Edexcel GCE Further Pure Mathematics FP2 June 2013 exam answers review

  1. Express 2/(2r + 1)(2r + 3)in partial fractions.

    (2)

  2. Using your answer to (a), find, in terms of n,

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    Give your answer as a single fraction in its simplest form.

    (3)

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Explanation Explanation
z = 5√3 – 5i

Find

  1. |z|,(1)(1)
  2. arg(z), in terms of π.(2)(2)
  3. w = 2(cosπ/4 + isinπ/4)

    Find

  4. |w/z|

    (1)

  5. arg(w/z), in terms of π(2)
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d²y/dx² + 4y – sin x = 0

Given that y = ½ and dy/dx = 1/8 at x=0,

find a series expansion for y in terms of x, up to and including the term in x3.

(5)

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Explanation Explanation
  1. Given that

    z = r (cosθ + i sinθ),

    r ε ℜ

    prove, by induction, that zn = rn (cos nθ + isin nθ), nεΖ+(5)

  2. w = 3(cos3π/4 + isin3π/4)
  3. Find the exact value of w5, giving your answer in the form a + ib, where a, b ε ℜ
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Explanation Explanation
  1. Find the general solution of the differential equation

    xdy/dx + 2y = 4x²

    (5)

  2. Find the particular solution for which y = 5 at x = 1, giving your answer in the form y = f(x).(2)
    1. Find the exact values of the coordinates of the turning points of the curve with equation y = f(x), making your method clear.
    2. Sketch the curve with equation y = f(x), showing the coordinates of the turning points.

    (5)

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Explanation Explanation
  1. Use algebra to find the exact solutions of the equation

    |2x² + 6x – 5| = 5 – 2x

    (6)

  2. On the same diagram, sketch the curve with equation y = |2x² + 6x – 5| and the line with equation y = 5 – 2x, showing the x-coordinates of the points where the line crosses the curve.(3)
  3. Find the set of values of x for which

    |2x² + 6x – 5| > 5 – 2x

    (3)

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Explanation Explanation
  1. Show that the transformation y = xv transforms the equation
    4x²d²y/dx² – 8xdy/dx + (8 + 4x²)y = x<4/sup>

    (II)

    into the equation

    4d²x/dx² + 4v = x

    (6)

  2. Solve the differential equation (II) to find v as a function of x (6)
  3. Hence state the general solution of the differential equation (I).(1)
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Figure 1 shows a curve C with polar equation r = asin2θ, 0≤θ≤π/2, and a half-line l.

The half-line l meets C at the pole O and at the point P. The tangent to C at P is parallel to the initial line. The polar coordinates of P are (R, φ).

  1. Show that cosφ = 1/√3(6)
  2. Find the exact value of R.(2)
  3. The region S, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by C and l.

  4. Use calculus to show that the exact area of S is

    1/36a²(9arccos(1/√3) + √2)

    (7)

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