Edexcel AEA (Advanced Extension Award) 2024 June

1．In the binomial expansion of $$( 1 - 8 x ) ^ { p } \quad | x | < \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$ where \(p\) is a positive constant，
－the sum of the coefficient of \(x\) and the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) is equal to the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\)
－the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) is positive
Determine the value of \(p\) ．
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2. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 1 shows the curve defined by the equation $$y ^ { 2 } + 3 y - 6 \sin y = 4 - x ^ { 2 }$$ The point \(P ( x , y )\) lies on the curve．
The distance from the origin，\(O\) ，to \(P\) is \(D\) ．
（a）Write down an equation for \(D ^ { 2 }\) in terms of \(y\) only．
（b）Hence determine the minimum value of \(D\) giving your answer in simplest form．
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3．（i）Determine the value of \(k\) such that $$\arctan \frac { 1 } { 2 } - \arctan \frac { 1 } { 3 } = \arctan k$$ （ii）（a）Prove that $$\cos 3 A \equiv 4 \cos ^ { 3 } A - 3 \cos A$$ Given that \(a = \cos 20 ^ { \circ }\)
（b）write down，in terms of \(a\) ，an expression for \(\cos 40 ^ { \circ }\)
（c）determine，in terms of \(a\) ，a simplified expression for \(\cos 80 ^ { \circ }\)
（d）Use part（a）to show that $$4 a ^ { 3 } - 3 a = \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$ （e）Hence，or otherwise，show that $$\cos 20 ^ { \circ } \cos 40 ^ { \circ } \cos 80 ^ { \circ } = \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$

4．（a）Use the substitution \(x = \sqrt { 3 } \tan u\) to show that $$\int \frac { 1 } { 3 + x ^ { 2 } } \mathrm {~d} x = p \arctan ( p x ) + c$$ where \(p\) is a real constant to be determined and \(c\) is an arbitrary constant．
（b）Use the substitution \(x = \frac { 3 u + 3 } { u - 3 }\) to determine the exact value of \(I\) where $$I = \int _ { - 3 } ^ { 1 } \frac { \ln ( 3 - x ) } { 3 + x ^ { 2 } } \mathrm {~d} x$$ giving your answer in simplest form．
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5. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of a hexagon \(O A B C D E\) where
－the interior angle at \(O\) and at \(C\) are each \(60 ^ { \circ }\)
－the interior angle at each of the other vertices is \(150 ^ { \circ }\)
－\(O A = O E = B C = C D\)
－\(A B = E D = 3 \times O A\)
Given that \(\overrightarrow { O A } = \mathbf { a }\) and \(\overrightarrow { O E } = \mathbf { e }\)
determine as simplified expressions in terms of \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { e }\)
（a） \(\overrightarrow { A B }\)
（b） \(\overrightarrow { O D }\) The point \(R\) divides \(A B\) internally in the ratio \(1 : 2\)
（c）Determine \(\overrightarrow { R C }\) as a simplified expression in terms of \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { e }\) The line through the points \(R\) and \(C\) meets the line through the points \(O\) and \(D\) at the point \(X\) ．
（d）Determine \(\overrightarrow { O X }\) in the form \(\lambda \mathbf { a } + \mu \mathbf { e }\) ，where \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\) are real values in simplest form．

6. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 3 shows a block \(A\) with mass \(4 m\) and a block \(B\) with mass \(5 m\).
Block \(A\) is at rest on a rough plane inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal.
Block \(B\) is at rest on a rough plane inclined at an angle \(\beta\) to the horizontal.
The blocks are connected by a light inextensible string which passes over a small smooth pulley at the top of each plane. A small smooth ring \(C\), of mass \(8 m\), is threaded on the string between the pulleys so that \(A , B\) and \(C\) all lie in the same vertical plane. The part of the string between \(A\) and its pulley lies along a line of greatest slope of the plane of angle \(\alpha\). The part of the string between \(B\) and its pulley lies along a line of greatest slope of the plane of angle \(\beta\). The angle between the vertical and the string between each pulley and the ring \(C\) is \(\gamma\).
The two blocks, \(A\) and \(B\), are modelled as particles.
Given that

• \(\tan \alpha = \frac { 5 } { 12 }\) and \(\tan \beta = \frac { 7 } { 24 }\) and \(\tan \gamma = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\)
• the coefficient of friction, \(\mu\), is the same between each block and its plane
• one of the blocks is on the point of sliding up its plane
• the tension in the string is \(T\)
  1. determine, in terms of \(m\) and \(g\), an expression for \(T\),
  2. draw a diagram showing the forces on block \(A\), clearly labelling each of the forces acting on the block,
  3. determine the value of \(\mu\), giving a justification for your answer.
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7. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 4 shows a circle with radius \(r _ { 1 }\) and a circle with radius \(r _ { 2 }\)
The circles touch externally at a single point above the \(x\)-axis.
Both circles also have the \(x\)-axis as a tangent.

1. Show that the horizontal distance between the centres of the circles, \(d\), is given by $$d ^ { 2 } = 4 r _ { 1 } r _ { 2 }$$ The finite region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 4, is bounded by the \(x\)-axis and minor arcs of the two circles. Given that \(r _ { 1 } \geqslant r _ { 2 }\)
2. show that the area of \(R\) is given by $$\left( r _ { 1 } + r _ { 2 } \right) \sqrt { r _ { 1 } r _ { 2 } } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( r _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } - r _ { 2 } ^ { 2 } \right) \theta - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi r _ { 2 } ^ { 2 }$$ where \(\cos \theta = \frac { r _ { 1 } - r _ { 2 } } { r _ { 1 } + r _ { 2 } }\) Question 7 continues on the next page.
   
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   \begin{figure}[h]
   \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a8e9db6b-dfad-4278-82d8-a8fa5ba61008-27_759_1378_269_347} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 5}
   \end{figure} A sequence of circles, \(C _ { 1 } , C _ { 2 } , C _ { 3 } , \ldots\) with radii \(r _ { 1 } , r _ { 2 } , r _ { 3 } , \ldots\) respectively, is constructed such that
   • each circle is tangential to and above the \(x\)-axis
   • the first circle, \(C _ { 1 }\), has centre \(( 0,1 )\)
   • each successive circle touches the preceding one externally at a single point
   • the horizontal distances between the centres of successive circles form a geometric sequence with first term 2 and common ratio \(\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } }\)
   The first few circles in the sequence are shown in Figure 5.
3. 1. Determine the value of \(r _ { 3 }\)
   2. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 1 , r _ { n + 2 } = k r _ { n }\) where \(k\) is a constant to be determined.
   3. Hence show that, for \(n \geqslant 1 , r _ { 2 n } = r _ { 2 n - 1 }\) The region bounded between \(C _ { n } , C _ { n + 1 }\) and the \(x\)-axis is \(R _ { n }\)
      The total area, \(A\), bounded above the \(x\)-axis and under all the circles is the sum of the areas of all these regions.
4. Determine the value of \(A\), giving the answer in simplest form. \section*{Paper reference} \section*{Advanced Extension Award Mathematics} Insert for questions 5, 6 and 7
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   5. \begin{figure}[h]
   \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a8e9db6b-dfad-4278-82d8-a8fa5ba61008-34_298_1040_212_516} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
   \end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of a hexagon \(O A B C D E\) where
   • the interior angle at \(O\) and at \(C\) are each \(60 ^ { \circ }\)
   • the interior angle at each of the other vertices is \(150 ^ { \circ }\)
   • \(O A = O E = B C = C D\)
   • \(A B = E D = 3 \times O A\)
   Given that \(\overrightarrow { O A } = \mathbf { a }\) and \(\overrightarrow { O E } = \mathbf { e }\)
   determine as simplified expressions in terms of \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { e }\)
5. \(\overrightarrow { A B }\)
6. \(\overrightarrow { O D }\) The point \(R\) divides \(A B\) internally in the ratio \(1 : 2\)
7. Determine \(\overrightarrow { R C }\) as a simplified expression in terms of \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { e }\) The line through the points \(R\) and \(C\) meets the line through the points \(O\) and \(D\) at the point \(X\).
8. Determine \(\overrightarrow { O X }\) in the form \(\lambda \mathbf { a } + \mu \mathbf { e }\), where \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\) are real values in simplest form.
   6. \begin{figure}[h]
   \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a8e9db6b-dfad-4278-82d8-a8fa5ba61008-35_236_1363_205_351} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
   \end{figure} Figure 3 shows a block \(A\) with mass \(4 m\) and a block \(B\) with mass \(5 m\).
   Block \(A\) is at rest on a rough plane inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal.
   Block \(B\) is at rest on a rough plane inclined at an angle \(\beta\) to the horizontal.
   The blocks are connected by a light inextensible string which passes over a small smooth pulley at the top of each plane. A small smooth ring \(C\), of mass \(8 m\), is threaded on the string between the pulleys so that \(A , B\) and \(C\) all lie in the same vertical plane. The part of the string between \(A\) and its pulley lies along a line of greatest slope of the plane of angle \(\alpha\). The part of the string between \(B\) and its pulley lies along a line of greatest slope of the plane of angle \(\beta\). The angle between the vertical and the string between each pulley and the ring \(C\) is \(\gamma\).
   The two blocks, \(A\) and \(B\), are modelled as particles.
   Given that
   • \(\tan \alpha = \frac { 5 } { 12 }\) and \(\tan \beta = \frac { 7 } { 24 }\) and \(\tan \gamma = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\)
   • the coefficient of friction, \(\mu\), is the same between each block and its plane
   • one of the blocks is on the point of sliding up its plane
   • the tension in the string is \(T\)
   • determine, in terms of \(m\) and \(g\), an expression for \(T\),
   • draw a diagram showing the forces on block \(A\), clearly labelling each of the forces acting on the block,
   • determine the value of \(\mu\), giving a justification for your answer.
   7. \begin{figure}[h]
   \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a8e9db6b-dfad-4278-82d8-a8fa5ba61008-36_721_1771_205_146} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 4}
   \end{figure} Figure 4 shows a circle with radius \(r _ { 1 }\) and a circle with radius \(r _ { 2 }\)
   The circles touch externally at a single point above the \(x\)-axis.
   Both circles also have the \(x\)-axis as a tangent.
9. Show that the horizontal distance between the centres of the circles, \(d\), is given by $$d ^ { 2 } = 4 r _ { 1 } r _ { 2 }$$ The finite region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 4, is bounded by the \(x\)-axis and minor arcs of the two circles. Given that \(r _ { 1 } \geqslant r _ { 2 }\)
10. show that the area of \(R\) is given by $$\left( r _ { 1 } + r _ { 2 } \right) \sqrt { r _ { 1 } r _ { 2 } } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( r _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } - r _ { 2 } ^ { 2 } \right) \theta - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi r _ { 2 } ^ { 2 }$$ where \(\cos \theta = \frac { r _ { 1 } - r _ { 2 } } { r _ { 1 } + r _ { 2 } }\) Question 7 continues on the next page. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a8e9db6b-dfad-4278-82d8-a8fa5ba61008-37_761_1376_210_349} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 5}
    \end{figure} A sequence of circles, \(C _ { 1 } , C _ { 2 } , C _ { 3 } , \ldots\) with radii \(r _ { 1 } , r _ { 2 } , r _ { 3 } , \ldots\) respectively, is constructed such that
    • each circle is tangential to and above the \(x\)-axis
    • the first circle, \(C _ { 1 }\), has centre \(( 0,1 )\)
    • each successive circle touches the preceding one externally at a single point
    • the horizontal distances between the centres of successive circles form a geometric sequence with first term 2 and common ratio \(\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } }\)
    The first few circles in the sequence are shown in Figure 5.
11. 1. Determine the value of \(r _ { 3 }\)
    2. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 1 , r _ { n + 2 } = k r _ { n }\) where \(k\) is a constant to be determined.
    3. Hence show that, for \(n \geqslant 1 , r _ { 2 n } = r _ { 2 n - 1 }\) The region bounded between \(C _ { n } , C _ { n + 1 }\) and the \(x\)-axis is \(R _ { n }\)
       The total area, \(A\), bounded above the \(x\)-axis and under all the circles is the sum of the areas of all these regions.
12. Determine the value of \(A\), giving the answer in simplest form.