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Edexcel P2 2024 January Q10
  1. In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve with equation $$y = \frac { 1 } { 2 } x ^ { 2 } + \frac { 1458 } { \sqrt { x ^ { 3 } } } - 74 \quad x > 0$$ The point \(P\) is the only stationary point on the curve.
  1. Use calculus to show that the \(x\) coordinate of \(P\) is 9 The line \(l\) passes through the point \(P\) and is parallel to the \(x\)-axis.
    The region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the line \(l\) and the line with equation \(x = 4\)
  2. Use algebraic integration to find the exact area of \(R\).
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q1
  1. A sequence \(a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by
$$\begin{aligned} a _ { n + 1 } & = 4 - a _ { n }
a _ { 1 } & = 3 \end{aligned}$$ Find the value of
    1. \(a _ { 2 }\)
    2. \(a _ { 107 }\)
  1. \(\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 200 } \left( 2 a _ { n } - 1 \right)\)
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q2
2. A circle \(C\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } + 4 x - 10 y - 21 = 0$$ Find
    1. the coordinates of the centre of \(C\),
    2. the exact value of the radius of \(C\). The point \(P ( 5,4 )\) lies on \(C\).
  1. Find the equation of the tangent to \(C\) at \(P\), writing your answer in the form \(y = m x + c\), where \(m\) and \(c\) are constants to be found.
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q3
3. (i) Use algebra to prove that for all real values of \(x\) $$( x - 4 ) ^ { 2 } \geqslant 2 x - 9$$ (ii) Show that the following statement is untrue. $$2 ^ { n } + 1 \text { is a prime number for all values of } n , n \in \mathbb { N }$$
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q4
4. (a) Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of \(x\), of the binomial expansion of $$\left( 2 - \frac { 1 } { 4 } x \right) ^ { 6 }$$ (b) Given that \(x\) is small, so terms in \(x ^ { 4 }\) and higher powers of \(x\) may be ignored, show $$\left( 2 - \frac { 1 } { 4 } x \right) ^ { 6 } + \left( 2 + \frac { 1 } { 4 } x \right) ^ { 6 } = a + b x ^ { 2 }$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants to be found.
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q5
5. A company makes a particular type of watch. The annual profit made by the company from sales of these watches is modelled by the equation $$P = 12 x - x ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } - 120$$ where \(P\) is the annual profit measured in thousands of pounds and \(\pounds x\) is the selling price of the watch. According to this model,
  1. find, using calculus, the maximum possible annual profit.
  2. Justify, also using calculus, that the profit you have found is a maximum.
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q6
6. \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = k x ^ { 3 } - 15 x ^ { 2 } - 32 x - 12\) where \(k\) is a constant Given ( \(x - 3\) ) is a factor of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\),
  1. show that \(k = 9\)
  2. Using algebra and showing each step of your working, fully factorise \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
  3. Solve, for \(0 \leqslant \theta < 360 ^ { \circ }\), the equation $$9 \cos ^ { 3 } \theta - 15 \cos ^ { 2 } \theta - 32 \cos \theta - 12 = 0$$ giving your answers to one decimal place.
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q7
7. Kim starts working for a company.
  • In year 1 her annual salary will be \(\pounds 16200\)
  • In year 10 her annual salary is predicted to be \(\pounds 31500\)
Model \(A\) assumes that her annual salary will increase by the same amount each year.
  1. According to model \(A\), determine Kim's annual salary in year 2 . Model \(B\) assumes that her annual salary will increase by the same percentage each year.
  2. According to model \(B\), determine Kim's annual salary in year 2 . Give your answer to the nearest \(\pounds 10\)
  3. Calculate, according to the two models, the difference between the total amounts that Kim is predicted to earn from year 1 to year 10 inclusive. Give your answer to the nearest £10
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q8
8. (i) Find the exact solution of the equation $$8 ^ { 2 x + 1 } = 6$$ giving your answer in the form \(a + b \log _ { 2 } 3\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants to be found.
(ii) Using the laws of logarithms, solve $$\log _ { 5 } ( 7 - 2 y ) = 2 \log _ { 5 } ( y + 1 ) - 1$$
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q9
9. (a) Show that the equation $$\cos \theta - 1 = 4 \sin \theta \tan \theta$$ can be written in the form $$5 \cos ^ { 2 } \theta - \cos \theta - 4 = 0$$ (b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant x < \frac { \pi } { 2 }\) $$\cos 2 x - 1 = 4 \sin 2 x \tan 2 x$$ giving your answers, where appropriate, to 2 decimal places.
Edexcel P2 2019 June Q10
10. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{fc9cd828-f9bc-4cad-8a70-4214697b1c6a-11_707_855_255_539} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve \(C\) with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) where $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 36 } { x ^ { 2 } } + 2 x - 13 \quad x > 0$$ Using calculus,
  1. find the range of values of \(x\) for which \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) is increasing,
  2. show that \(\int _ { 2 } ^ { 9 } \left( \frac { 36 } { x ^ { 2 } } + 2 x - 13 \right) \mathrm { d } x = 0\) The point \(P ( 2,0 )\) and the point \(Q ( 6,0 )\) lie on \(C\).
    Given \(\int _ { 2 } ^ { 6 } \left( \frac { 36 } { x ^ { 2 } } + 2 x - 13 \right) \mathrm { d } x = - 8\)
    1. state the value of \(\int _ { 6 } ^ { 9 } \left( \frac { 36 } { x ^ { 2 } } + 2 x - 13 \right) \mathrm { d } x\)
    2. find the value of the constant \(k\) such that \(\int _ { 2 } ^ { 6 } \left( \frac { 36 } { x ^ { 2 } } + 2 x + k \right) \mathrm { d } x = 0\)
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q1
  1. Adina is saving money to buy a new computer. She saves \(\pounds 5\) in week \(1 , \pounds 5.25\) in week 2 , \(\pounds 5.50\) in week 3 and so on until she has enough money, in total, to buy the computer.
She decides to model her savings using either an arithmetic series or a geometric series.
Using the information given,
    1. state with a reason whether an arithmetic series or a geometric series should be used,
    2. write down an expression, in terms of \(n\), for the amount, in pounds ( \(\pounds\) ), saved in week \(n\). Given that the computer Adina wants to buy costs \(\pounds 350\)
  1. find the number of weeks it will take for Adina to save enough money to buy the computer.
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Edexcel P2 2021 June Q2
2. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve with equation \(y = 4 ^ { x }\) A copy of Figure 1, labelled Diagram 1, is shown on the next page.
  1. On Diagram 1, sketch the curve with equation
    1. \(y = 2 ^ { x }\)
    2. \(y = 4 ^ { x } - 6\) Label clearly the coordinates of any points of intersection with the coordinate axes. The curve with equation \(y = 2 ^ { x }\) meets the curve with equation \(y = 4 ^ { x } - 6\) at the point \(P\).
  2. Using algebra, find the exact coordinates of \(P\).
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    \section*{Diagram 1}
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q3
3. (i) Prove that for all single digit prime numbers, \(p\), $$p ^ { 3 } + p \text { is a multiple of } 10$$ (ii) Show, using algebra, that for \(n \in \mathbb { N }\) $$( n + 1 ) ^ { 3 } - n ^ { 3 } \text { is not a multiple of } 3$$
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q4
  1. (a) Find, in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 3 }\), the binomial expansion of
$$\left( 2 + \frac { x } { 8 } \right) ^ { 13 }$$ fully simplifying each coefficient.
(b) Use the answer to part (a) to find an approximation for \(2.0125 ^ { 13 }\) Give your answer to 3 decimal places. Without calculating \(2.0125 { } ^ { 13 }\)
(c) state, with a reason, whether the answer to part (b) is an overestimate or an underestimate.
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q5
5. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the graph of the curves \(C _ { 1 }\) and \(C _ { 2 }\)
The curves intersect when \(x = 2.5\) and when \(x = 4\) A table of values for some points on the curve \(C _ { 1 }\) is shown below, with \(y\) values given to 3 decimal places as appropriate.
\(x\)2.52.7533.253.53.754
\(y\)5.4537.7649.3759.9649.3677.6265
Using the trapezium rule with all the values of \(y\) in the table,
  1. find, to 2 decimal places, an estimate for the area bounded by the curve \(C _ { 1 }\), the line with equation \(x = 2.5\), the \(x\)-axis and the line with equation \(x = 4\) The curve \(C _ { 2 }\) has equation $$y = x ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } - 3 x + 9 \quad x > 0$$
  2. Find \(\int \left( x ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } - 3 x + 9 \right) \mathrm { d } x\) The region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curves \(C _ { 1 }\) and \(C _ { 2 }\)
  3. Use the answers to part (a) and part (b) to find, to one decimal place, an estimate for the area of the region \(R\).
    (3)
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q6
  1. A circle has equation
$$x ^ { 2 } - 6 x + y ^ { 2 } + 8 y + k = 0$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant. Given that the \(x\)-axis is a tangent to this circle,
  1. find the value of \(k\). The circle meets the coordinate axes at the points \(R , S\) and \(T\).
  2. Find the exact area of the triangle \(R S T\).
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Edexcel P2 2021 June Q7
7. (a) Given that $$3 \log _ { 3 } ( 2 x - 1 ) = 2 + \log _ { 3 } ( 14 x - 25 )$$ show that $$2 x ^ { 3 } - 3 x ^ { 2 } - 30 x + 56 = 0$$ (b) Show that - 4 is a root of this cubic equation.
(c) Hence, using algebra and showing each step of your working, solve $$3 \log _ { 3 } ( 2 x - 1 ) = 2 + \log _ { 3 } ( 14 x - 25 )$$
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q8
8. In this question you must show all stages of your working. Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
  1. Solve, for \(0 < \theta < 360 ^ { \circ }\), the equation $$3 \sin \left( \theta + 30 ^ { \circ } \right) = 7 \cos \left( \theta + 30 ^ { \circ } \right)$$ giving your answers to one decimal place.
  2. (a) Show that the equation $$3 \sin ^ { 3 } x = 5 \sin x - 7 \sin x \cos x$$ can be written in the form $$\sin x \left( a \cos ^ { 2 } x + b \cos x + c \right) = 0$$ where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are constants to be found.
    (b) Hence solve for \(- \frac { \pi } { 2 } \leqslant x \leqslant \frac { \pi } { 2 }\) the equation $$3 \sin ^ { 3 } x = 5 \sin x - 7 \sin x \cos x$$ \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{515f245f-9c5b-4263-ab2c-0a4f96f3bff0-27_2644_1840_118_111}
Edexcel P2 2021 June Q9
9. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 3 shows a sketch of a square based, open top box.
The height of the box is \(h \mathrm {~cm}\), and the base edges each have length \(l \mathrm {~cm}\).
Given that the volume of the box is \(250000 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\)
  1. show that the external surface area, \(S \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }\), of the box is given by $$S = \frac { 250000 } { h } + 2000 \sqrt { h }$$
  2. Use algebraic differentiation to show that \(S\) has a stationary point when \(h = 250 ^ { k }\) where \(k\) is a rational constant to be found.
  3. Justify by further differentiation that this value of \(h\) gives the minimum external surface area of the box.
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Edexcel P2 2022 June Q1
  1. Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of \(x\), of the binomial expansion of
$$\left( 2 + \frac { 3 } { 8 } x \right) ^ { 10 }$$ Give each coefficient as an integer.
Edexcel P2 2022 June Q2
2. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{db4ec300-8081-4d29-acd5-0aae789d8f95-04_398_421_251_765} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows the graph of $$y = 1 - \log _ { 10 } ( \sin x ) \quad 0 < x < \pi$$ where \(x\) is in radians. The table below shows some values of \(x\) and \(y\) for this graph, with values of \(y\) given to 3 decimal places.
\(x\)0.511.522.53
\(y\)1.3191.0011.2231.850
  1. Complete the table above, giving values of \(y\) to 3 decimal places.
  2. Use the trapezium rule with all the \(y\) values in the completed table to find, to 2 decimal places, an estimate for $$\int _ { 0.5 } ^ { 3 } \left( 1 - \log _ { 10 } ( \sin x ) \right) \mathrm { d } x$$
  3. Use your answer to part (b) to find an estimate for $$\int _ { 0.5 } ^ { 3 } \left( 3 + \log _ { 10 } ( \sin x ) \right) \mathrm { d } x$$
Edexcel P2 2022 June Q3
3. (i) Show that the following statement is false: $$\text { " } ( n + 1 ) ^ { 3 } - n ^ { 3 } \text { is prime for all } n \in \mathbb { N } \text { " }$$ (ii) Given that the points \(A ( 1,0 ) , B ( 3 , - 10 )\) and \(C ( 7 , - 6 )\) lie on a circle, prove that \(A B\) is a diameter of this circle.
Edexcel P2 2022 June Q4
4. In this question you must show all stages of your working. Give your answers in fully simplified surd form. Given that \(a\) and \(b\) are positive constants, solve the simultaneous equations $$\begin{gathered} a - b = 8
\log _ { 4 } a + \log _ { 4 } b = 3 \end{gathered}$$ (6)
Edexcel P2 2022 June Q5
5. In this question you must show all stages of your working. Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
Solve, for \(- 180 ^ { \circ } < \theta \leqslant 180 ^ { \circ }\), the equation $$3 \tan \left( \theta + 43 ^ { \circ } \right) = 2 \cos \left( \theta + 43 ^ { \circ } \right)$$