CAIE P3 (Pure Mathematics 3) 2022 November

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Question 1 4 marks
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  1. Sketch the graph of \(y = | 2 x + 1 |\).
  2. Solve the inequality \(3 x + 5 < | 2 x + 1 |\).
Question 2 4 marks
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2 On a sketch of an Argand diagram shade the region whose points represent complex numbers \(z\) satisfying the inequalities \(| z | \leqslant 3 , \operatorname { Re } z \geqslant - 2\) and \(\frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi \leqslant \arg z \leqslant \pi\).
Question 3 4 marks
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3 Solve the equation \(2 ^ { 3 x - 1 } = 5 \left( 3 ^ { - x } \right)\). Give your answer in the form \(\frac { \ln a } { \ln b }\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.
Question 4 5 marks
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4 Solve the equation \(\tan \left( x + 45 ^ { \circ } \right) = 2 \cot x\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } < x < 180 ^ { \circ }\).
Question 5 4 marks
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5 The complex numbers \(u\) and \(w\) are defined by \(u = 2 \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi \mathrm { i } }\) and \(w = 3 \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \mathrm { i } }\).
  1. Find \(\frac { u ^ { 2 } } { w }\), giving your answer in the form \(r \mathrm { e } ^ { \mathrm { i } \theta }\), where \(r > 0\) and \(- \pi < \theta \leqslant \pi\). Give the exact values of \(r\) and \(\theta\).
  2. State the least positive integer \(n\) such that both \(\operatorname { Im } w ^ { n } = 0\) and \(\operatorname { Re } w ^ { n } > 0\).
Question 6 7 marks
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  1. Prove the identity \(\cos 4 \theta + 4 \cos 2 \theta + 3 \equiv 8 \cos ^ { 4 } \theta\).
  2. Hence solve the equation \(\cos 4 \theta + 4 \cos 2 \theta = 4\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } \leqslant \theta \leqslant 180 ^ { \circ }\).
Question 7 8 marks
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7 The equation of a curve is \(y = \frac { x } { \cos ^ { 2 } x }\), for \(0 \leqslant x < \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\). At the point where \(x = a\), the tangent to the curve has gradient equal to 12 .
  1. Show that \(a = \cos ^ { - 1 } \left( \sqrt [ 3 ] { \frac { \cos a + 2 a \sin a } { 12 } } \right)\).
  2. Verify by calculation that \(a\) lies between 0.9 and 1 .
  3. Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (a) to determine \(a\) correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places.
Question 8 8 marks
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8 In a certain chemical reaction the amount, \(x\) grams, of a substance is increasing. The differential equation satisfied by \(x\) and \(t\), the time in seconds since the reaction began, is $$\frac { \mathrm { d } x } { \mathrm {~d} t } = k x \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.1 t }$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant. It is given that \(x = 20\) at the start of the reaction.
  1. Solve the differential equation, obtaining a relation between \(x , t\) and \(k\).
  2. Given that \(x = 40\) when \(t = 10\), find the value of \(k\) and find the value approached by \(x\) as \(t\) becomes large.
Question 9 10 marks
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9 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{98001cfe-46a1-4c8f-9230-c140ebff6176-14_535_1082_274_520} The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = ( 3 - x ) \mathrm { e } ^ { - \frac { 1 } { 3 } x }\) for \(x \geqslant 0\), and its minimum point \(M\).
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the axes, giving your answer in terms of e.
Question 10 10 marks
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10 Let \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 2 x ^ { 2 } + 7 x + 8 } { ( 1 + x ) ( 2 + x ) ^ { 2 } }\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in partial fractions.
  2. Hence obtain the expansion of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 2 }\). \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{98001cfe-46a1-4c8f-9230-c140ebff6176-18_737_1034_262_552} In the diagram, \(O A B C D\) is a solid figure in which \(O A = O B = 4\) units and \(O D = 3\) units. The edge \(O D\) is vertical, \(D C\) is parallel to \(O B\) and \(D C = 1\) unit. The base, \(O A B\), is horizontal and angle \(A O B = 90 ^ { \circ }\). Unit vectors \(\mathbf { i } , \mathbf { j }\) and \(\mathbf { k }\) are parallel to \(O A , O B\) and \(O D\) respectively. The midpoint of \(A B\) is \(M\) and the point \(N\) on \(B C\) is such that \(C N = 2 N B\).
    1. Express vectors \(\overrightarrow { M D }\) and \(\overrightarrow { O N }\) in terms of \(\mathbf { i } , \mathbf { j }\) and \(\mathbf { k }\).
    2. Calculate the angle in degrees between the directions of \(\overrightarrow { M D }\) and \(\overrightarrow { O N }\).
    3. Show that the length of the perpendicular from \(M\) to \(O N\) is \(\sqrt { \frac { 22 } { 5 } }\).
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