A REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN
Paix-Travail-Patrie
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MINISTERE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS SECONDAIRES
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REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace-Work-Fatherland
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MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
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CELLULE D’APPUI A L’ACTION PEDAGOGIQUE TEACHERS’ RESOURCE UNIT
ANTENNE RÉGIONALE DU NORD OUEST REGIONAL BRANCH FOR THE NORTH WEST
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MARCH 2019
SUBJECT CODE
The Teachers’ Resource Unit and the Regional PAPER NUMBER
NUMBER
Inspectorate of Pedagogy in collaboration with MTA 2
0775
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION SUBJECT TITLE
REGIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FURTHER MATHEMATICS
DATE
ADVANCED LEVEL Wednesday 27th March 2019
MORNING
Time Allowed: THREE hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Mobile phones are NOT ALLOWED in the examination room.
Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
In calculations, you are advised to show all the steps in your working, giving your answer at each stage.
You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in your answers.
Nonprogrammable electronic calculators, Mathematical formulae booklets and tables are allowed.
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1. Express 8coshx + 4sinhx in the form Ae x Be x , where A and B are real numbers. (2 marks).
0
dx
Hence, evaluate 8cosh x 4sinh x
. (5 marks)
ln 3
2. Find the values of the constants m and n for which y (mx n)e x is a particular integral of the differential
d2y
equation 16 y (34 x 13)e x . (4 marks)
dx 2
Hence,
a) obtain the general solution of this differential equation. (3 marks)
dy
b) find, also, the particular solution for which y = -1 and 5 when x = 0. (2 marks)
dx
c) Show that as x increase indefinitely, y approximately lies between 5 and 5. (3 marks)
3. a) The plane 4 x 5 y 3z 60 cuts the x, y and z axes at the points A, B and C respectively. Find the area of
triangle ABC. (6 marks)
2 1 4
b) A linear transformation T : 3
3
has matrix A, where A = 3 2 5 .
1 3 1
Find
(i) the image of the point (7, 7, 5) under T. (2 marks)
(ii) the Cartesian equation the plane which is the image of the whole space under T. (3 marks)
4. a) Find the eccentricity of the ellipse 3x 2 4 y 2 12 . (2 marks)
3
Find, also, the equation of the normal to this ellipse at the point 1, . (4 marks)
2
1
b) Evaluate 1
1
x [ x] dx , where [x] is the greatest integer function. (4 marks)
1
5. a) Show that the length of arc of the curve x t 2 , y t 3 , from the point where t = 0 to the point where t
2
61
is . (5 marks)
216
1
4
b) Given that m and n are positive integers and that Im,n (1 4 x) (1 4 x) n dx , show that
m
14
(n + 1)Im,n mIm-1,n+1, m 1, n 0 . (3 marks)
Hence, evaluate I3,2 . (3 marks)
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6. a) Solve, for x, the simultaneous linear congruences
2 x 3(mod 5)
(6 marks)
5 x 1(mod 7)
b) A binary operation * is defined on the set of real numbers as a * b = a + b + ab. Show that * is both
commutative and associative. (4 marks)
7. A sequence (u n ): *
is such that u1 = 7, u2 = 10 and u n +2 4u n +1 3u n 0 .
(i) Prove by mathematical induction that u n
1
2
11 3n . (5 marks)
Another sequence (vn ) is given by vn = u n +1 u n .
(ii) Show that (vn ) is a geometric sequence. (2 marks)
n
(iii) Find v
k 1
k in terms of n. (2 marks)
8. a) Sketch the curve with polar equation r 2 sin , . (3 marks)
Find the polar coordinates of the point of intersection of this curve and the curve r sin 3 .
(3 marks)
7 x 5x 6
2
b) Express in partial fractions. (5 marks)
(2 x 1)2 ( x 2 x 1)
7 x2 5x 6
Hence, Evaluate dx (2 marks)
(2 x 1) 2 ( x 2 x 1)
9. Interpret each of the following transformation in the complex plane
(i) T1 : z w , given by w z* where z * is the conjugate of Z. (2 marks)
(ii) T2 : z w given by w 3z 1 2i . (2 marks)
Find the invariant complex number under the transformation T2 . (2 marks)
x3
10. Given the function f, where f ( x) ln .
x 1
(i) Find the domain of f. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the limits of f at the boundaries of its domain. Hence, state the equations of the asymptotes to the curve
y = f ( x) (4 marks)
(iii) Investigate the variation of f and draw its variation table. (4 marks)
(iv) Sketch the curve y = f ( x) . (2 marks)
(v) Show that the point (-1, 0) is the centre of symmetry of the curve y = f ( x) . (2 marks)
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