1. The line AB has equation 3 x+5 y =7 .

a. Find the gradient of AB . [2]

b. Find an equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line AB and which passes
through the point (2,3) . Express your answer in the form x+ qy+ r=0 ,
where p , q and r are integers. [3]
c. The line AC has equation 2 x 3 y=30 . Find the coordinates of A . [3]
2. The point P has coordinates ( 3 ,2 3 ) and the point Q has
coordinates ( 5 , 4 5 ) . Show that the gradient of PQ can be expressed
as n+ 15 , starting the value of the integer n .

[5]

3. The diagram shows a sketch of a curve and a line.

4 2
The curve has equation x +3 x +2 . The points A (1, 6) and B (2,30) lie on the
curve.

a. Find an equation of the tangent to the curve at the point A . [4]

2
b. i) Find x 4 +3 x2 +2 dx . [5]
1
ii) Calculate the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve and the line AB . [3]

4. A circle with centre C has equation x2 y2 2x _ 6y _ 40 0 .

5.
 a. Express x 2+3 x +2 in the form ( x+ p )2+ q , where p and q are
rational numbers. [2]
b. A curve has equation y=x 2 +3 x+2 .

i. Use the result from part (a) to write down the coordinates of the
vertex of the curve. [2]
ii. State the equation of the line of symmetry of the curve. [1]
2
c. The curve with equation y=x +3 x+2 is translated by the vector

( 24).
2
Find the equation of the resulting curve in the form

y=x +b x+ c . [3]

6. The diagram shows a cylindrical container of radius r cm and height h

cm. The container has an open top and a circular base.

The external surface area of the containers curved surface and base is
2
48 cm .
When the radius of the base is r cm, the volume of the container is
3
V cm .
a. i) Find an expression for h in terms of r . [3]

ii) Show that V =24 r r 3 . [2]
2
dV
b. i) Find [2]
dr

ii) Find the positive value of r for which V is stationary, and

determine whether
this stationary value is a maximum value or a minimum value.[4]
7. i)
8. A curve has equation y=x 2 + ( 3 k4 ) x +13 and a line has equation 2 x +k
, where k is a constant.

a. Show that the x-coordinate of any point of intersection of the line and
curve satisfies the equation x 2+3 ( k2 ) x+13k =0 . [1]
b. Given that the line and the curve do not intersect:
i) Show that 9 k 232k 16<0 [3]
ii) find the possible values of k . [4]
 1. The diagram shows a sector OAB of a circle with centre O and radius
5 cm .

The angle AOB is y radians and the area of the sector is 15 cm2 . Find
the perimeter of the sector. [4]

2. The diagram shows a triangle ABC .

The size of angle BAC is 72 and the size of angle ABC is 48 . The
length of BC is
20 cm .
a. Show that the length of AC is 15.6 cm , correct to three significant
figures. [3]
b. The midpoint of BC is M . Calculate the length of AM , giving
your answer, in cm , to three significant figures. [4]

3. The first term of an infinite geometric series is 48 . The common ratio of

the series is 0.6 .
a. Find the third term of the series. [2]
b. Find the sum to infinity of the series. [2]
c.
4. A curve is defined for 0 . The gradient of the curve at the point (x , y )
is given by
dy 2 x
=
dx x 2 4
 2
d y
a. Find 2 [3]
dx
5
b. The curve has a stationary point M whose y-coordinate is .
2
i. Find x - coordinate of M .
ii. Use your answers to parts (a) and (b)(i) to show that M is a
maximum point. [1]
iii. Find the equation of the curve. [4]
5. The n th term of a sequence is u n .
The sequence is defined by un+ 1=p u n+ q , where p and q are
constants.
The second term of the sequence is 160 . The third term of the sequence is
132.
The limit of un as n tends to infinity is 20.
a. Find the value of p and the value of q . [5]
b. Hence find the value of the first term of the sequence. [1]
6. a) Solve the equation sin ( x+ 0.7 )=0.6 in the interval < x < , giving your
answers in
radians to two significant figures. [3]
2 2
b) It is given that 5 cos cos =sin
i) By forming and solving a suitable quadratic equation, find the
possible values of
cos . [4]
ii) Hence show that a possible value of tan is 2 2 . [3]
1
7. The point A lies on the curve with equation y=x 2 . The tangent to this
curve at A is parallel to the line 3 y2 x=1 . Find an equation of this
tangent at A . [5]