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University of Cambridge International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
University of Cambridge International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 80.
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2a
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sin A = sin B = sin C .
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(b) In a class of 30 students, 17 are studying politics, 14 are studying economics and 10 are studying
both of these subjects.
2 Given that A = G :). find A -1 and hence solve the simultaneous equations
7x + 6y = 17,
3x + 4y = 3.
(i) (1 + 2x)6,
(ii) Use your expression to find the approximate change in the value of y when x increases from
2 to 2.04. [3]
(i) Find the length of PQ in terms of t and hence show that the area, A square units, of PQRS is given
by
9 A musician has to play 4 pieces from a list of 9. Of these 9 pieces 4 were written by Beethoven, 3 by
Handel and 2 by Sibelius. Calculate the number of ways the 4 pieces can be chosen if
10 The line 2x + y =
12 intersects the curve x2 + 3xy + y2 = 176 at the points A and B. Find the
equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB. [9]
I
-x
The diagram shows part of the curve y = e 2 + 5 crossing the y-axis at A. The normal to the curve
at A meets the x-axis at B.
The line through B, parallel to the y-axis, meets the curve at C. The line through C, parallel to the
x-axis, meets the y-axis at D.