CAIE P3 (Pure Mathematics 3) 2022 November

Question 1
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1 Solve the equation \(2 ^ { 3 x - 1 } = 5 \left( 3 ^ { 1 - x } \right)\). Give your answer in the form \(\frac { \ln a } { \ln b }\) where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.
Question 2
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2 The polynomial \(2 x ^ { 3 } - x ^ { 2 } + a\), where \(a\) is a constant, is denoted by \(\mathrm { p } ( x )\). It is given that ( \(2 x + 3\) ) is a factor of \(\mathrm { p } ( x )\).
  1. Find the value of \(a\).
  2. When \(a\) has this value, solve the inequality \(\mathrm { p } ( x ) < 0\).
Question 3
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3 The equation of a curve is \(y = \sin x \sin 2 x\). The curve has a stationary point in the interval \(0 < x < \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\). Find the \(x\)-coordinate of this point, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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  1. Express \(4 \cos x - \sin x\) in the form \(R \cos ( x + \alpha )\), where \(R > 0\) and \(0 ^ { \circ } < \alpha < 90 ^ { \circ }\). State the exact value of \(R\) and give \(\alpha\) correct to 2 decimal places.
  2. Hence solve the equation \(4 \cos 2 x - \sin 2 x = 3\) for \(0 ^ { \circ } < x < 180 ^ { \circ }\).
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  1. Solve the equation \(z ^ { 2 } - 6 \mathrm { i } z - 12 = 0\), giving the answers in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real and exact.
  2. On a sketch of an Argand diagram with origin \(O\), show points \(A\) and \(B\) representing the roots of the equation in part (a).
  3. Find the exact modulus and argument of each root.
  4. Hence show that the triangle \(O A B\) is equilateral.
Question 6
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6 Relative to the origin \(O\), the points \(A , B\) and \(C\) have position vectors given by $$\overrightarrow { O A } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 1
3
1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \overrightarrow { O B } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 3
1
2 \end{array} \right) \quad \text { and } \quad \overrightarrow { O C } = \left( \begin{array} { r } 5
3
- 2 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Using a scalar product, find the cosine of angle \(B A C\).
  2. Hence find the area of triangle \(A B C\). Give your answer in a simplified exact form.
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7 The variables \(x\) and \(\theta\) satisfy the differential equation $$x \sin ^ { 2 } \theta \frac { \mathrm {~d} x } { \mathrm {~d} \theta } = \tan ^ { 2 } \theta - 2 \cot \theta$$ for \(0 < \theta < \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\) and \(x > 0\). It is given that \(x = 2\) when \(\theta = \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi\).
  1. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } } { \mathrm { d } \theta } \left( \cot ^ { 2 } \theta \right) = - \frac { 2 \cot \theta } { \sin ^ { 2 } \theta }\).
    (You may assume without proof that the derivative of \(\cot \theta\) with respect to \(\theta\) is \(- \operatorname { cosec } ^ { 2 } \theta\).)
  2. Solve the differential equation and find the value of \(x\) when \(\theta = \frac { 1 } { 6 } \pi\).
Question 8
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\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{3c63c42a-2658-4984-93e8-b2a8d18eb37a-12_473_839_274_644} The diagram shows part of the curve \(y = \sin \sqrt { x }\). This part of the curve intersects the \(x\)-axis at the point where \(x = a\).
  1. State the exact value of \(a\).
  2. Using the substitution \(u = \sqrt { x }\), find the exact area of the shaded region in the first quadrant bounded by this part of the curve and the \(x\)-axis.
Question 9
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\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{3c63c42a-2658-4984-93e8-b2a8d18eb37a-14_407_734_267_699} The diagram shows a semicircle with diameter \(A B\), centre \(O\) and radius \(r\). The shaded region is the minor segment on the chord \(A C\) and its area is one third of the area of the semicircle. The angle \(C A B\) is \(\theta\) radians.
  1. Show that \(\theta = \frac { 1 } { 3 } ( \pi - 1.5 \sin 2 \theta )\).
  2. Verify by calculation that \(0.5 < \theta < 0.7\).
  3. Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (a) to determine \(\theta\) correct to 3 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 5 decimal places.
Question 10
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10 Let \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 4 - x + x ^ { 2 } } { ( 1 + x ) \left( 2 + x ^ { 2 } \right) }\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in partial fractions.
  2. Find the exact value of \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { 4 } \mathrm { f } ( x ) \mathrm { d } x\). Give your answer as a single logarithm.
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