Edexcel C2 (Core Mathematics 2)

Question 1
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  1. \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } + a x ^ { 2 } + b x - 10\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
When \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is divided by ( \(x - 3\) ), the remainder is 14 .
When \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is divided by ( \(x + 1\) ), the remainder is - 18 .
  1. Find the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\).
  2. Show that ( \(x - 2\) ) is a factor of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
Question 2
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2. (a) Write down the first four terms of the binomial expansion, in ascending powers of \(x\), of \(( 1 + a x ) ^ { n }\), where \(n > 2\). Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of \(x\) is 8 and the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) is 30 ,
(b) find the value of \(n\) and the value of \(a\),
(c) find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\).
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  1. \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } + a x ^ { 2 } + b x - 10\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
When \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is divided by ( \(x - 3\) ), the remainder is 14 .
When \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is divided by ( \(x + 1\) ), the remainder is - 18 .
  1. Find the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\).
  2. Show that ( \(x - 2\) ) is a factor of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
    2. (a) Write down the first four terms of the binomial expansion, in ascending powers of \(x\), of \(( 1 + a x ) ^ { n }\), where \(n > 2\). Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of \(x\) is 8 and the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) is 30 ,
  3. find the value of \(n\) and the value of \(a\),
  4. find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\).
    3. A population of deer is introduced into a park. The population \(P\) at \(t\) years after the deer have been introduced is modelled by $$P = \frac { 2000 a ^ { t } } { 4 + a ^ { t } } ,$$ where \(a\) is a constant. Given that there are 800 deer in the park after 6 years,
  5. calculate, to 4 decimal places, the value of \(a\),
  6. use the model to predict the number of years needed for the population of deer to increase from 800 to 1800.
  7. With reference to this model, give a reason why the population of deer cannot exceed 2000.
    4. Given that \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \left( 2 x ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } - 3 x ^ { - \frac { 3 } { 2 } } \right) ^ { 2 } + 5 , \quad x > 0\),
  8. find, to 3 significant figures, the value of \(x\) for which \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 5\).
  9. Show that \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) may be written in the form \(A x ^ { 3 } + \frac { B } { x ^ { 3 } } + C\), where \(A , B\) and \(C\) are constants to be found.
  10. Hence evaluate \(\int _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } f ( x ) d x\).
    5. \begin{figure}[h]
    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1} \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{5e4e4cae-d4c6-465d-8cb7-84712e6e55fe-3_736_1266_276_404}
    \end{figure} Figure 1 shows the cross-section \(A B C D\) of a chocolate bar, where \(A B , C D\) and \(A D\) are straight lines and \(M\) is the mid-point of \(A D\). The length \(A D\) is 28 mm , and \(B C\) is an arc of a circle with centre \(M\). Taking \(A\) as the origin, \(B , C\) and \(D\) have coordinates \(( 7,24 ) , ( 21,24 )\) and \(( 28,0 )\) respectively.
  11. Show that the length of \(B M\) is 25 mm .
  12. Show that, to 3 significant figures, \(\angle B M C = 0.568\) radians.
  13. Hence calculate, in \(\mathrm { mm } ^ { 2 }\), the area of the cross-section of the chocolate bar. Given that this chocolate bar has length 85 mm ,
  14. calculate, to the nearest \(\mathrm { cm } ^ { 3 }\), the volume of the bar.
    6. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{5e4e4cae-d4c6-465d-8cb7-84712e6e55fe-4_641_1406_196_287} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 1}
    \end{figure} Figure 1 shows the curve with equation \(y = 5 + 2 x - x ^ { 2 }\) and the line with equation \(y = 2\). The curve and the line intersect at the points \(A\) and \(B\).
  15. Find the x-coordinates of \(A\) and \(B\). The shaded region \(R\) is bounded by the curve and the line.
  16. Find the area of \(R\).
    7. Find all the values of \(\theta\) in the interval \(0 \leq \theta < 360 ^ { \circ }\) for which
  17. \(\cos \left( \theta - 10 ^ { \circ } \right) = \cos 15 ^ { \circ }\),
  18. \(\tan 2 \theta = 0.4\),
  19. \(2 \sin \theta \tan \theta = 3\).