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CAIE P1 2015 November Q10
9 marks Standard +0.3
  1. For the case where \(a = 2\), find the unit vector in the direction of \(\overrightarrow { P M }\).
  2. For the case where angle \(A T P = \cos ^ { - 1 } \left( \frac { 2 } { 7 } \right)\), find the value of \(a\).
CAIE P1 2016 November Q4
6 marks Easy -1.2
  1. Find the equation of the line \(C D\), giving your answer in the form \(y = m x + c\).
  2. Find the distance \(A D\).
CAIE P1 Specimen Q10
9 marks Standard +0.3
  1. For the case where \(a = 2\), find the unit vector in the direction of \(\overrightarrow { P M }\).
  2. For the case where angle \(A T P = \cos ^ { - 1 } \left( \frac { 2 } { 7 } \right)\), find the value of \(a\).
CAIE P2 2024 June Q6
9 marks Moderate -0.3
  1. Use the trapezium rule with two intervals to find an approximation to the area of the shaded region. Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.
  2. The shaded region is rotated completely about the \(x\)-axis. Find the exact volume of the solid produced. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_65_1548_379_349} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_67_1566_466_328} ........................................................................................................................................ \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_70_1570_646_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_72_1570_735_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_72_1570_826_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_74_1570_916_324} ........................................................................................................................................ . \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_72_1572_1096_322} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_70_1570_1187_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_67_1570_1279_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_70_1570_1367_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_62_1570_1462_324} .......................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... . \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_72_1570_1724_324} .......................................................................................................................................... . \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_71_1570_1905_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_74_1570_1994_324} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}]{971a1d8d-a82e-4a3a-b72d-3c147e4f30bb-11_76_1570_2083_324} ......................................................................................................................................... . ........................................................................................................................................ ......................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................ . ......................................................................................................................................... . ........................................................................................................................................
CAIE P2 2024 November Q6
9 marks Moderate -0.3
  1. Use the trapezium rule with two intervals to find an approximation to the area of region \(A\). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{18aea465-b5b0-48f0-970a-e9ede1dc9370-10_2720_38_105_2010} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{18aea465-b5b0-48f0-970a-e9ede1dc9370-11_2716_29_107_22}
  2. Find the exact total area of regions \(A\) and \(B\). Give your answer in the form \(k \ln m\), where \(k\) and \(m\) are constants.
  3. Deduce an approximation to the area of region \(B\). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
  4. State, with a reason, whether your answer to part (c) is an over-estimate or an under-estimate of the area of region \(B\).
CAIE P2 2002 June Q5
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(P\).
  2. Show that the \(x\)-coordinates of \(Q\) and \(R\) satisfy the equation $$x = \frac { 1 } { 4 } e ^ { x } .$$
  3. Use the iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 1 } { 4 } e ^ { x _ { n } }$$ with initial value \(x _ { 1 } = 0\), to find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(Q\) correct to 2 decimal places, showing the value of each approximation that you calculate.
CAIE P2 2010 June Q6
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. By sketching a suitable pair of graphs, show that the equation $$\ln x = 2 - x ^ { 2 }$$ has only one root.
  2. Verify by calculation that this root lies between \(x = 1.3\) and \(x = 1.4\).
  3. Show that, if a sequence of values given by the iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \sqrt { } \left( 2 - \ln x _ { n } \right)$$ converges, then it converges to the root of the equation in part (i).
  4. Use the iterative formula \(x _ { n + 1 } = \sqrt { } \left( 2 - \ln x _ { n } \right)\) to determine the root correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places.
CAIE P2 2014 June Q5
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Prove that \(\tan \theta + \cot \theta \equiv \frac { 2 } { \sin 2 \theta }\).
  2. Hence
    1. find the exact value of \(\tan \frac { 1 } { 8 } \pi + \cot \frac { 1 } { 8 } \pi\),
    2. evaluate \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi } \frac { 6 } { \tan \theta + \cot \theta } \mathrm { d } \theta\).
CAIE P2 2007 November Q7
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Prove the identity $$( \cos x + 3 \sin x ) ^ { 2 } \equiv 5 - 4 \cos 2 x + 3 \sin 2 x$$
  2. Using the identity, or otherwise, find the exact value of $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi } ( \cos x + 3 \sin x ) ^ { 2 } d x$$
CAIE P2 2017 November Q5
9 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Show that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(Q\) satisfies the equation \(x = \frac { 9 } { 8 } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \mathrm { e } ^ { - 2 x }\).
  2. Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (i) to find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(Q\) correct to 3 significant figures. Give the result of each iteration to 5 significant figures.
CAIE P3 2020 June Q7
9 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in partial fractions.
  2. Using your answer to part (a), show that $$( f ( x ) ) ^ { 2 } = \frac { 1 } { ( 2 x - 1 ) ^ { 2 } } - \frac { 1 } { 2 x - 1 } + \frac { 1 } { 2 x + 1 } + \frac { 1 } { ( 2 x + 1 ) ^ { 2 } }$$
  3. Hence show that \(\int _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } ( \mathrm { f } ( x ) ) ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~d} x = \frac { 2 } { 5 } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \ln \left( \frac { 5 } { 9 } \right)\).
CAIE P3 2021 June Q10
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Given that the sum of the areas of the shaded sectors is \(90 \%\) of the area of the trapezium, show that \(x\) satisfies the equation \(x = 0.9 ( 2 - \cos x ) \sin x\).
  2. Verify by calculation that \(x\) lies between 0.5 and 0.7 .
  3. Show that if a sequence of values in the interval \(0 < x < \frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi\) given by the iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \cos ^ { - 1 } \left( 2 - \frac { x _ { n } } { 0.9 \sin x _ { n } } \right)$$ converges, then it converges to the root of the equation in part (a).
  4. Use this iterative formula to determine \(x\) correct to 2 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places.
CAIE P3 2023 June Q10
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Find the exact coordinates of \(M\).
  2. Using the substitution \(u = 3 - 2 x\), find by integration the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the \(x\)-axis. Give your answer in the form \(a \sqrt { 13 }\), where \(a\) is a rational number. [5]
CAIE P3 2021 November Q9
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the stationary point of the curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\).
  2. Using the substitution \(u = \sqrt { x }\), show that \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { 4 } \mathrm { f } ( x ) \mathrm { d } x = \frac { 1 } { 3 } \ln 5\).
CAIE P3 2024 November Q6
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Given that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(M\) lies in the interval \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } \pi < x < \frac { 3 } { 4 } \pi\), find the exact coordinates of \(M\). \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{656df2a8-fc4d-49f3-a649-746103b4576e-10_2718_35_107_2012} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{656df2a8-fc4d-49f3-a649-746103b4576e-11_2725_35_99_20}
  2. Find the exact area of the region \(R\).
CAIE P3 2012 June Q7
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Express \(u\) in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
  2. Show on a sketch of an Argand diagram the points \(A , B\) and \(C\) representing the complex numbers \(u , 1 + 2 \mathrm { i }\) and \(1 - 3 \mathrm { i }\) respectively.
  3. By considering the arguments of \(1 + 2 \mathrm { i }\) and \(1 - 3 \mathrm { i }\), show that $$\tan ^ { - 1 } 2 + \tan ^ { - 1 } 3 = \frac { 3 } { 4 } \pi$$
CAIE P3 2015 June Q8
10 marks Standard +0.3
  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 \(x ^ { 2 }\). [5]
CAIE P3 2016 June Q9
9 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. Sketch this diagram and state fully the geometrical relationship between \(O B\) and \(A C\).
  2. Find, in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real, the complex number \(\frac { u } { v }\).
  3. Prove that angle \(A O B = \frac { 3 } { 4 } \pi\).
CAIE P3 2017 June Q5
8 marks Moderate -0.3
  1. Show that \(x\) satisfies the equation \(x = \frac { 1 } { 3 } ( \pi + \sin x )\).
  2. Verify by calculation that \(x\) lies between 1 and 1.5.
  3. Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (i) to determine \(x\) correct to 3 decimal places. Give the result of each iteration to 5 decimal places.
CAIE P3 2017 March Q8
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Showing all your working, verify that \(u\) is a root of the equation \(\mathrm { p } ( z ) = 0\).
  2. Find the other three roots of the equation \(\mathrm { p } ( z ) = 0\).
CAIE P3 2013 November Q7
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. The complex numbers \(u\) and \(v\) satisfy the equations $$u + 2 v = 2 \mathrm { i } \quad \text { and } \quad \mathrm { i } u + v = 3$$ Solve the equations for \(u\) and \(v\), giving both answers in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
  2. On an Argand diagram, sketch the locus representing complex numbers \(z\) satisfying \(| z + \mathrm { i } | = 1\) and the locus representing complex numbers \(w\) satisfying \(\arg ( w - 2 ) = \frac { 3 } { 4 } \pi\). Find the least value of \(| z - w |\) for points on these loci.
CAIE P3 2016 November Q9
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Solve the equation \(( 1 + 2 \mathrm { i } ) w ^ { 2 } + 4 w - ( 1 - 2 \mathrm { i } ) = 0\), giving your answers in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
  2. On a sketch of an Argand diagram, shade the region whose points represent complex numbers satisfying the inequalities \(| z - 1 - \mathrm { i } | \leqslant 2\) and \(- \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi \leqslant \arg z \leqslant \frac { 1 } { 4 } \pi\).
CAIE P3 2016 November Q7
9 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Find the modulus and argument of \(z\).
  2. Express each of the following in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real and exact:
    1. \(z + 2 z ^ { * }\);
    2. \(\frac { z ^ { * } } { \mathrm { i } z }\).
    3. On a sketch of an Argand diagram with origin \(O\), show the points \(A\) and \(B\) representing the complex numbers \(z ^ { * }\) and \(\mathrm { i } z\) respectively. Prove that angle \(A O B\) is equal to \(\frac { 1 } { 6 } \pi\).
CAIE P3 2017 November Q8
10 marks Standard +0.3
  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 \(x ^ { 2 }\).
CAIE P3 2019 November Q7
9 marks Standard +0.8
  1. Find the value of \(a\).
  2. When \(a\) has this value, find the equation of the plane containing \(l\) and \(m\).