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GCE Examinations
Advanced Subsidiary

Core Mathematics C3
Paper G
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

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1. A curve has the equation y = (3x − 5)3.

(a) Find an equation for the tangent to the curve at the point P (2, 1). (4)

The tangent to the curve at the point Q is parallel to the tangent at P.

(b) Find the coordinates of Q. (3)

2. (a) Use the identities for cos (A + B) and cos (A − B) to prove that

2 cos A cos B ≡ cos (A + B) + cos (A − B). (2)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, find in terms of π the solutions of the equation

2 cos (x + π ) = sec (x + π ),
2 6

for x in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ π. (7)

3. Differentiate each of the following with respect to x and simplify your answers.

(a) ln (cos x) (3)

(b) x2 sin 3x (3)

4. (a) Express 2 sin x° − 3 cos x° in the form R sin (x − α)° where R > 0
and 0 < α < 90. (4)

(b) Show that the equation

cosec x° + 3 cot x° = 2

can be written in the form

2 sin x° − 3 cos x° = 1. (1)

(c) Solve the equation

cosec x° + 3 cot x° = 2,

for x in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 360, giving your answers to 1 decimal place. (5)

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5. (a) Show that (2x + 3) is a factor of (2x3 − x2 + 4x + 15). (2)

(b) Hence, simplify

2 x2 + x − 3
. (4)
2 x3 − x 2 + 4 x + 15

(c) Find the coordinates of the stationary points of the curve with equation

2 x2 + x − 3
y= . (6)
2 x3 − x 2 + 4 x + 15

6. The population in thousands, P, of a town at time t years after 1st January 1980 is
modelled by the formula

P = 30 + 50e0.002t.

Use this model to estimate

(a) the population of the town on 1st January 2010, (2)

(b) the year in which the population first exceeds 84 000. (4)

The population in thousands, Q, of another town is modelled by the formula

Q = 26 + 50e0.003t.

(c) Show that the value of t when P = Q is a solution of the equation

t = 1000 ln (1 + 0.08e−0.002t). (3)

(d) Use the iteration formula

tn + 1 = 1000 ln (1 + 0.08e −0.002tn )

with t0 = 50 to find t1, t2 and t3 and hence, the year in which the populations
of these two towns will be equal according to these models. (4)

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7. y

y = f(x)

(a, 0) O x
(0, b)

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows the graph of y = f(x) which meets the coordinate axes at the points
(a, 0) and (0, b), where a and b are constants.

(a) Showing, in terms of a and b, the coordinates of any points of intersection with
the axes, sketch on separate diagrams the graphs of

(i) y = f −1(x),

(ii) y = 2f(3x). (6)

Given that

f(x) = 2 − x + 9 , x ∈ , x ≥ −9,

(b) find the values of a and b, (3)

(c) find an expression for f −1(x) and state its domain. (5)

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