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Edexcel FP2 2024 June Q6
11 marks Challenging +1.8
  1. In this question you must show all stages of your working. Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
$$I _ { n } = \int \frac { \cos ( n x ) } { \sin x } \mathrm {~d} x \quad n \geqslant 1$$
  1. Show that, for \(n \geqslant 1\) $$I _ { n + 2 } = \frac { 2 \cos ( n + 1 ) x } { n + 1 } + I _ { n }$$
  2. Hence determine the exact value of $$\int _ { \frac { \pi } { 4 } } ^ { \frac { \pi } { 3 } } \frac { \cos ( 5 x ) } { \sin x } d x$$ giving the answer in the form \(a + b \ln c\) where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are rational numbers to be found.
Edexcel FP2 2024 June Q7
10 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. The set of matrices \(G = \{ \mathbf { I } , \mathbf { A } , \mathbf { B } , \mathbf { C } , \mathbf { D } , \mathbf { E } \}\) where
$$\mathbf { I } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array} \right) \quad \mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array} \right) \quad \mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array} \right) \quad \mathbf { C } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array} \right) \quad \mathbf { D } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 \end{array} \right) \quad \mathbf { E } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{array} \right)$$ with the operation \(\otimes _ { 2 }\) of matrix multiplication with entries evaluated modulo 2 , forms a group.
  1. Show that \(\mathbf { B }\) is an element of order 3 in \(G\).
  2. Determine the orders of the other elements of \(G\).
  3. Give a reason why \(G\) is not isomorphic to
    1. a cyclic group of order 6
    2. the group of symmetries of a regular hexagon. The group \(H\) of permutations of the numbers 1, 2 and 3 contains the following elements, denoted in two-line notation, $$\begin{array} { l l l } e = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 2 & 3 \end{array} \right) & a = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 3 & 1 \end{array} \right) & b = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 3 & 1 & 2 \end{array} \right) \\ c = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 2 \\ 1 & 3 \\ 2 \end{array} \right) & d = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 & 3 \end{array} \right) & f = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 2 \end{array} \right) \end{array}$$
  4. Determine an isomorphism between the groups \(G\) and \(H\).
Edexcel FP2 2024 June Q8
13 marks Challenging +1.8
8. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{c20a4592-74c6-4f58-b63b-984b171b1bfd-28_552_380_264_468} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{c20a4592-74c6-4f58-b63b-984b171b1bfd-28_524_446_274_1151} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a French horn with a detachable bell section.
The shape of the bell section can be modelled by rotating an exponential curve through \(360 ^ { \circ }\) about the \(x\)-axis, where units are centimetres. The model uses the curve shown in Figure 2, with equation $$y = \frac { 9 } { 2 } e ^ { \frac { 1 } { 9 } x } \quad 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 9$$
  1. Show that, according to this model, the external surface area of the bell section is given by $$K \int _ { 0 } ^ { 9 } \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 9 } x } \sqrt { 4 + \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 2 } { 9 } x } } \mathrm {~d} x$$ where \(K\) is a real constant to be determined.
  2. Use the substitution \(u = e ^ { \frac { 1 } { 9 } x }\) to show that $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { 9 } \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 9 } x } \sqrt { 4 + \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 2 } { 9 } x } } \mathrm {~d} x = 9 \int _ { a } ^ { b } \frac { 2 u + u ^ { 3 } } { \sqrt { 4 u ^ { 2 } + u ^ { 4 } } } \mathrm {~d} u + 18 \int _ { a } ^ { b } \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 4 + u ^ { 2 } } } \mathrm {~d} u$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants to be determined. Hence, using algebraic integration,
  3. determine, according to the model, the external surface area of the bell section of the horn, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q1
7 marks Moderate -0.5
  1. (i) Use the Euclidean algorithm to find the highest common factor of 602 and 161.
Show each step of the algorithm.
(ii) The digits which can be used in a security code are the numbers \(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\) and 9. Originally the code used consisted of two distinct odd digits, followed by three distinct even digits. To enable more codes to be generated, a new system is devised. This uses two distinct even digits, followed by any three other distinct digits. No digits are repeated. Find the increase in the number of possible codes which results from using the new system.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q2
6 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A transformation from the \(z\)-plane to the \(w\)-plane is given by
$$w = z ^ { 2 }$$
  1. Show that the line with equation \(\operatorname { Im } ( z ) = 1\) in the \(z\)-plane is mapped to a parabola in the \(w\)-plane, giving an equation for this parabola.
  2. Sketch the parabola on an Argand diagram.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q3
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) is given by
$$\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 2 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 2 & 0 \\ - 1 & 0 & 4 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Show that 4 is an eigenvalue of \(\mathbf { M }\), and find the other two eigenvalues.
  2. For each of the eigenvalues find a corresponding eigenvector.
  3. Find a matrix \(\mathbf { P }\) such that \(\mathbf { P } ^ { - 1 } \mathbf { M P }\) is a diagonal matrix.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q4
13 marks Challenging +1.8
    1. A group \(G\) contains distinct elements \(a , b\) and \(e\) where \(e\) is the identity element and the group operation is multiplication.
Given \(a ^ { 2 } b = b a\), prove \(a b \neq b a\)
(ii) The set \(H = \{ 1,2,4,7,8,11,13,14 \}\) forms a group under the operation of multiplication modulo 15
  1. Find the order of each element of \(H\).
  2. Find three subgroups of \(H\) each of order 4, and describe each of these subgroups. The elements of another group \(J\) are the matrices \(\left( \begin{array} { c c } \cos \left( \frac { k \pi } { 4 } \right) & \sin \left( \frac { k \pi } { 4 } \right) \\ - \sin \left( \frac { k \pi } { 4 } \right) & \cos \left( \frac { k \pi } { 4 } \right) \end{array} \right)\)
    where \(k = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\) and the group operation is matrix multiplication.
  3. Determine whether \(H\) and \(J\) are isomorphic, giving a reason for your answer.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q5
12 marks Challenging +1.8
5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{1c262813-4160-4eda-9a36-e4ba38182c8a-14_480_588_210_740} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} An engineering student makes a miniature arch as part of the design for a piece of coursework. The cross-section of this arch is modelled by the curve with equation $$y = A - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \cosh 2 x , \quad - \ln a \leqslant x \leqslant \ln a$$ where \(a > 1\) and \(A\) is a positive constant. The curve begins and ends on the \(x\)-axis, as shown in Figure 1.
  1. Show that the length of this curve is \(k \left( a ^ { 2 } - \frac { 1 } { a ^ { 2 } } \right)\), stating the value of the constant \(k\). The length of the curved cross-section of the miniature arch is required to be 2 m long.
  2. Find the height of the arch, according to this model, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
  3. Find also the width of the base of the arch giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
  4. Give the equation of another curve that could be used as a suitable model for the cross-section of an arch, with approximately the same height and width as you found using the first model.
    (You do not need to consider the arc length of your curve)
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q6
9 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. A curve has equation
$$| z + 6 | = 2 | z - 6 | \quad z \in \mathbb { C }$$
  1. Show that the curve is a circle with equation \(x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 20 x + 36 = 0\)
  2. Sketch the curve on an Argand diagram. The line \(l\) has equation \(a z ^ { * } + a ^ { * } z = 0\), where \(a \in \mathbb { C }\) and \(z \in \mathbb { C }\)
    Given that the line \(l\) is a tangent to the curve and that \(\arg a = \theta\)
  3. find the possible values of \(\tan \theta\)
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q7
9 marks Challenging +1.2
7. $$I _ { n } = \int _ { 0 } ^ { \frac { \pi } { 2 } } \sin ^ { n } x \mathrm {~d} x , \quad n \geqslant 0$$
  1. Prove that, for \(n \geqslant 2\), $$n I _ { n } = ( n - 1 ) I _ { n - 2 }$$
  2. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{1c262813-4160-4eda-9a36-e4ba38182c8a-22_588_1018_630_520} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
    \end{figure} A designer is asked to produce a poster to completely cover the curved surface area of a solid cylinder which has diameter 1 m and height 0.7 m . He uses a large sheet of paper with height 0.7 m and width of \(\pi \mathrm { m }\).
    Figure 2 shows the first stage of the design, where the poster is divided into two sections by a curve. The curve is given by the equation $$y = \sin ^ { 2 } ( 4 x ) - \sin ^ { 10 } ( 4 x )$$ relative to axes taken along the bottom and left hand edge of the paper.
    The region of the poster below the curve is shaded and the region above the curve remains unshaded, as shown in Figure 2. Find the exact area of the poster which is shaded.
Edexcel FP2 Specimen Q8
9 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A staircase has \(n\) steps. A tourist moves from the bottom (step zero) to the top (step \(n\) ). At each move up the staircase she can go up either one step or two steps, and her overall climb up the staircase is a combination of such moves.
If \(u _ { n }\) is the number of ways that the tourist can climb up a staircase with \(n\) steps,
  1. explain why \(u _ { n }\) satisfies the recurrence relation $$u _ { n } = u _ { n - 1 } + u _ { n - 2 } , \text { with } u _ { 1 } = 1 \text { and } u _ { 2 } = 2$$
  2. Find the number of ways in which she can climb up a staircase when there are eight steps. A staircase at a certain tourist attraction has 400 steps.
  3. Show that the number of ways in which she could climb up to the top of this staircase is given by $$\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 5 } } \left[ \left( \frac { 1 + \sqrt { 5 } } { 2 } \right) ^ { 401 } - \left( \frac { 1 - \sqrt { 5 } } { 2 } \right) ^ { 401 } \right]$$
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q1
6 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A chocolate manufacturer places special tokens in \(2 \%\) of the bars it produces so that each bar contains at most one token. Anyone who collects 3 of these tokens can claim a prize.
Andreia buys a box of 40 bars of the chocolate.
  1. Find the probability that Andreia can claim a prize. Barney intends to buy bars of the chocolate, one at a time, until he can claim a prize.
  2. Find the probability that Barney can claim a prize when he buys his 40th bar of chocolate.
  3. Find the expected number of bars that Barney must buy to claim a prize.
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q2
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Indre works on reception in an office and deals with all the telephone calls that arrive. Calls arrive randomly and, in a 4-hour morning shift, there are on average 80 calls.
    1. Using a suitable model, find the probability of more than 4 calls arriving in a particular 20 -minute period one morning.
    Indre is allowed 20 minutes of break time during each 4-hour morning shift, which she can take in 5 -minute periods. When she takes a break, a machine records details of any call in the office that Indre has missed. One morning Indre took her break time in 4 periods of 5 minutes each.
  2. Find the probability that in exactly 3 of these periods there were no calls. On another occasion Indre took 1 break of 5 minutes and 1 break of 15 minutes.
  3. Find the probability that Indre missed exactly 1 call in each of these 2 breaks.
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q3
6 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A biased spinner can land on the numbers \(1,2,3,4\) or 5 with the following probabilities.
Number on spinner12345
Probability0.30.10.20.10.3
The spinner will be spun 80 times and the mean of the numbers it lands on will be calculated. Find an estimate of the probability that this mean will be greater than 3.25
(6)
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q4
19 marks Standard +0.3
  1. Liam and Simone are studying the distribution of oak trees in some woodland. They divided the woodland into 80 equal squares and recorded the number of oak trees in each square. The results are summarised in Table 1 below.
\begin{table}[h]
Number of oak trees in a square01234567 or more
Frequency142123131170
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Table 1}
\end{table} Liam believes that the oak trees were deliberately planted, with 6 oak trees per square and that a constant proportion \(p\) of the oak trees survived.
  1. Suggest the model Liam should use to describe the number of oak trees per square. Liam decides to test whether or not his model is suitable and calculates the expected frequencies given in Table 2. \begin{table}[h]
    Number of oak trees in a square0 or 123456
    Expected frequency5.5314.8924.2622.2410.872.21
    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Table 2}
    \end{table}
  2. Showing your working clearly, complete the test using a \(5 \%\) level of significance. You should state your critical value and conclusion clearly. Simone believes that a Poisson distribution could be used to model the number of oak trees per square. She calculates the expected frequencies given in Table 3. \begin{table}[h]
    Number of oak trees in a square0 or 123456 or more
    Expected frequency12.6916.07\(s\)14.58\(t\)9.37
    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Table 3}
    \end{table}
  3. Find the value of \(s\) and the value of \(t\), giving your answers to 2 decimal places.
  4. Write down hypotheses to test the suitability of Simone's model. The test statistic for this test is 8.749
  5. Complete the test. Use a \(5 \%\) level of significance and state your critical value and conclusion clearly.
  6. Using the results of these tests, explain whether the origin of this woodland is likely to be cultivated or wild.
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q5
12 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. Information was collected about accidents on the Seapron bypass. It was found that the number of accidents per month could be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 2.5 Following some work on the bypass, the numbers of accidents during a series of 3-month periods were recorded. The data were used to test whether or not there was a change in the mean number of accidents per month.
    1. Stating your hypotheses clearly and using a \(5 \%\) level of significance, find the critical region for this test. You should state the probability in each tail.
    2. State P(Type I error) using this test.
    Data from the series of 3-month periods are recorded for 2 years.
  2. Find the probability that at least 2 of these 3-month periods give a significant result. Given that the number of accidents per month on the bypass, after the work is completed, is actually 2.1 per month,
  3. find P (Type II error) for the test in part (a)
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q6
12 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. The discrete random variable \(X\) has probability generating function
$$\mathrm { G } _ { X } ( t ) = k \ln \left( \frac { 2 } { 2 - t } \right)$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Find the exact value of \(k\)
  2. Find the exact value of \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\)
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 3 )\)
Edexcel FS1 2019 June Q7
12 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A spinner can land on red or blue. When the spinner is spun, there is a probability of \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\) that it lands on blue. The spinner is spun repeatedly.
The random variable \(B\) represents the number of the spin when the spinner first lands on blue.
  1. Find (i) \(\mathrm { P } ( B = 4 )\)
    (ii) \(\mathrm { P } ( B \leqslant 5 )\)
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } \left( B ^ { 2 } \right)\) Steve invites Tamara to play a game with this spinner.
    Tamara must choose a colour, either red or blue.
    Steve will spin the spinner repeatedly until the spinner first lands on the colour Tamara has chosen. The random variable \(X\) represents the number of the spin when this occurs. If Tamara chooses red, her score is \(\mathrm { e } ^ { X }\)
    If Tamara chooses blue, her score is \(X ^ { 2 }\)
  3. State, giving your reasons and showing any calculations you have made, which colour you would recommend that Tamara chooses.
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q1
13 marks Standard +0.8
  1. The number of customers entering Jeff's supermarket each morning follows a Poisson distribution.
Past information shows that customers enter at an average rate of 2 every 5 minutes.
Using this information,
    1. find the probability that exactly 26 customers enter Jeff's supermarket during a randomly selected 1-hour period one morning,
    2. find the probability that at least 21 customers enter Jeff's supermarket during a randomly selected 1-hour period one morning. A rival supermarket is opened nearby. Following its opening, the number of customers entering Jeff's supermarket over a randomly selected 40-minute period is found to be 10
  1. Test, at the 5\% significance level, whether or not there is evidence of a decrease in the rate of customers entering Jeff's supermarket. State your hypotheses clearly. A further randomly selected 20 -minute period is observed and the hypothesis test is repeated. Given that the true rate of customers entering Jeff's supermarket is now 1 every 5 minutes,
  2. calculate the probability of a Type II error.
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q2
4 marks Moderate -0.5
  1. The discrete random variables \(W , X\) and \(Y\) are distributed as follows
$$W \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 10,0.4 ) \quad X \sim \operatorname { Po } ( 4 ) \quad Y \sim \operatorname { Po } ( 3 )$$
  1. Explain whether or not \(\mathrm { Po } ( 4 )\) would be a good approximation to \(\mathrm { B } ( 10,0.4 )\)
  2. State the assumption required for \(X + Y\) to be distributed as \(\operatorname { Po } ( 7 )\) Given the assumption in part (b) holds,
  3. find \(\mathrm { P } ( X + Y < \operatorname { Var } ( W ) )\)
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q3
9 marks Standard +0.8
  1. Suzanne and Jon are playing a game.
They put 4 red counters and 1 blue counter in a bag.
Suzanne reaches into the bag and selects one of the counters at random. If the counter she selects is blue, she wins the game. Otherwise she puts it back in the bag and Jon selects one at random. If the counter he selects is blue, he wins the game. Otherwise he puts it back in the bag and they repeat this process until one of them selects the blue counter.
  1. Find the probability that Suzanne selects the blue counter on her 4th selection.
  2. Find the probability that the blue counter is first selected on or after Jon's third selection.
  3. Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of selections made until the blue counter is selected.
  4. Find the probability that Suzanne wins the game.
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q4
8 marks Standard +0.8
  1. The discrete random variable \(X\) has the following probability distribution.
\(x\)- 5- 234
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(\frac { 1 } { 12 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 6 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 2 }\)
  1. Find \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\) The discrete random variable \(Y\) is defined in terms of the discrete random variable \(X\)
    When \(X\) is negative, \(Y = X ^ { 2 }\)
    When \(X\) is positive, \(Y = 3 X - 2\)
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( Y < 9 )\)
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X Y )\)
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q5
13 marks Standard +0.3
  1. A factory produces pins.
An engineer selects 40 independent random samples of 6 pins produced at the factory and records the number of defective pins in each sample.
Number of defective pins0123456
Observed frequency191172010
  1. Show that the proportion of defective pins in the 40 samples is 0.15 The engineer suggests that the number of defective pins in a sample of 6 can be modelled using a binomial distribution. Using the information from the sample above, a test is to be carried out at the \(10 \%\) significance level, to see whether the data are consistent with the engineer's suggested model. The value of the test statistic for this test is 2.689
  2. Justifying the degrees of freedom used, carry out the test, at the \(10 \%\) significance level, to see whether the data are consistent with the engineer's suggested model. State your hypotheses clearly. The engineer later discovers that the previously recorded information was incorrect. The data should have been as follows.
    Number of defective pins0123456
    Observed frequency191163100
  3. Describe the effect this would have on the value of the test statistic that should be used for the hypothesis test.
    Give reasons for your answer.
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q6
13 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A discrete random variable \(X\) has probability generating function given by
$$\mathrm { G } _ { X } ( t ) = \frac { 1 } { 64 } \left( a + b t ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 }$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are positive constants.
  1. Write down the value of \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 3 )\) Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 4 ) = \frac { 25 } { 64 }\)
    1. find \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 2 )\)
    2. find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) The random variable \(Y = 3 X + 2\)
  2. Find the probability generating function of \(Y\)
Edexcel FS1 2020 June Q7
15 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. A six-sided die has sides labelled \(1,2,3,4,5\) and 6
The random variable \(S\) represents the score when the die is rolled.
Alicia rolls the die 45 times and the mean score, \(\bar { S }\), is calculated.
Assuming the die is fair and using a suitable approximation,
  1. find, to 3 significant figures, the value of \(k\) such that \(\mathrm { P } ( \bar { S } < k ) = 0.05\)
  2. Explain the relevance of the Central Limit Theorem in part (a). Alicia considers the following hypotheses:
    \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 }\) : The die is fair
    \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 }\) : The die is not fair
    If \(\bar { S } < 3.1\) or \(\bar { S } > 3.9\), then \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 }\) will be rejected.
    Given that the true distribution of \(S\) has mean 4 and variance 3
  3. find the power of this test.
  4. Describe what would happen to the power of this test if Alicia were to increase the number of rolls of the die.
    Give a reason for your answer.