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Core Mathematics C1
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Monday 21 April 2014
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Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 5

2nd Midterm Makeup 6

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Subject Teacher: Hüseyin Şensoy, Şema Alnar 8

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Calculators may NOT be used in this examination.
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A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.

Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
This paper has eight questions.

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1. (a) Evaluate (32) , giving your answer as an integer.
(2)
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25 x 4
(b) Simplify fully
( )4
−
2
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(2)
2. Simplify

7 +√ 5
√ 5−1 ,

giving your answer in the form a + b5 , where a and b are integers.

(4)

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3. Simplify

(a) (2√5)2 (1)

(b) (8 − √5)(2 − √5) (3)

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4. f (x )=4 x +12x+9 .

(a) Determine the number of real roots that exist for the equation f (x )=0.

(2)

(b) Solve the equation f (x )=8 , giving your answers in the form a+b √2 where a and
b
are rational.

(3)

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5. Find the set of values of x for which

(a) 2(3x + 4) > 1 – x, (2)

(b) 3x2 + 8x – 3 < 0, (4)

(c) both 2(3x + 4) > 1 – x and 3x2 + 8x – 3 < 0. (1)

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6. Given that y = 2x2 – 3 √x 3

+ x ,, x ≠ 0,

dy
(a) find dx ,
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(b) find
∫¿ y ¿ dx.
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7. On Alice’s 11th birthday she started to receive an annual allowance. The first annual allowance
was £500 and on each following birthday the allowance was increased by £200.

(a) Show that, immediately after her 12th birthday, the total of the allowances that Alice had
received was £1200.

(1)

(b) Find the amount of Alice’s annual allowance on her 18th birthday.

(2)

(c) Find the total of the allowances that Alice had received up to and including her 18th birthday.

(3)

When the total of the allowances that Alice had received reached £32 000 the allowance stopped.

(d) Find how old Alice was when she received her last allowance.

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 8. The point P(1, a)
lies on the curve with equation y
= (x + 1)2(2 – x).

(a) Find the value

of a.

(1)

(b) Sketch the

curves with the following
equations:

(i) y = (x +
2
1) (2 – x),

(ii) y=
2
x .

On your
diagram show clearly the
coordinates of any points at
which the curves meet the axes.

(5)

(c) With reference

to your diagram in part (b), state
the number of real solutions to
the equation

2
(x + 1)2(2 – x) = x .

(1)
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9. A sequence
a1 , a2 , a3 , …, is defined by
a1 = k,

an + 1 =5
an + 3, n  1,

where k is a positive integer.

(a) Write down an expression for

a2 in terms of k.

(1)

(b) Show that

a3 = 25k + 18.

(2)
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(c) (i) Find r=1 in terms of k, in its simplest form.
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(ii) Show that r=1 is divisible by 6.

(4)
10. The curve C has equation y = f(x), x > 0, where

dy 5
dx = 3x – √ x – 2.

Given that the point P (4, 5) lies on C, find

(a) f(x),

(5)

(b) an equation of the tangent to C at the point P, giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0,
where a, b and c are integers.

(4)

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11. The line l1 passes through the points P(–1, 2) and Q(11, 8).

(a) Find an equation for l1 in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are constants.

(4)

The line l2 passes through the point R(10, 0) and is perpendicular to l1. The lines l1 and l2 intersect at
the point S.

(b) Calculate the coordinates of S.

(5)

(c) Show that the length of RS is 35.

(2)

(d) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact area of triangle PQR.

(4)

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