r 1
State the value of
.
r =1 r!
Hence, or otherwise, find

[2]
[1]

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y = 2x +

6
x

x
0

6
. By considering the
x
shaded rectangle and the area of the region between the graph and the x-axis for
3
6
2 x 3 , show that
[1]
2 x + dx > 7 .
x
2
3
6
Show also that
[1]
2 x + dx < 8 .
x
2
1
1
Hence deduce that
< ln1.5 < , where p and q are positive integers to be
p
q
[4]
determined.

The diagram shows a sketch of part of the graph of y = 2 x +

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A curve C is given parametrically by the equations

x = at 2 , y = 2at .
Show that the normal at the point with parameter t has equation
y + tx = 2at + at 3 .

[4]

The normal at the point P ( 9a, 6a ) cuts C again at the point Q. Find the coordinates
of Q.

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[4]

A curve C is given by the parametric equations

x = t 2 + 3,

y = t (t 2 + 3)

(i) Find the Cartesian equation of C and hence show, using an algebraic method, that
curve is symmetrical about the x-axis.
(ii) Show, using an algebraic method, that there is no part of the curve for which x <3.
(iii) Sketch the curve and label the axial intercepts.

the
[2]
[1]
[2]

(iv) Find the exact area of the region bounded by the curve C and the line x = 4 2 + 3 . [4]

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d 2 y dy
+ +1 = 0 .
[2]
dx 2 dx
(i) By repeated differentiation of this result, find the series expansion of y in ascending

Given that y = ln ( cos x ) , show that

powers of x up to and including the term in x 4 .

(ii) By putting x =

, show that ln 2 is approximately

[5]

.
4
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(iii) Use the expansion of y in (i) to deduce the Maclaurins series for tan 2 x .

[2]
[3]
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15 (a)

y=2

9
1,
4
2 3

-1

The diagram above shows the graph of f, with three asymptotes at x = 2, x = 1 and
y = 2 . The graph of f crosses the x-axis at x = 4 and x = 2 3 , and the y-axis at
9
y = 3 . It has a minimum point at 1, . Sketch, on separate axes, the graphs of
4
1

(i)
[3]
y = f | x | + ; and
2

1
y=
(ii)
,
[4]
f(x)
showing the asymptotes, the coordinates of any points of intersection with the axes and
any stationary points.
(b) The diagrams below show the graphs of y 2 = g( x) and y = g '( x) , the derivative
function of g, for a certain function g. Sketch the graph of g, showing the stationary
points of g, the asymptotes and the coordinates of the points of intersection of g with
the axes.
[4]
y

( 6a,
y=

3a
2

y=

3a

4a

3a
2

y 2 = g( x)
x = 2a

( 6a,

3a

6a

y = g ( x)

x = 2a

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