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S5 Mathematics End of Term III Paper 1 KINGS COLLEGE BUDO

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S5 Mathematics End of Term III Paper 1 KINGS COLLEGE BUDO

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NAME………………………………..………………..STREAM…..

………GROUP……………

KING’S COLLEGE, BUDO

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS

S.5 MATHEMATICS−P425/1

PAPER 1

3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all the questions in section A and any five from section B.
 Write your name and stream on every answer sheet used.
 All working MUST be logically shown.
 Any additional question(s) answered will NOT be marked.

𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐁

QNS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL

MKS

SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

1. Solve the equation 3√𝑡 − √(𝑡 + 5) = 3. (05 marks)

2. If 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑒 −2𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥 + 𝛽) where 𝑎 and 𝛽 are constants, prove that


𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
+ 4 𝑑𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 0. (05 marks)
𝑑𝑥 2
𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑧 𝑥−𝑧
3. Show that tan−1 (1+𝑥𝑦) + tan−1 (1+𝑦𝑧) = tan−1 (1+𝑥𝑧). (05 marks)
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4. Find the area enclosed by the curve 𝑥 = 2 𝑦 2 − 3 and the line 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 1 below:

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5. Find ∫ 𝑒 𝑥 cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥. (05 marks)

6. How many terms of the series 1+8+15+… are required to give a sum of 5500? (05 marks)

7. If A is the point (2, 0) and B is the point (−3, 0), find the locus of a point P which moves
so that AP 2 + 2BP 2 = 22. (05 marks)
𝑥 𝑦 6+2𝑖
8. Find the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 in 2+3𝑖 − 3−2𝑖 = 1+8𝑖 . (05 marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)


2−tan 𝛼
9. (a) If sin(𝑥 + 𝛼) = 2cos(𝑥 − 𝛼), prove that tan 𝑥 = 1−2 tan 𝛼. Hence solve

sin(𝑥 + 45) = 2cos(𝑥 − 45) for −2𝜋 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋.

(b) Find the maximum and minimum values of 3√2 cos(𝜃 + 450 ) + 7 sin 𝜃 by

expressing in the form 𝑅 cos(𝜃 − 𝛼). State the smallest values of 𝜃 for which

they occur. (12 marks)


𝑥 2 −4𝑥
10. A curve has the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 −4𝑥+3

(i) Determine the nature of the turning point on the curve.

(ii) Determine the equations of the asymptotes of the curve.

(iii) Sketch the curve. (12 marks)

2
𝑒 2𝑡
11. (a) Use the substitution 𝑢 = 𝑒 2𝑡 to find ∫ 𝑑𝑡 .
1+𝑒 4𝑡

1 3𝑦−1
(b) Evaluate ∫0 𝑑𝑦 correct to 4 decimal places. (12 marks)
𝑦 2 +3𝑦+2

𝑥 3 −𝑦
12. (a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve 1−𝑦 3 = 𝑥 at the point (1, −1).

(b) Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥

2 𝑥−2 3
(i) (tan−1 𝑥)𝑥 (ii) (𝑥 2 −3) . (12 marks)

13. (a) The roots of the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 are 𝛼 and 𝛽.


𝛼 𝛽
(i) Find the values of + 𝛼 and (𝛼 − 𝛽)2.
𝛽

𝑐
(ii) Express 𝑏 in terms of 𝛼 and 𝛽.

(b) The polynomial 𝑥 4 + 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 − 12 is divisible by both (𝑥 − 2) and


(𝑥 + 2). Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏. (12 marks)
log 𝑝 log 3 8
14. (a) Prove that log 𝑞 𝑝 = log𝑟 𝑞. Hence given that log10 2 = 5 evaluate (log 3 2)2 .
𝑟 10

(b) Find 𝑥 in the equation log 2 𝑥 − log 𝑥 8 + 2 = 0.


log 81 log 9
(c) Simplify − log 27 . (12 marks)
log 3

15. (a) Given that 𝑦 = ln(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 2), find the Maclaurin’s expansion of 𝑦 up to the

third term. Hence estimate ln 2.11 truncated to 4 significant figures.

(b) The coefficient of 𝑥 2 in the expansion of (1 − 2𝑥)𝑛 is 24. Calculate the value(s)

of 𝑛. (12 marks)

16. (a) Find the Cartesian equation of the locus of a point P represented by the equation
𝑧+2−𝑖
| | = 2.
𝑧−1

(b) Solve the equation 𝑧 3 + 8 = 0. (12 marks)

−END−

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