2 Four points \(A , B , C\) and \(D\) have coordinates \(( 1,2,5 ) , ( 3,4 , - 4 ) , ( 6,2,3 )\) and \(( 0,3,7 )\) respectively. Find the volume of tetrahedron \(A B C D\).
3 The surface \(S\) has equation \(z = \frac { x } { y } \sin y + \frac { y } { x } \cos x\) where \(0 < x \leqslant \pi\) and \(0 < y \leqslant \pi\).
Find
\(\frac { \partial z } { \partial x }\),
\(\frac { \partial z } { \partial y }\).
Determine the equation of the tangent plane to \(S\) at the point \(A\) where \(x = y = \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi\). Give your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c z = d\) where \(a , b , c\) and \(d\) are exact constants.
(a) Find all the quadratic residues modulo 11.
(b) Prove that the equation \(y ^ { 5 } = x ^ { 2 } + 2017\) has no solution in integers \(x\) and \(y\).
In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
The numbers \(M\) and \(N\) are given by
$$M = 11 ^ { 12 } - 1 \text { and } N = 3 ^ { 2 } \times 5 \times 7 \times 13 \times 61$$
Prove that \(M\) is divisible by \(N\).
(a) Solve the recurrence relation
$$X _ { n + 2 } = 1.3 X _ { n + 1 } + 0.3 X _ { n } \text { for } n \geqslant 0$$
given that \(X _ { 0 } = 12\) and \(X _ { 1 } = 1\).
(b) Show that the sequence \(\left\{ X _ { n } \right\}\) approaches a geometric sequence as \(n\) increases.
The recurrence relation in part (i) models the projected annual profit for an investment company, so that \(X _ { n }\) represents the profit (in \(\pounds\) ) at the end of year \(n\).
(a) Determine the number of years taken for the projected profit to exceed one million pounds.
(b) Compare your answer to part (ii)(a) with the corresponding figure given by the geometric sequence of part (i)(b).
(a) In a modified model, any non-integer values obtained are rounded down to the nearest integer at each step of the process. Write down the recurrence relation for this model.
(b) Write down the recurrence relation for the model in which any non-integer values obtained are rounded up to the nearest integer at each step of the process.
(c) Describe a situation that might arise in the implementation of part (iii)(b) that would result in an incorrect value for the next \(X _ { n }\) in the process.
6 In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
It is given that \(I _ { n } = \int _ { 0 } ^ { \sqrt { 3 } } t ^ { n } \sqrt { 1 + t ^ { 2 } } \mathrm {~d} t\) for integers \(n \geqslant 0\).
Show that \(I _ { 1 } = \frac { 7 } { 3 }\).
Prove that, for \(n \geqslant 2 , ( n + 2 ) I _ { n } = 8 ( \sqrt { 3 } ) ^ { n - 1 } - ( n - 1 ) I _ { n - 2 }\).
The curve \(C\) is defined parametrically by
$$x = 10 t ^ { 3 } , y = 15 t ^ { 2 } \text { for } 0 \leqslant t \leqslant \sqrt { 3 }$$
When the curve \(C\) is rotated through \(2 \pi\) radians about the \(x\)-axis, a surface of revolution is formed with surface area \(A\).
Determine
the values of the integers \(k\) and \(m\) such that \(A = k \pi I _ { m }\),
7 The set \(M\) contains all matrices of the form \(\mathbf { X } ^ { n }\), where \(\mathbf { X } = \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } } \left( \begin{array} { r r } 2 & - 1 1 & 1 \end{array} \right)\) and \(n\) is a positive integer.
Show that \(M\) contains exactly 12 elements.
Deduce that \(M\), together with the operation of matrix multiplication, form a cyclic group \(G\).
Determine all the proper subgroups of \(G\).
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