This document contains 12 mathematics problems involving topics like solving equations, coordinate geometry, calculus, and optimization.
Problem 1 asks to find the coordinates of the intersection points of a circle and line. Problem 2 involves evaluating an expression with radicals. Problem 3 requires solving a cubic equation.
Problems 4-5 involve finding values related to curves intersecting other curves and lines. Problems 6-7 deal with analyzing the nature of roots and graphing quadratic functions.
Problems 8-9 focus on optimization and finding minimum area for a box with a given volume, and defining and analyzing a function.
Problems 10 involves expanding expressions in terms of powers of x. Problems 11 calculates rates of change for
This document contains 12 mathematics problems involving topics like solving equations, coordinate geometry, calculus, and optimization.
Problem 1 asks to find the coordinates of the intersection points of a circle and line. Problem 2 involves evaluating an expression with radicals. Problem 3 requires solving a cubic equation.
Problems 4-5 involve finding values related to curves intersecting other curves and lines. Problems 6-7 deal with analyzing the nature of roots and graphing quadratic functions.
Problems 8-9 focus on optimization and finding minimum area for a box with a given volume, and defining and analyzing a function.
Problems 10 involves expanding expressions in terms of powers of x. Problems 11 calculates rates of change for
This document contains 12 mathematics problems involving topics like solving equations, coordinate geometry, calculus, and optimization.
Problem 1 asks to find the coordinates of the intersection points of a circle and line. Problem 2 involves evaluating an expression with radicals. Problem 3 requires solving a cubic equation.
Problems 4-5 involve finding values related to curves intersecting other curves and lines. Problems 6-7 deal with analyzing the nature of roots and graphing quadratic functions.
Problems 8-9 focus on optimization and finding minimum area for a box with a given volume, and defining and analyzing a function.
Problems 10 involves expanding expressions in terms of powers of x. Problems 11 calculates rates of change for
This document contains 12 mathematics problems involving topics like solving equations, coordinate geometry, calculus, and optimization.
Problem 1 asks to find the coordinates of the intersection points of a circle and line. Problem 2 involves evaluating an expression with radicals. Problem 3 requires solving a cubic equation.
Problems 4-5 involve finding values related to curves intersecting other curves and lines. Problems 6-7 deal with analyzing the nature of roots and graphing quadratic functions.
Problems 8-9 focus on optimization and finding minimum area for a box with a given volume, and defining and analyzing a function.
Problems 10 involves expanding expressions in terms of powers of x. Problems 11 calculates rates of change for
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REVISION EXERCISES p2/2006
4037/2 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PAPER 2 FORM 5 ‘O’ – Level
1. A curve x 2 + y 2 = 10 and a line 2 x + y = 5 intersect at two points A and B. Find the
coordinates of A and B. [4]
13 2. Given that a+b 3 = , where a and b are integers, find, without using a 4+ 3 calculator, the value of a and of b [4]
3. Solve the equation 2 x 3 − 7 x 2 − 7 x + 30 = 0 . [4]
dy 6 4. A curve is such that = . Given that the curve passes through the points (5,13) dx 3x + 1 and (k,17), find the value of k. [5]
5. The line 2 x − y = 5 intersects the curve x 2 − xy + y 2 = 7 at the points A and B. Find
(i) the coordinates of A and B (ii) the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB. [7]
6. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations:
a. 5x2 + 1 = 7x [2] b. 4x2 = a (4x – a) [3]
7. Given y = 6 − x − x 2 , find a. the range of values of x for which y is positive, [2] b. the maximum value of y [2] c. Sketch the graph y = 6 − x − x 2 [3]
8. A rectangular box, with a lid, is made of thin metal. Its length is 2x cm and it width is x cm. If the box must have a volume of 72 cubic metres. a. show that the area A sq. metres of the metal used is given by [4] 216 A = 4x 2 + x b. find the value of x so that A is minimum. [4]
20 9. The function f is defined as f : x a . ax + b a. Find f ( x ) in term of a and b, -1 [2] b. Given that f (1) = 4 and f ( −4 ) = − 4 , find the value of a and of b, -1 [4] c. From (ii) what will be the value of x for which f(x) = x. [4] 2 10. Write down and simplify the first three terms in the expansion, in descending powers 6 ⎛ 3⎞ of x of ⎜ x − ⎟ . Given that the coefficients of x 5 and x 4 in the expansion of ⎝ x⎠ 6
( ⎛ ) 1 + ax + bx ⎜ x − 2 3⎞ ⎟ are 3 and 12 respectively, find the value of a and of b. [6] ⎝ x⎠
11. A spherical balloon is expanded so that its surface area is increasing at the rate of 2 m2/min. a. At what rate is its radius increasing when the radius is 4 m? [4] b. At what rate is its volume increasing at the same instant? [4] 4 [ Surface areas, s = 4π r 2 ; volume, v = π r 3 ] 3
12. Answer only ONE of the following two alternatives. [12 marks]
[ EITHER ]
A particle moves in a straight line so that, t s after leaving a fixed points O, its velocity, v ms-1 , is given by v = 8 + 2t − t 2 . Find
(i) Find the retardation of the particle when v = 8.
(ii) Calculate, to the nearest metre, the displacement of the particle from O when t = 6. (iii) Sketch the velocity-time graph for the motion of the particle.
[OR]
The diagram shows the shaded region PAQ bounded by the curve y = 9 – x2 , the line 3x + 2y = 9 and the x-axis. Find
