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Mathematics
Paper 1
3 hrs

UGANDA DAVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2009
PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
3HOURS

Instructions
 Answer all questions in section A and any five from section B
 Show clearly the method on the answer sheet

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

1. By row reducing to echelon form, solve the simultaneous equation below:

3x  2 y  4 z  5
x  3 y  2 z  1
2 x  y  3z  9

dy 1
2. Given that: X  2at (t  1) and y=2at2, show that  (2t  1) 3
dx a

3. Find the square root of: -8 – 6i

4
4. Solve for  : cot  + tan  = for 00    3600
3

5. If  and  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, show that

b 2  4ac
  
a

6. The tenth term of an arithmetical progression is 26 and the twelveth term is 56.
Find
i) the first term and the common difference

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 ii) the sum of the first 60 terms

Prove that: 2 tan 1 x  sin 1 

2x 
7. 
 1 x 

4
sin 2 x
8. Evaluate the integral:  1  cos
0
2
x
dx giving your answer correct to 3.S.F.

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

9. a) Find the equation of the plane through the three points A(1,1,1) B(1,2,3)
and C(3,2,-1).

b) Determine the coordinates of intersection of the plane in (a) above and

1   1
the line with the equation r   2     2 
 
 2 3 
   
c) Find the angle between the plane and the line.

Sin      sin  1
10. a) Show that  tan 
Cos      Cos 2
b) Solve the equation: tanx + 3cotx = 5secx for 00  x  3600
a 2  b2  c 2
c) Prove that in any triangle ABC, 2 2 2  tan B cot C
a b c

2x  3
11. Sketch the curve: y 
x  2x  3
2

p q 
12. a) Given that z   and Arg  z   , | z | = 7
2  i 1  3i 2
Determine the values of p and q

 cos  9  sin  9 
4

b) Without using tables or calculators evaluate:

 cos  9  i sin  9 
5

2
 x2  5x  2
13. a) Express into partial fraction and hence evaluate
( x  1) 2 ( x  1)
3 x2  5x  2
2  x  12  x  1dx
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b) Calculate the area enclosed by the curve y   3 and the line
x 1
y + 3x = 9

14. a) Given that y  ae2 x sin( x   ) where a and  are constants. Verify that
d2y dy
2
 4  5y  0
dx dx
b) Use calculus to find an approximate value for the cube root of 8.24.

 6 x  4 2
c) Differentiate with respect to x and simplify your answer.
2x  3

 
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15. a) Expand 2 x
in ascending powers of x. Use your expansion to find
2
an approximate value for (1.99)5 correct to 4sf.

b) Use Maclaurins theorem to expand loge(1+2x) in ascending powers of x

up to and including the term in x4. Hence find the value for
 
log e 3 correct to 2 places of decimals.
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16. a) A straight line makes intercepts of k on the x – axis and h on the y- axis.
The line passes through (-1, -3/2) and the product hk = -5. Determine the
equation of the line.

b) (i) P(at12, 2at1) and Q(at22, 2at2) are points on the parabola y2 =
4ax. Derive the equation of the chord PQ in the form
2x-(t1+ t2)y + 2at1t2= 0. Hence or otherwise, find in terms of t, the
equation of the normal to the parabola at the point (at2, 2at).

(ii) The normal to the parabola y2 = 4ax at the point (at2, 2at) cuts
the x-axis at Q. R is the mid-point of PQ. As t varies, find the
Cartesian equation of the locus of R.

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