Candidates may NOT use a calculator in this paper. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Advice to Candidates You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
Candidates may NOT use a calculator in this paper. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Advice to Candidates You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
Candidates may NOT use a calculator in this paper. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Advice to Candidates You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
Candidates may NOT use a calculator in this paper. Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Advice to Candidates You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner.
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FOR EDEXCEL
GCE Examinations Advanced Subsidiary
Core Mathematics C1 Paper J Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Candidates may NOT use a calculator in this paper Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions. Mathematical formulae and statistical tables are available. This paper has ten questions.
Advice to Candidates You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to an examiner. Answers without working may gain no credit.
Written by Shaun Armstrong
Solomon Press
These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchaser’s institute. 1. The points A, B and C have coordinates (−3, 0), (5, −2) and (4, 1) respectively.
Find an equation for the straight line which passes through C and is parallel to AB. Give your answer in the form ax + by = c, where a, b and c are integers. (4)
2. Express 22.5 in the form k 10 . (4)
3. y
(−3, 4)
y = f(x)
O x
(1, −2)
Figure 1
Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = f(x). The curve has a maximum at (−3, 4) and a minimum at (1, −2).
Showing the coordinates of any turning points, sketch on separate diagrams the curves with equations
(a) y = 2f(x), (3)
(b) y = −f(x). (3)
4. (a) Solve the inequality
4(x − 2) < 2x + 5. (2)
(b) Find the value of y such that
4y + 1 = 82y − 1. (4)
Solomon Press C1J page 2 5. A sequence of terms {tn} is defined for n ≥ 1 by the recurrence relation
tn + 1 = ktn − 7, t1 = 3,
where k is a constant.
(a) Find expressions for t2 and t3 in terms of k. (3)
Given that t3 = 13,
(b) find the possible values of k. (3)
6. The curve with equation y = 8x passes through the point A with x-coordinate 2.
Find an equation for the tangent to the curve at A. (7)
7. As part of a new training programme, Habib decides to do sit-ups every day.
He plans to do 20 per day in the first week, 22 per day in the second week, 24 per day in the third week and so on, increasing the daily number of sit-ups by two at the start of each week.
(a) Find the number of sit-ups that Habib will do in the fifth week. (3)
(b) Show that he will do a total of 1512 sit-ups during the first eight weeks. (2)
In the nth week of training, the number of sit-ups that Habib does is greater than 300 for the first time.
(c) Find the value of n. (3)
Turn over
Solomon Press C1J page 3 8. Some ink is poured onto a piece of cloth forming a stain that then spreads.
The area of the stain, A cm2, after t seconds is given by
A = (p + qt)2,
where p and q are positive constants.
Given that when t = 0, A = 4 and that when t = 5, A = 9,
(a) find the value of p and show that q = 15 , (5)
dA (b) find in terms of t, (4) dt
(c) find the rate at which the area of the stain is increasing when t = 15. (2)
9. The curve C has the equation y = x2 + 2x + 4.
(a) Express x2 + 2x + 4 in the form a(x + b)2 + c and hence state the coordinates of the minimum point of C. (4)
The straight line l has the equation x + y = 8.
(b) Sketch l and C on the same set of axes. (3)
(c) Find the coordinates of the points where l and C intersect. (4)
10. The curve C has the equation y = f(x).
Given that
dy 2 = 3 − 2 , x ≠ 0, dx x
and that the point A on C has coordinates (2, 6),
(a) find an equation for C, (5)
(b) find an equation for the tangent to C at A, giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0 where a, b and c are integers, (4)
(c) show that the line y = x + 3 is also a tangent to C. (3)
