Cambridge International AS & A Level

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MATHEMATICS9709/02
Paper 2 Pure Mathematics 2 For examination from 2020

SPECIMEN PAPER 1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
●● Answer all questions.
●● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
●● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
●● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
●● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
●● Do not write on any bar codes.
●● If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
●● You should use a calculator where appropriate.
●● You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
●● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
●● The total mark for this paper is 50.
●● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 14 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

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1 (a) The polynomial 2x3 + ax2 – ax – 12, where a is a constant, is denoted by p(x). It is given that
(x + 1) is a factor of p(x).

Find the value of a. [2]

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(b)
When a has this value, find the remainder when p(x) is divided by (x + 3). [2]

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2 Solve the equation 3 sin 2θ tan θ = 2 for 0° < θ < 180°.[4]

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3 It is given that a is a positive constant.

(a) (i) Sketch on a single diagram the graphs of y = 2x − 3a and y = 2x + 4a .  [2]

(ii) State the coordinates of each of the points where each graph meets an axis. [1]

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Solve the inequality 2x − 3a < 2x + 4a .[3]

(b)

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4 (a) Solve the equation 52x + 5x = 12, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

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(b)
It is given that ln(y + 5) – ln y = 2 ln x.

Express y in terms of x, in a form not involving logarithms. [4]

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5
y

α x
O 1
2

sin 2x
The diagram shows the curve y = for 0 ⩽ x ⩽ 12 π. The x-coordinate of the maximum point M is
x+2
denoted by α.

dy
(a)
Find and show that α satisfies the equation tan 2x = 2x + 4. [4]
dx

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(b)
Show by calculation that α lies between 0.6 and 0.7. [2]

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Use the iterative formula xn+1 = 12  tan–1(2xn + 4) to find the value of α correct to 3 decimal places.
(c)
Give the result of each iteration to 5 decimal places. [3]

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6 The parametric equations of a curve are

x = e2t, y = 4tet.

dy 2 (t + 1)
(a)
Show that = . [4]
dx et

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(b)
Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point where t = 0. [4]

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7 (a) Show that tan2 x + cos2 x ≡ sec2 x + 12  cos 2x – 1

2
and hence find the exact value of

1
r
y04 (tan 2x + cos 2 x) dx . [7]

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(b)
y

x
O 1
4π

The region enclosed by the curve y = tan x + cos x and the lines x = 0, x = 14 π and y = 0 is shown in
the diagram.

Find the exact volume of the solid produced when this region is rotated completely about the
x-axis.  [4]

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Additional page

If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s)
must be clearly shown.

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