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    P425/1

    Pure Mathematics
    Paper 1
    July 2023
    3 hours
    RESOURCEFUL MOCK EXAMINATION (SET ONE)
    UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
    PURE MATHEMATICS
    Paper 1
    3 hours
    Instructions to candidates;
    ➢ Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five from section B
    ➢ All necessary working must be shown clearly
    ➢ Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

    SECTION A (40 MARKS)


    Answer all the questions in this section.
    1. Using row reduction to echelon form, solve the simultaneous equations.
    𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 9
    2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8
    3𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 2𝑧 = −4
    (05 marks)
    2. Use the t - formulae to solve the equation 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 2 for 00 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600
    (05 marks)
    𝜋/2
    3. Evaluate ∫0 𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑑𝑥 (05 marks)
    4. A(0,0) , B(8,0) and C(0,6) a vertices of triangle. Find the radius of the inscribed circle of
    the triangle (05 marks)
    5. O is the origin, A and B are points whose position vectors are a and b respectively. C is
    the midpoint of AB. M is the midpoint of OC. AM produced meets OB in point D. Find
    the ratio AM:MD (05 marks)
    6. The gradient of the tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏 at the point (1,5) is 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (4) .
    Find the values of the constants a and b. (05 marks)
    7. The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of a series is 2𝑛 + 3𝑛, calculate the sum of the first 20 terms of the series.
    (05 marks)
    8. Use the mathematics of small changes to evaluate 𝑠𝑖𝑛310 to 4dps. (05 marks)

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    SECTION B (60 marks)
    Answer any five questions from this section
    𝟔 𝟑 𝟕 𝟐
    9. Given the lines 𝒓𝟏 = (−𝟏) + 𝛌 (−𝟐)and 𝒓 𝟐 = (𝟑 ) + 𝝁 (𝟏 )
    𝟐 𝟏 𝟕 𝟑
    a) Find the coordinates of their point of intersection (04 marks)
    b) Calculate the acute angle between the lines (04 marks)
    c) Find the cartesian equation of the plane containing the lines (04 marks)
    1
    10. a) Solve the equation 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝐶𝑜𝑠 (𝜃 − 300 ) = for 00 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600 (06 marks)
    2

    b) Given that A, B and C are angles of a triangle, prove that

    𝑆𝑖𝑛2𝐴 + 𝑆𝑖𝑛2𝐵 – 𝑆𝑖𝑛2𝐶 = 2 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝐴𝑆𝑖𝑛𝐵𝐶𝑜𝑠𝐶 (06 marks)

    11. a) Solve the equation 𝑙𝑜𝑔9 (5𝑥 − 6) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑥 (06 marks)

    b) Use the reminder theorem to find the remainder when the polynomial

    𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 − 6 is divided by(𝑥 − 1)2. (06 marks)

    12. a) Sketch the curve 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 3 (06 marks)

    b) Calculate the total area bounded by the x-axis and curve in (a) above. (06 marks)
    3 3
    13. a) Expand √8 + 3𝑥 up to the term in 𝑥 3 . Use the expansion to evaluate √7.97 to

    four decimal places (06 marks)

    b) Given that 𝑍 = −1 + 𝑖 √3 , find the modulus and the principal argument of (𝑍)5

    (06 marks)

    14. a) Differentiate;

    𝑥 3 +1
    (i) (03 marks)
    (1−3𝑥)3

    (ii) 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 (3x √𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 ) (03 marks)


    17 𝑑𝑥
    b) Evaluate ∫1 (06 marks)
    √25−(𝑥−1)2

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    15. 𝑃(𝑎𝑡12 , 2𝑎𝑡1 ) and 𝑄(𝑎𝑡22 , 2𝑎𝑡2 ) are variable points on the parabola 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥,

    a) Show that the equation of the chord PQ is 2𝑥 − (𝑡1 + 𝑡2 ) 𝑦 + 2𝑎𝑡1 𝑡2 = 0

    (05 marks)

    b) If the chord PQ passes through the focus 𝑆(𝑎, 0) , show that 𝑡1 𝑡2 = −1. Hence

    determine the equation of the locus of the midpoint of PQ (07 marks)

    16. A smaller right circular cone of h cm is inscribed in a bigger right circular cone of height

    12cm and base radius 6cm as shown in the diagram

    a) Find the volume V of the smaller cone in terms of h.


    b) Calculate the value of h at which the volume of the smaller cone is maximum and
    express this volume as a fraction of the volume of the bigger cone.
    (12 marks)

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