June 2019 QP
June 2019 QP
June 2019 QP
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. HB pencil may be used for graphs and diagrams only.
• Answer all the questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided in the Printed Answer
Booklet. If additional space is required, you should use the lined page(s) at the end of
the Printed Answer Booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown.
• You are permitted to use a scientific or graphical calculator in this paper.
• Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures unless a different
degree of accuracy is specified in the question.
• The acceleration due to gravity is denoted by g m s–2. Unless otherwise instructed, when
a numerical value is needed, use g = 9.8.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 75.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.
• The Printed Answer Booklet consists of 16 pages. The Question Paper consists of
8 pages.
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Answer all the questions.
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(a) Solve the equation 5 cosh x + 3 sinh x = 4 giving your solution in exact form. [4]
dy
(a) Find . [2]
dx
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7 The function sech x is defined by sech x = .
cosh x
2e x
(a) Show that sech x = . [2]
e 2x + 1
(b) Using a suitable substitution, find y sech x dx. [4]
You are given the complex number ~ = cos 25 r + i sin 25 r and the equation z 5 = 1.
(b) Write down the other four roots of the equation. [1]
(e) Hence determine the value of cos 25 r in the form a + b c where a, b and c are rational
numbers to be found. [4]
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K O
10 You are given the matrix A where A = K0 a 2O .
K O
L4 5 1P
(a) Find, in terms of a, the determinant of A, simplifying your answer. [2]
You are given the following equations which are to be solved simultaneously.
ax + 2y = 6
ay + 2z = 8
4x + 5y + z = 16
(c) For each of the values of a found in part (b) determine whether the equations have
• a unique solution, which should be found, or
• an infinite set of solutions or
• no solution. [7]
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11 A particle is suspended in a resistive medium from one end of a light spring. The other end of the
spring is attached to a point which is made to oscillate in a vertical line.
(b) Write down an approximate equation for the displacement when t is large. [2]
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