Kuen Cheng High School

Second Examination 2011

Mathematics
Name : __________________(
Class : Sr1B , 1C, 1D

Date : June 2011

Time : 2 hours
Total Pages : 2

Subject Questions : 100%

Section A [ 40%]

( Answer

all questions )
f : x 7 x 5 and g : x 14 x + 2 , find in similar form [4%]
(b) ( f 1 g )( x ) .

1.

Two functions are defined by

(a) f 1 ( x )

2.

Given that and are the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 + mx + 7 =,

0 m > 0 and
2 + 2 =22 . Find
(a) the value of m
(b) the value of 2 + 2 .
[4%]

3.

If

4.

Simplify

2 x2 5x + 6
A
B
C
for all values of x, find the values of A, B and C.
+
+
x( x 2)( x 3) x x 2 x 3

[4%]
[4%]

(a) 11 2 30

(b)

6 35 .

5.

x + 3y =
1

Solve the simultaneous equations 2

.
2
0
x + 3 xy + 2 y =

[4%]

6.

p
6
(a) Given that f ( x ) =
+
and f (5) =
8 , evaluate the value of p.
x 1 x 2

[2%]

(b) Factorize

x 3 6 x 2 + 11x 6 .

[2%]

1
3

7.

(a) Evaluate 625 3 5

(b) Solve the equation 2 x 1 = 7 x (correct your answer to 4 decimal places).

[2%]
[2%]

8.

Solve the inequalities

(a) x( x + 1)(2 x ) 0

[4%]

9.

Solve the equations

(b) (3 x + 2) > 1 .
2

5 x 252 y =
1

5x y 1 .
3 9 =
9

10. (a) Solve the equation

1
(b) Evaluate log9
.
243

[4%]

log( x + 7) + log(3 x + 1) =
2.

[2%]
[2%]

Section B [60%] (Choose only 6 Questions)

11. (a) Two functions are defined by f : x 3 x 10 and g : x 4 x + k . Given that
f [ g ( x )] = g[ f ( x )] , find the value of k.
(b) Solve the equation
4x 4 5 x 2 + 1 =
0.
2
(c) Given that 6 x x 3 A(2 x + 1)( x 1) + B (1 x) + C for all the values of x.
Find the value of A+B+C.

[3%]
[4%]
[3%]

12. (a) Given that the quadratic equation x 2 + 5kx + 4k 2 k 3 =

[3%]
0 , if one of the roots is
4 times of another root, find the value of k.
(b) f ( x ) = x 3 + ax 2 + bx + c has two factors (x 1) and (x + 1), but it leaves a remainder [3%]
of 12 when it is divided by (x 2). Find the values of a, b and c.
x2 + 2 x 5
A
B
C
(c) Given that
for all the values of x.
[4%]

+
+
3
3
2
( x 1)
( x 1) ( x 1)
x 1
Find the values of A, B and C.
13. Solve the inequalities
3x + 6
(a) 12
27 .
5
1
1
(b)
>
x 3 x +2 .
(c)

[3%]
[3%]

x 2 8 x + 11
1
x 2 7 x + 10
.

[4%]

2 x +1
14. (a) Solve the equation
= 16 .
2 x 1
(b) Solve the equation
4 x +1 + 2 x +3 5 =.
0
x
y
x
y
(c) Given that 2=
4 16 and 3 =
9 0 , find the values of x and y.
2

15. (a) Evaluate

log 4 8 log 1 3 log 2 4 .

[3%]
[3%]
[4%]
[3%]

1
1
1
log 3 log 5 .
25
8
9
(c) Solve the equation
9 log8 x 2 log x 8 + 3 =.
0

(b) Simplify

16. (a) Simplify

(b) Simplify

log 2

[3%]
[4%]

14 6 5

[2%]

5+12 3+2 2 .

[4%]

(c) Solve the equation

x + 8 5 x + 20 =2 .

[4%]

0
x + 2 y +1 =

17. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations 6 2

.
1
x+y=

(b) Given that y = log9 x , express the following in term of y.

(i) log9 (3 x )
(ii) log x 81 .
(c) Solve the equation

3x + 10 5 =.
0

[4%]
[4%]
[2%]

THE END

GOOD LUCK!!

Section A

Answer

x +5
2
1
b) f g : x 2 x + 1

1a)

f 1 : x

6a) p=24
b) (x-1)(x-3)(x-2)

2a) m=6
b) 42

7a) 5
b) -0.5533

3) A=1, B= -2, C=3

8a)

4a)
b)

x 1,0 x 2
1
b) x < 1, x >
3

6 5
14 10
2

9) x= - 4/9, y= 1/9

5) x= -2, y=1 or x= -1/2, y=1/2

10a) x=3
b) -5/2

Section B
11a) k= -15

16a)

b) x=1, -1, 1/2, -1/2

c) A=3, B= -2, C=2, A+B+C=3

3 5

b) 3+2 2
c) x=1, x= -4(rejected)

12a) k= -3
b) a=2, b= -1, c= -2
c) A= -2, B=4, C=1

17a) x= -2, y=1/2 or x=3, y= -2

bi) 1/2 + y
ii) 2/y
c) x=5

13a) 22 x 43
b) x < -2, x>3
c) x 1, 2 < x < 5
14a) x=2, x= -1
b) x= -1
c) x=2, y=1
15a) -2
b) -12
c) x=2, x=1/4