Section A [ 45 marks ] Answer all questions in this section

1. (a) Determine the value of a if

3 +ai is a real number and find this number. 1 3 i

z = 1,

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(b) If z is a complex number such that [ ]

find the real part of

1 . 1 z

!. "xpand

1 x in ascendin# po$ers of x up to and includin# the term in x ! . 1 +! x In an attempt to estimate the value of ! , a student substituted x = 1 in the

above expansion. "xplain $h% this is $ron#. 1 &% puttin# x = in the expansion, sho$ that ' inte#er to be determined.

A $here A is a positive 1!'( [)]

3. *erif% the identit%

!r 1 !r +1 ! . +ence, usin# the method of differences, r ( r 1) r (r +1) ( r 1)(r +1)

prove that

(r 1)(r +1) = ! n(n +1) . Deduce the sum of the infinite series
r =!

!n + 1

1 1 1 1 + + +...... + +...... 13 ! 4 3 (n 1)(n +1)

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4. "xpress

3 cos +sin in

the form r cos( ) $here r > , and , < < ', o .

1 and the correspondin# value + 3 cos + sin

+ence, find the least value of of

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. -he line y = ! x a intersects parabola y ! = 4ax at P ( ap ! ,!ap ) and

Q ( aq ! ,!aq ) .

.ind (a) the values of p / q and pq. (b) the coordinates of the mid0point of PQ. [(] [!]

(. 1 strai#ht line l has e2uation r 3 (1, !, 0 ) / t(!, 03, 1), the planes 1 and ! have e2uations !x / % 0 34 3 ( and 4x / 3% 3 ) respectivel%. (a) find the position vector of the point of intersection of l and 1 (b) find the an#le bet$een the planes 1 and ! . [4] [4]

Section B [ 15 marks ] Answer any one question in this section 1. 1 s%stem if linear e2uation is #iven b%

x + y + z =1
x + y + z =
! x + y + z = , $here

is a constant.
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(a) Determine the value of for $hich the s%stem has a uni2ue solution, infinitel% man% solution and no solution. (b) .ind the uni2ue solution in terms of .

!. -he position vectors a, b and c of three points A, B and C respectivel% are #iven b% a 3 !i / j 0 k b 3 3i / j / !k c 3 !i 0 ! j / !k (a) .ind a unit vector parallel to !a 0 b / c (b) 5alculate the acute an#le bet$een b and !a 0 b / c (c) .ind the vector of the form i + j k perpendicular to both a and b (d) Determine the position vector of the point D $hich is such that ABCD is a parallelo#ram havin# BD as a dia#onal (e) 5alculate the area of the parallelo#ram ABCD 1ns$ers 1. (a) 03, real number 3 3' ! x +...... !. 1 x + ) )
3

[3] [3] [!] [3] [4]

(b)

1 !

1 1 <x< ! !

x 3 01 is not $ithin the valid ran#e, hence it cannot be used 1 3 1) ' 3 3. 4 1 4. min 3 , the correspondin# value of is 3,o. 6 1 . (a) p / 2 3 1, p2 3 (b) (a, a) ! 6 (. (a) 4i j k (b) 41.64o. ! ! 6. (a) for uni2ue solution 7 ! for infinite number of solution 7 = , no solution 7 = ! 1+ 1 (1 + ) ! , y= , z= ! + !+ !+ 3 1 ! i j k ). (a) (b) 63.4,o 8 1.!)1rad 14 14 14 (c) 3i 6 j k (d) i ! j k (e) 3 11 units!. (b) x =