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    This document is an exam for the GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary Core Mathematics C2 paper. It contains 9 multi-part questions testing a variety of mathematics concepts and skills. Students are instructed to show their work and that calculators may be used, except for those with specific advanced functions. The exam was written by Shaun Armstrong and published by Solomon Press.

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    This document is an exam for the GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary Core Mathematics C2 paper. It contains 9 multi-part questions testing a variety of mathematics concepts and skills. Students are instructed to show their work and that calculators may be used, except for those with specific advanced functions. The exam was written by Shaun Armstrong and published by Solomon Press.

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    This document is an exam for the GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary Core Mathematics C2 paper. It contains 9 multi-part questions testing a variety of mathematics concepts and skills. Students are instructed to show their work and that calculators may be used, except for those with specific advanced functions. The exam was written by Shaun Armstrong and published by Solomon Press.

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    FOR EDEXCEL

    GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary

    Core Mathematics C2
    Paper A Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
    Instructions and Information
    Candidates may use any calculator EXCEPT those with the facility for symbolic algebra, differentiation and / or integration. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Mathematical formulae and statistical tables are available. This paper has nine questions.

    Advice to Candidates
    You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner. Answers without working may gain no credit.

    Written by Shaun Armstrong

    Solomon Press These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchasers institute.

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    f(x) = 3x3 2x2 + kx + 9. Given that when f(x) is divided by (x + 2) there is a remainder of 35, (a) (b) find the value of the constant k, find the remainder when f(x) is divided by (3x 2). (2) (3)

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    y y = 2x

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    Figure 1 shows the curve with equation y = 2x. Use the trapezium rule with four intervals of equal width to estimate the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines x = 2 and x = 2. (5)

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    Giving your answers in terms of , solve the equation 3 tan2 1 = 0, for in the interval . (6)

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    (a) (b)

    Expand (1 + 3x)8 in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x3. You should simplify each coefficient in your expansion. (4) Use your series, together with a suitable value of x which you should state, to estimate the value of (1.003)8, giving your answer to 8 significant figures. (3)

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    Given that t = log3 x, find expressions in terms of t for (i) (ii) log3 x2, log9 x. (4)

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    Hence, or otherwise, find to 3 significant figures the value of x such that log3 x2 log9 x = 4. (3)

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    The circle C has centre (3, 2) and passes through the point (2, 1). (a) (b) (c) Find an equation for C. Show that the point with coordinates (4, 7) lies on C. Find an equation for the tangent to C at the point (4, 7). Give your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers. (4) (1) (5)

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    y y = 2x + 13 y = 2x2 + 6x + 7

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    Figure 2 shows the curve y = 2x2 + 6x + 7 and the straight line y = 2x + 13. (a) (b) Find the coordinates of the points where the curve and line intersect. Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and line. (4) (7)

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    A geometric series has first term a and common ratio r where r > 1. The sum of the first n terms of the series is denoted by Sn. Given that S4 = 10 S2, (a) find the value of r. (6)

    Given also that S3 = 26, (b) (c) find the value of a, show that S6 = 728. (3) (2)

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    y cm

    0.5 radians x cm

    Figure 3 Figure 3 shows a design consisting of two rectangles measuring x cm by y cm joined to a circular sector of radius x cm and angle 0.5 radians. Given that the area of the design is 50 cm2, (a) show that the perimeter, P cm, of the design is given by P = 2x + (b) (c) (d) 100 . x (5) (4) (2) (2)

    Find the value of x for which P is a minimum. Show that P is a minimum for this value of x. Find the minimum value of P in the form k 2 .

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