Edexcel GCE: Monday 23 January 2012 Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Edexcel GCE: Monday 23 January 2012 Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
6665/01
Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C3
Advanced Level
Monday 23 January 2012 Morning
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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1. Differentiate with respect to x, giving your answer in its simplest form,
(a) x2 ln (3x),
(4)
sin 4 x
(b) .
x3
(5)
2.
Figure 1
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3. The area, A mm2, of a bacterial culture growing in milk, t hours after midday, is given by
A = 20e1.5t, t 0.
4. The point P is the point on the curve x = 2 tan y with y-coordinate .
12 4
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6. f(x) = x2 − 3x + 2 cos ( 1
2 x), 0 x .
(a) Show that the equation f(x) = 0 has a solution in the interval 0.8 < x < 0.9.
(2)
3 sin ( 12 x )
x= .
2
(4)
(c) Using the iteration formula
3 sin ( 12 x n )
xn + 1 = , x0 = 2,
2
find the values of x1, x2 and x3 , giving your answers to 3 decimal places.
(3)
(d) By choosing a suitable interval, show that the x-coordinate of P is 1.9078 correct to
4 decimal places.
(3)
3( x 1) 1 1
f:x – , x ℝ, x > .
2x 7x 4
2
x4 2
1
(a) Show that f(x) = .
2x 1
(4)
(b) Find f −1(x).
(3)
(c) Find the domain of f −1.
(1)
g(x) = ln (x + 1).
1
(d) Find the solution of fg(x) = , giving your answer in terms of e.
7
(4)
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8. (a) Starting from the formulae for sin (A + B) and cos (A + B), prove that
tan A tan B
tan (A + B) = .
1 tan A tan B
(4)
(b) Deduce that
1 3 tan
tan = .
6 3 tan
(3)
(c) Hence, or otherwise, solve, for 0 θ π,
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