OCR MEI C2 (Core Mathematics 2) 2011 June

Question 1
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1 Find \(\int _ { 2 } ^ { 5 } \left( 2 x ^ { 3 } + 3 \right) \mathrm { d } x\).
Question 2
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2 A sequence is defined by $$\begin{aligned} u _ { 1 } & = 10
u _ { r + 1 } & = \frac { 5 } { u _ { r } ^ { 2 } } \end{aligned}$$ Calculate the values of \(u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 }\) and \(u _ { 4 }\).
What happens to the terms of the sequence as \(r\) tends to infinity?
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3 The equation of a curve is \(y = \sqrt { 1 + 2 x }\).
  1. Calculate the gradient of the chord joining the points on the curve where \(x = 4\) and \(x = 4.1\). Give your answer correct to 4 decimal places.
  2. Showing the points you use, calculate the gradient of another chord of the curve which is a closer approximation to the gradient of the curve when \(x = 4\).
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4 The graph of \(y = a b ^ { x }\) passes through the points \(( 1,6 )\) and \(( 2,3.6 )\). Find the values of \(a\) and \(b\).
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5 Find the equation of the normal to the curve \(y = 8 x ^ { 4 } + 4\) at the point where \(x = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\).
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6 The gradient of a curve is given by \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = 6 \sqrt { x } - 2\). Given also that the curve passes through the point \(( 9,4 )\), find the equation of the curve.
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7 Solve the equation \(\tan \theta = 2 \sin \theta\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } \leqslant \theta \leqslant 360 ^ { \circ }\).
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8 Using logarithms, rearrange \(p = s t ^ { n }\) to make \(n\) the subject.
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9 You are given that $$\log _ { a } x = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \log _ { a } 16 + \log _ { a } 75 - 2 \log _ { a } 5 .$$ Find the value of \(x\).
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10 The \(n\)th term, \(t _ { n }\), of a sequence is given by $$t _ { n } = \sin ( \theta + 180 n ) ^ { \circ } .$$ Express \(t _ { 1 }\) and \(t _ { 2 }\) in terms of \(\sin \theta ^ { \circ }\).
Question 11
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  1. The standard formulae for the volume \(V\) and total surface area \(A\) of a solid cylinder of radius \(r\) and height \(h\) are $$V = \pi r ^ { 2 } h \quad \text { and } \quad A = 2 \pi r ^ { 2 } + 2 \pi r h .$$ Use these to show that, for a cylinder with \(A = 200\), $$V = 100 r - \pi r ^ { 3 }$$
  2. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } V } { \mathrm {~d} r }\) and \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } V } { \mathrm {~d} r ^ { 2 } }\).
  3. Use calculus to find the value of \(r\) that gives a maximum value for \(V\) and hence find this maximum value, giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures.
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12 Jim and Mary are each planning monthly repayments for money they want to borrow.
  1. Jim's first payment is \(\pounds 500\), and he plans to pay \(\pounds 10\) less each month, so that his second payment is \(\pounds 490\), his third is \(\pounds 480\), and so on.
    (A) Calculate his 12th payment.
    (B) He plans to make 24 payments altogether. Show that he pays \(\pounds 9240\) in total.
  2. Mary's first payment is \(\pounds 460\) and she plans to pay \(2 \%\) less each month than the previous month, so that her second payment is \(\pounds 450.80\), her third is \(\pounds 441.784\), and so on.
    (A) Calculate her 12th payment.
    (B) Show that Jim's 20th payment is less than Mary's 20th payment but that his 19th is not less than her 19th.
    (C) Mary plans to make 24 payments altogether. Calculate how much she pays in total.
    (D) How much would Mary's first payment need to be if she wishes to pay \(2 \%\) less each month as before, but to pay the same in total as Jim, \(\pounds 9240\), over the 24 months?
Question 13
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13 Fig. 13.1 shows a greenhouse which is built against a wall. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{97ed9d1d-b9e5-47d6-a451-b14757c0e19d-4_606_828_347_358} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 13.1}
\end{figure} \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{97ed9d1d-b9e5-47d6-a451-b14757c0e19d-4_401_350_529_1430} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 13.2}
\end{figure} The greenhouse is a prism of length 5.5 m . The curve AC is an arc of a circle with centre B and radius 2.1 m , as shown in Fig. 13.2. The sector angle ABC is 1.8 radians and ABD is a straight line. The curved surface of the greenhouse is covered in polythene.
  1. Find the length of the arc AC and hence find the area of polythene required for the curved surface of the greenhouse.
  2. Calculate the length BD .
  3. Calculate the volume of the greenhouse.