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Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q1
6 marks Moderate -0.3
The transformation \(P\) is an enlargement, centre the origin, with scale factor \(k\), where \(k > 0\) The transformation \(Q\) is a rotation through angle \(\theta\) degrees anticlockwise about the origin. The transformation \(P\) followed by the transformation \(Q\) is represented by the matrix $$\mathbf{M} = \begin{pmatrix} -4 & -4\sqrt{3} \\ 4\sqrt{3} & -4 \end{pmatrix}$$
  1. Determine
    1. the value of \(k\),
    2. the smallest value of \(\theta\)
    [4] A square \(S\) has vertices at the points with coordinates \((0, 0)\), \((a, -a)\), \((2a, 0)\) and \((a, a)\) where \(a\) is a constant. The square \(S\) is transformed to the square \(S'\) by the transformation represented by \(\mathbf{M}\).
  2. Determine, in terms of \(a\), the area of \(S'\) [2]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q2
7 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Use the Maclaurin series expansion for \(\cos x\) to determine the series expansion of \(\cos^2\left(\frac{x}{3}\right)\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x^4\) Give each term in simplest form. [2]
  2. Use the answer to part (a) and calculus to find an approximation, to 5 decimal places, for $$\int_{\pi/6}^{\pi/4} \left(\frac{1}{x}\cos^2\left(\frac{x}{3}\right)\right)dx$$ [3]
  3. Use the integration function on your calculator to evaluate $$\int_{\pi/6}^{\pi/4} \left(\frac{1}{x}\cos^2\left(\frac{x}{3}\right)\right)dx$$ Give your answer to 5 decimal places. [1]
  4. Assuming that the calculator answer in part (c) is accurate to 5 decimal places, comment on the accuracy of the approximation found in part (b). [1]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q3
6 marks Standard +0.8
The cubic equation $$ax^3 + bx^2 - 19x - b = 0$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants, has roots \(\alpha\), \(\beta\) and \(\gamma\) The cubic equation $$w^3 - 9w^2 - 97w + c = 0$$ where \(c\) is a constant, has roots \((4\alpha - 1)\), \((4\beta - 1)\) and \((4\gamma - 1)\) Without solving either cubic equation, determine the value of \(a\), the value of \(b\) and the value of \(c\). [6]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q4
9 marks Standard +0.3
  1. \(\mathbf{A}\) is a 2 by 2 matrix and \(\mathbf{B}\) is a 2 by 3 matrix. Giving a reason for your answer, explain whether it is possible to evaluate
    1. \(\mathbf{AB}\)
    2. \(\mathbf{A} + \mathbf{B}\)
    [2]
  2. Given that $$\begin{pmatrix} -5 & 3 & 1 \\ a & 0 & 0 \\ b & a & b \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 5 & 0 \\ 2 & 12 & -1 \\ -1 & -11 & 3 \end{pmatrix} = \lambda\mathbf{I}$$ where \(a\), \(b\) and \(\lambda\) are constants,
    1. determine
    2. Hence deduce the inverse of the matrix \(\begin{pmatrix} -5 & 3 & 1 \\ a & 0 & 0 \\ b & a & b \end{pmatrix}\)
    [3]
  3. Given that $$\mathbf{M} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & \sin\theta & \cos\theta \\ 0 & \cos 2\theta & \sin 2\theta \end{pmatrix} \quad \text{where } 0 \leq \theta < \pi$$ determine the values of \(\theta\) for which the matrix \(\mathbf{M}\) is singular. [4]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q5
7 marks Moderate -0.3
  1. Evaluate the improper integral $$\int_1^{\infty} 2e^{-\frac{1}{2}x} dx$$ [3]
  2. The air temperature, \(\theta ^{\circ}C\), on a particular day in London is modelled by the equation $$\theta = 8 - 5\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{12}t\right) - \cos\left(\frac{\pi}{6}t\right) \quad 0 \leq t \leq 24$$ where \(t\) is the number of hours after midnight.
    1. Use calculus to show that the mean air temperature on this day is \(8^{\circ}C\), according to the model. [3] Given that the actual mean air temperature recorded on this day was higher than \(8^{\circ}C\),
    2. explain how the model could be refined. [1]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q6
12 marks Standard +0.3
A tourist decides to do a bungee jump from a bridge over a river. One end of an elastic rope is attached to the bridge and the other end of the elastic rope is attached to the tourist. The tourist jumps off the bridge. At time \(t\) seconds after the tourist reaches their lowest point, their vertical displacement is \(x\) metres above a fixed point 30 metres vertically above the river. When \(t = 0\)
  • \(x = -20\)
  • the velocity of the tourist is \(0\text{ms}^{-1}\)
  • the acceleration of the tourist is \(13.6\text{ms}^{-2}\)
In the subsequent motion, the elastic rope is assumed to remain taut so that the vertical displacement of the tourist can be modelled by the differential equation $$5k\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} + 2k\frac{dx}{dt} + 17x = 0 \quad t \geq 0$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant.
  1. Determine the value of \(k\) [2]
  2. Determine the particular solution to the differential equation. [7]
  3. Hence find, according to the model, the vertical height of the tourist above the river 15 seconds after they have reached their lowest point. [2]
  4. Give a limitation of the model. [1]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q7
8 marks Standard +0.8
The plane \(\Pi\) has equation $$\mathbf{r} = \begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ 3 \\ 2 \end{pmatrix} + \lambda \begin{pmatrix} -1 \\ 2 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} + \mu \begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}$$ where \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\) are scalar parameters.
  1. Show that vector \(\mathbf{2i + 3j - 4k}\) is perpendicular to \(\Pi\). [2]
  2. Hence find a Cartesian equation of \(\Pi\). [2]
The line \(l\) has equation $$\mathbf{r} = \begin{pmatrix} 4 \\ -5 \\ 2 \end{pmatrix} + t \begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 6 \\ -3 \end{pmatrix}$$ where \(t\) is a scalar parameter. The point \(A\) lies on \(l\). Given that the shortest distance between \(A\) and \(\Pi\) is \(2\sqrt{29}\)
  1. determine the possible coordinates of \(A\). [4]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q8
9 marks Standard +0.3
Two different colours of paint are being mixed together in a container. The paint is stirred continuously so that each colour is instantly dispersed evenly throughout the container. Initially the container holds a mixture of 10 litres of red paint and 20 litres of blue paint. The colour of the paint mixture is now altered by
  • adding red paint to the container at a rate of 2 litres per second
  • adding blue paint to the container at a rate of 1 litre per second
  • pumping fully mixed paint from the container at a rate of 3 litres per second.
Let \(r\) litres be the amount of red paint in the container at time \(t\) seconds after the colour of the paint mixture starts to be altered.
  1. Show that the amount of red paint in the container can be modelled by the differential equation $$\frac{dr}{dt} = 2 - \frac{r}{a}$$ where \(a\) is a positive constant to be determined. [2]
  2. By solving the differential equation, determine how long it will take for the mixture of paint in the container to consist of equal amounts of red paint and blue paint, according to the model. Give your answer to the nearest second. [6] It actually takes 9 seconds for the mixture of paint in the container to consist of equal amounts of red paint and blue paint.
  3. Use this information to evaluate the model, giving a reason for your answer. [1]
Edexcel CP1 2021 June Q9
11 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. Use a hyperbolic substitution and calculus to show that $$\int \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{x^2 - 1}} dx = \frac{1}{2}\left[x\sqrt{x^2 - 1} + \text{arcosh } x\right] + k$$ where \(k\) is an arbitrary constant. [6]
\includegraphics{figure_1} Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve \(C\) with equation $$y = \frac{4}{15}x \text{ arcosh } x \quad x \geq 1$$ The finite region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve \(C\), the \(x\)-axis and the line with equation \(x = 3\)
  1. Using algebraic integration and the result from part (a), show that the area of \(R\) is given by $$\frac{1}{15}\left[17\ln\left(3 + 2\sqrt{2}\right) - 6\sqrt{2}\right]$$ [5]