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Section A (Answer All Questions)
QUESTION A1 [4 Marks]
Find the 15th term of the following sequences:
(a) 9, 13, 17, 21, ….
[2 marks]
(b) 3, –12, 48, –192, ….
[2 marks]
QUESTION A2 [4 Marks]
a
Express 5.19 as a rational number of the form .
b
QUESTION A3 [4 Marks]
1
In a triangle ABC , if cot A = , without using tables or a calculator, find the value of
3
2
(a) cos A .
[2 marks]
(b) sin A .
[2 marks]
QUESTION A4 [4 Marks]
In triangle ABC, b = 12 , c = 9 and C = 34.3 . Find the possible values of a.
QUESTION A5 [4 Marks]
Find the values of between 0 and 360 such that
(a) cos = cos 45
[2 marks]
(b) csc = sec60
[2 marks]
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Section B (Answer All Questions)
QUESTION B1 [10 Marks]
An arithmetic progression has first term m and common difference 2. The nth term of this
progression is 14. A different arithmetic progression has first term m and common difference
4. The sum of the first n terms of this progression is 168.
(a) Find the values of m and n.
[6 marks]
(b) For the arithmetic progression with common difference 2, find the number of terms that
required to give a sum of 400.
[4 marks]
QUESTION B2 [10 Marks]
A geometric progression has first term a and common ratio r, where r 0 . The second term
of this progression is 8. The sum of the third and fourth terms is 160. Find
(a) the value of r.
[6 marks]
(b) the value of a.
[2 marks]
(c) the sum of the first five terms.
[2 marks]
QUESTION B3 [10 Marks]
7
(a) Express radian in degree.
12
[2 marks]
(b) Solve the following equations for 0 x 360 .
(i) 2sin x = 3cot x
[3 marks]
(ii) tan x = sec x + 5
2
[5 marks]
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Formulae
Sequences and Series
(a) Arithmetic Progression:
Tn = a + (n − 1)d
S n = 2a + (n − 1)d
n
2
n
Sn = (a + Tn )
2
(b) Geometric Progression:
Tn = ar n−1
Sn =
(
a 1− r n )
1− r
a
S =
1− r
Trigonometry
(a) Pythagorean Theorem:
c 2 = a 2 + b2
(b) Trigonometric Identities:
sin 2 + cos2 = 1
1 + cot2 = csc2
tan 2 + 1 = sec 2
sin 1 1 1
tan = , cot = , csc = , sec =
cos tan sin cos
(c) Law of Sines:
Sin A Sin B Sin C
= = or
a b c
a b c
= =
Sin A Sin B Sin C
(d) Law of Cosines:
a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cosA
(e) Area of a Triangle:
1
K = ab sin C
2
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