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Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C4
Gold Level (Hardest) G4
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10 (a) Find
4
d
x
x e x

$
(/)
(b) 9ence find the exact +alue of
7
4
5
d
x
x e x

$
(.)
June 2013
.0 :se the substitution u ; 4
x
to find the exact +alue of
(

+
7
5
4
) 7 4 (
4
x
x
dx$
!"
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0
3i)ure .
Figure 4 sho,s a right circular cylindrical metal rod ,hich is expanding as it is heated$ %fter
t seconds the radius of the rod is x cm and the length of the rod is 1x cm$
)he cross<sectional area of the rod is increasing at the constant rate of 5$584 cm
4
s
67
$
(a) Find
t
x
d
d
,hen the radius of the rod is 4 cm gi+ing your ans,er to 8 significant figures$
(4)
(b) Find the rate of increase of the +olume of the rod ,hen x ; 4$
(4)
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40 (i) Find
(

,
_

x
x
d
4
ln
$
#"
(ii) Find the exact +alue of
(

4
"
4
d sin

x x
$
$"
1a!uar5 .004
/. (a) Find (

+
x
x
x
d
# ?
x @ 5$
(.)
(b) Gi+en that y ; / at x ;7 sol+e the differential e.uation
x
y
d
d
;
x
y x
8
7
) # ? ( +
gi+ing your ans,er in the form y
4
; g(x)$
(6)
1a!uar5 .010
60 f() ; " cos
4
6 8sin
4

(a) (ho, that f() ;

4
7
A
4
0
cos 4$
()
(b) 9ence using calculus find the exact +alue of
(

4
5
d f

) (
$
(2)
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20 Relati+e to a fixed origin O the point A has position +ector (/i A 786 6 47) the point B has position +ector (75i A
7"6 6 "7) and the point C has position +ector (?i A ?6 A #7)$
)he line l passes through the points A and B$
(a) Find a +ector e.uation for the line l$
()
(b) Find
CB
$
(.)
(c) Find the siBe of the acute angle bet,een the line segment CB and the line l gi+ing your ans,er in degrees to
7 decimal place$
()
(d) Find the shortest distance from the point C to the line l$
()
)he point X lies on l$ Gi+en that the +ector CX is perpendicular to l
(e) find the area of the triangle CXB gi+ing your ans,er to 8 significant figures$
()
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40 -i.uid is pouring into a large +ertical circular cylinder at a constant rate of 7#55 cm
8
s
67
and is lea&ing out of a
hole in the base at a rate proportional to the s.uare root of the height of the li.uid already in the cylinder$ )he
area of the circular cross section of the cylinder is "555 cm
4
$
(a) (ho, that at time t seconds the height h cm of li.uid in the cylinder satisfies the differential e.uation
t
h
d
d
; 5$" kh
,here k is a positi+e constant$
()
When h = 41 ,ater is lea&ing out of the hole at "55 cm
8
s
67
$
(b) (ho, that k = 5$54$
(1)
(c) (eparate the +ariables of the differential e.uation
t
h
d
d
; 5$" 5$54h
to sho, that the time ta&en to fill the cylinder from empty to a height of 755 cm is gi+en by
(

755
5
d
45
15
h
h
$
(.)
:sing the substitution h ; (45 x)
4
or other,ise
(d) find the exact +alue of (

755
5
d
45
15
h
h
$
(6)
(e) 9ence find the time ta&en to fill the cylinder from empty to a height of 755 cm gi+ing your ans,er in
minutes and seconds to the nearest second$
(1)
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=um*er
(cheme Mar7s
10 (a)
4
e d
x
x x

7
st
%pplication=
4
d
4
d
d
e e
d
x x
u
u x x
x
v
v
x




' ;




4
nd
%pplication=
d
7
d
d
e e
d
x x
u
u x
x
v
v
x




' ;





4
e 4 e d
x x
x x x

{ }
4
e e d
x x
x x x

5 >
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{ }
4
e 4 e d
x x
x x x

%7 oe
( )
4
e 4 e e d
x x x
x x x

Either { }
4
e e e d
x x x
Ax Bx C x t t t

or for
{ } { }
( )
e d e e d
x x x
K x x K x x t t

M7
{ }
4
e 4( e e )
x x x
x x c +
4
e e e
x x x
Ax Bx C t t t
M7
!orrect ans,er ,ith>,ithout
c +
%7
(/)
(*)
{ }
( ) ( )
7
4
5
4 7 7 7 4 5 5 5
e 4( e e )
7 e 4(7e e ) 5 e 4(5e e )
x x x
x x 1
]

%pplies limits of 7 and 5 to an
expression of the form
4
e e e
x x x
Ax Bx C t t t 5 5 A B and
5 C
and subtracts the correct ,ay
round$
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e 4 e 4
cso %7 oe
(.)
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Question
Number
Scheme Marks
2.
1
2
0
2
d
(2 1)
x
x
x
+

, with substitution 2
x
u
d
2 .ln2
d
x
u
x

d 1
d 2 .ln2
x
x
u

d
d
2 .ln2
x u
x

or
d
d
.ln2
u
x
u

or ( )
d 1
d
ln2
u
u x


B1
2 2
2 1 1
d d
ln2 (2 1) ( 1)
x
x
x u
u
_

+ +
,

2
1
d
( 1)
k u
u +

where k is constant
M1

1 1
ln2 ( 1)
c
u
_ _
+

+
, ,

2 1
2 1
( 1) ( 1)
( 1) 1.( 1)
u a u
u u


+ +
+ +
M1
A1
chane limits! when x " 0 # x " 1 then u " 1 # u
" 2
1 2
2
1
0
2 1 1
d
ln2 ( 1) (2 1)
x
x
x
u
1

1
+ +
]

1 1 1
ln2 $ 2
1 _ _

1
, , ]
%orrect use o& limits
u " 1 and u " 2
de'M1

1
(ln2

1
(ln2 or
1 1
ln) ln*

or
1 1
2ln2 $n2

A1 ae&
Exact value only! ?6@
Alternati+el, candidate can re+ert back to x -
1 1
2
0
0
2 1 1
d
ln2 (2 1) (2 1)
x
x x
x
1

1
+ +
]

1 1 1
ln2 $ 2
1 _ _

1
, , ]
%orrect use o& limits
x " 0 and x " 1
de'M1

1
(ln2

1
(ln2 or
1 1
ln) ln*

or
1 1
2ln2 $ln2

A1 ae&
Exact value only!
6 marks
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0 (a) From .uestion
d
5$584
d
A
t
C7
4
d
4
d
A
A x x
x



' ;

C7
( )
d d d 7 5$57#
5$584 D
d d d 4
x A A
t t x x x


' ;

M7
When
4cm x

d 5$57#
d 4
x
t

9ence
d
5$5541"#"0?$$$
d
x
t
(cm s
<7
) %7 cso (")
(b)
4 8
(1 ) 1 V x x x
C7
4
d
71
d
V
x
x
C7 ft
{ }
4
d d d 5$57#
71 $ D 5$4"
d d d
V V x
x x
t x t x

_


,
M7
When
4cm x

8 7
d
5$4"(4) 5$"/ (cm s )
d
V
t

%7 (")
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Euestion
Number
(cheme Mar&s
40 (i) ( ) ( )
4 4
ln d 7$ln d
x x
x x

( )
7
4 7
4
4
d
ln
d
d
7
d
x
x
x
u
u
x
v
v x
x




' ;




( ) ( )
7
4 4
ln d ln $ d
x x
x
x x x x

:se of 'integration by
parts* formula in the
correct direction$
M7
!orrect expression$ %7
( )
4
ln 7 d
x
x x

%n attempt to multiply x by
a candidate*s
a
x
or
7
bx
or
7
x
$
dM7
( )
4
ln
x
x x c + !orrect integration ,ith A
c
%7 aef
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(ii)
4
"
4
sin d x x

( )
4 4 7
4
NC= cos 4 7 4sin or sin 7 cos 4 x x x x
1
t t t t
]
!onsideration of double
angle formula for cos 4x
M7

( )
4 4
" "
7 cos 4 7
d 7 cos 4 d
4 4
x
x x x

4
"
7
4
7
sin 4
4
x x

1

]
Fntegrating to gi+e
sin 4 ax b x t t
D
5 a b
dM7
!orrect result of anything
e.ui+alent to
7 7
4 "
sin 4 x x
%7

( )
( )
( )
4
sin
sin( )
7
4 4 4 " 4
7 7
4 4 " 4
( 5) ( )

1

1
]
1
]
(ubstitutes limits of
4

and
"

and subtracts the correct

,ay round$
ddM7
( )
7 7 7
4 " 4 / "

+ +

( )
7 7 7 4
4 " 4 / " / /
or or

+ + +
%7 ae#
cso
!andidate must collect
their

term and constant

term together for %7
?/@
No flu&ed ans,ers hence
cso$
8 mar7s
Question
Number
Scheme Marks
Q5 (a)
? # #
d ? d
x
x x
x x
+ _
+

,

(
(

M1
( ) ? #ln x x C + + A1 (2)
(b) 7
8
7 ? #
d d
x
y x
x
y
+

(
(

Fntegral signs not necessary B1

7
8
? #
d d
x
y y x
x

( )
4
8
4
8
? #ln
y
x x C + + ( )
4
8
their a ky t M1
( )
4
8
8
? #ln
4
y x x C + + ft their ( ) a A1ft

/ y
7 x
C + + 7 n #7 ? /
4
8
8
4
M1
8 C A1
( )
4
8
4
? #ln 8
8
y x x +
( )
8
4
# "ln 4 y x x + ( )
( )
8
/ 8 4ln 7 x x + A1 (6)
[8]
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Question
Number
Scheme Marks
60 (a) ( )
4 4
f "cos 8sin

7 7 7 7
" cos 4 8 cos 4
4 4 4 4

_ _
+

, ,
M7 M7

7 0
cos 4
4 4
+ cso %7 ()
(b)
7 7
cos 4 d sin 4 sin 4 d
4 4

M7 %7

7 7
sin 4 cos 4
4 "
+ %7
( )
4
7 0 0
f d sin 4 cos 4
" " /
+ +

M7 %7

4
4
5
0 0
5 5 5
7# / /
$$$

1
1
1
+ + +
1
1 ]
]
]
M7

4
0
7# "

%7 (2)
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20 (a)
75 / 4
7" 78 7
" 4 4
AB OB OA
_ _ _





, , ,
uuur uuur uuur
or
4
7
4
BA
_




,
uuur
M7

/ 4
78 7
4 4

_ _

+



, ,
r
or
75 4
7" 7
" 4

_ _

+



, ,
r
accept e.ui+alents M7 %7ft (8)
(b)
75 ? 7
7" ? 1
" # 75
CB OB OC
_ _ _





, , ,
uuur uuur uuur
or
7
1
75
BC

_




,
uuur
( )
( )
( ) ( )
4
4 4
7 1 75 74# 8 7" 77$4 CB + +

a,rt 77$4 M7 %7 (4)
(c) $ cos CB AB CB AB
uuuruuur uuur uuur
( ) ( ) 4 1 45 74# ?cos t + +
M7 %7

8
cos 8#$0
7"

a,rt 8#$0 %7 (8)

(d) sin
74#
d

M7 %7ft
( ) 8 1 #$0 d
a,rt #$0 %7 (8)
(e)
4 4 4
74# "1 /7 BX BC d M7
( )
7 7 40 1
? 8 1 85$4
4 4 4
CBX BX d

! a,rt 85$7 or 85$4 M7 %7 (8)
(14 mar7s)
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l
X
B
C
d
74#


Euestion
Number
(cheme Mar&s
40 (a)
d d
7#55 or 7#55
d d
V V
c h k h
t t
Either of these statements M7
( )
d
"555 "555
d
V
V h
h

d
"555
d
V
h
or
d 7
d "555
h
V
M7
d
d
d
d
d d d
d d d
V
t
V
h
h h V
t V t

Either
d 7#55 7#55
5$"
d "555 "555 "555
h c h c h
k h
t


!on+incing proof of
d
d
h
t
%7 'G
or
d 7#55 7#55
5$"
d "555 "555 "555
h k h k h
k h
t


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(b) When 41 h ,ater leaks out such that
d
"55
d
V
t

"55 "55 41 "55 (1) /5 c h c c c
From abo+eD
/5
5$54
"555 "555
c
k as re.uired Proof that 5$54 k C7 'G
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(c)
d d
5$"
d 5$"
h h
k h dt
t k h

Separates the variables ,ith
d
5$"
h
k h

and
dt

on either
side ,ith integral signs not
necessary$
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755
5
7 5$54
time re.uired d
5$54 5$" 5$54
h
h

755
5
15
time re.uired d
45
h
h

!orrect proof %7 'G

?.@
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Euestion
Number
(cheme Mar&s
40 (d)
755
5
15
d
45
h
h

,ith substitution
4
(45 ) h x

d
4(45 )( 7)
d
h
x
x
or
d
4(45 )
d
h
x
x
!orrect
d
d
h
x
C7 aef
4
(45 ) 45 45 h x h x x h
45
d
x
x
x

or
45
d
45 (45 )
x
x
x

,here is a constant
15 15
d $ 4(45 ) d
45
h x x
x h

M7
45
755 d
x
x
x

45
755 7 dx
x
_


,

( ) ( ) 755 45ln x x c +
ln D 5 x x t t
M7
755 4555ln x x %7
change limits= ,hen
5 then 45 h x
and ,hen
755 then 75 h x
[ ]
755
75
45
5
15
d 755 4555ln
45
h x x
h

or ( ) ( )
755
755
5
5
15
d 755 45 4555ln 45
45
h h h
h
1

]

!orrect use of limits ie$

putting
them in the correct ,ay
round
( ) ( ) 7555 4555ln75 4555 4555ln 45
Either 75 x and 45 x
or 755 h and 5 h
ddM7
4555ln 45 4555ln75 7555
!ombining logs to gi+e$$$
4555ln 4 7555
%7 ae#
4555ln 4 7555
or ( )
7
4
4555ln 7555

?6@
(e) )ime re.uired
4555ln 4 7555 8/#$4?"8#77$$$ sec

; 8/# seconds (nearest second)
; # minutes and 4# seconds (nearest second) # minutes 4# seconds C7
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Question 1
)his .uestion ,as generally ,ell ans,ered ,ith about 08G of candidates gaining at least 1 of the 0 mar&s
a+ailable and about ""G of candidates gaining all 0 mar&s$ %lmost all candidates attempted this .uestion ,ith
about 78G of them unable to gain any mar&s$
% significant minority of candidates performed integration by parts the ,rong ,ay round in part (a) to gi+e
8 8
7 7
e e d
8 8
x x
x x x

and proceeded by attempting to integrate

8
7
e $
8
x
x (ome candidates failed to realise that
integration by parts ,as re.uired and ,rote do,n ans,ers such as
8
7
e $
8
x
x c + Fe, candidates integrated e
x
to
gi+e
4
7
4
e
x
or applied the product rule of differentiation to gi+e
4
e 4 e $
x x
x x + )he maHority of candidates ho,e+er
,ere able to apply the first stage of integration by parts to gi+e
4
e 4 e d $
x x
x x x

Many candidates realised that

they needed to apply integration by parts for a second time in order to find
4 e d
x
x x

or in some cases
e d
x
x x

$
)hose that failed to realise that a second application of integrating by parts ,as re.uired either integrated to gi+e
the final ans,er as a t,o term expression or Hust remo+ed the integral sign$ % significant number of candidates
did not organise their solution effecti+ely and made a brac&eting error ,hich often led to a sign error leading to
the final incorrect ans,er of
4
e 4 e 4e $
x x x
x x c +
Fn part (b) candidates ,ith an incorrect sign in the final term of their integrated expression often proceeded to
use the limits correctly to obtain an incorrect ans,er of
8e 4$ +
Errors in part (b) included not substituting the
limit of 5 correctly into their integrated expressionD incorrectly dealing ,ith double negati+esD e+aluating
5
4e as
7 or failing to e+aluate
5
e $ Most candidates ,ho scored full mar&s in part (a) achie+ed the correct ans,er of
e 4
in part (b)$
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Question 3
%t the outset a significant minority of candidates struggled to extract some or all of the information from the .uestion$
)hese candidates ,ere unable to ,rite do,n the rate at ,hich this cross<sectional area ,as increasing
d
d
5$584D
A
t
or the
cross<sectional area of the cylinder
4
A x and its deri+ati+e
d
d
4
A
x
x D or the +olume of the cylinder
8
1 V x and its
deri+ati+e
4
d
d
71 $
V
x
x
Fn part (a) some candidates ,rote do,n the +olume V of the cylinder as their cross<sectional area A$ %nother popular error
at this stage ,as for candidates to find the cur+ed surface area or the total surface area of a cylinder and ,rite do,n either
4
75 A x or
4
74 A x respecti+ely$ %t this stage many of these candidates ,ere able to set up a correct e.uation to
find
d
d
x
t
and usually di+ided 5$584 by their
d
d
A
x
and substituted 4 x into their expression to gain 4 out of the " mar&s
a+ailable$ %nother error fre.uently seen in part (a) ,as for candidates to incorrectly calculate
5$584
"
as 5$5417$ Finally
rounding the ans,er to 8 significant figures pro+ed to be a problem for a surprising number of candidates ,ith a +alue of
5$558 being seen .uite oftenD resulting in loss of the final accuracy mar& in part (a) and this sometimes as a conse.uence led
to an inaccurate final ans,er in part (b)$
Part (b) ,as tac&led more successfully by candidates than part (a) 6 maybe because the chain rule e.uation
d d d
d d d
V V x
t x t
is rather more straight<for,ard to use than the one in part (a)$ (ome candidates struggled by introducing
an extra +ariable r in addition to x and obtained a +olume expression such as
4
(1 )$ V r x Many of these candidates did
not realise that
r x
and ,ere then unable to correctly differentiate their expression for V$ Ither candidates incorrectly
,rote do,n the +olume as
4
4 (1 )$ V x x %nother common error ,as for candidates to state a correct V correctly find
d
d
V
x
then substitute 4 x to arri+e at a final ans,er of approximately 7//$1$
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%bout 75G of candidates ,ere able to produce a fully correct solution to this .uestion$
Question 4
Ft ,as clear to examiners that a significant proportion of candidates found part (i) unfamiliar and thereby struggled to
ans,er this part$ Wea&er candidates confused the integral of ln x ,ith the differential of ln $ x Ft ,as therefore common
for these candidates to ,rite do,n the integral of ln x as
7

x
or the integral of ( )
4
ln
x
as either
4
x
or
"
$
x
% significant
proportion of those candidates ,ho proceeded ,ith the expected by parts strategy differentiated ( )
4
ln
x
incorrectly to gi+e
either
4
x
or
7
4x
and usually lost half the mar&s a+ailable in this part$ (ome candidates decided from the outset to re,rite
( )
4
ln
x
as J ln ln 4J x and proceeded to integrate each term and ,ere usually more successful ,ith integrating ln x than
ln 4$ Ft is pleasing to report that a fe, determined candidates ,ere able to produce correct solutions by using a method of
integration by substitution$ )hey proceeded by either using the substitution as
4
x
u or ( )
4
ln $
x
u
% significant minority of candidates omitted the constant of integration in their ans,er to part (i) and ,ere penalised by
losing the final accuracy mar& in this part$
Fn part (ii) the maHority of candidates realised that they needed to consider the identity
4
cos 4 7 4sin x x and so gained
the first method mar&$ (ome candidates mis.uoted this formula or incorrectly rearranged it$ % maHority of candidates ,ere
then able to integrate ( )
7
4
7 cos 4x substitute the limits correctly and arri+e at the correct exact ans,er$

)here ,ere ho,e+er a fe, candidates ,ho used the method of integration by parts in this part but these candidates ,ere
usually not successful in their attempts$
>uestio! /
Part (a) of this .uestion pro+ed a,&,ard for many$ )he integral can be carried out simply by decomposition
using techni.ues a+ailable in module !7$ Ft ,as not unusual to see integration by parts attempted$ )his method
,ill ,or& if it is &no,n ho, to integrate ln x but this re.uires a further integration by parts and complicates the
.uestion unnecessarily$ Fn part (b) most could separate the +ariables correctly but the integration of 7
8
7
y
again a
!7 topic ,as fre.uently incorrect$
Wea&ness in algebra sometimes caused those ,ho could other,ise complete the .uestion to lose the last mar& as
they could not proceed from
4
8
# "ln 4 y x x + to ( )
8
4
# "ln 4 y x x + $ Fncorrect ans,ers such as
4 8 8
47# #"ln / y x x + ,ere common in other,ise correct solutions$
Gold " =74>74 7?
Question 6
!andidates tended either to get part (a) fully correct or ma&e no progress at all$ If those ,ho ,ere successful
most replaced the
4
cos and
4
sin directly ,ith the appropriate double angle formula$ 9o,e+er many good
ans,ers ,ere seen ,hich ,or&ed successfully +ia
4
0cos 8 or
4
" 0sin $
Part (b) pro+ed demanding and there ,ere candidates ,ho did not understand the notation ( ) f
$ (ome Hust
integrated ( ) f
and others thought that ( ) f
meant that the argument 4 in cos 4 should be replaced by
and integrated
7 0
cos
4 4
+ $ % fe, candidates started by ,riting ( ) ( ) f d f d

treating as a
constant$ %nother error seen se+eral times ,as ( )
4
7 0
f d cos 4 d
4 4

_
+

,

$
Many candidates correctly identified that integration by parts ,as necessary and most of these ,ere able to
demonstrate a complete method of sol+ing the problem$ 9o,e+er there ,ere many errors of detail the correct
manipulation of the negati+e signs that occur in both integrating by parts and in integrating trigonometric
functions pro+ing particularly difficult$ Inly about 71G of candidates completed the .uestion correctly$
Question 7
)his pro+ed the most demanding .uestion on the paper$ Nearly all candidates could ma&e some progress ,ith the
first three parts but although there ,ere many often lengthy attempts success ,ith part (d) and (e) ,as
uncommon$ Part (a) ,as .uite ,ell ans,ered most finding AB or BA and ,riting do,n OAAAB or an
e.ui+alent$ %n e.uation does ho,e+er need an e.uals sign and a subHect and many lost the final % mar& in this
part by omitting the K
r
L from say ( ) / 78 4 4 4 + + + r i 6 7 i 6 7
$ Fn part (b) those ,ho realised that a
magnitude or length ,as re.uired ,ere usually successful$ Fn part (c) nearly all candidates &ne, ho, to
e+aluate a scalar product and obtain an e.uation in cos and so gain the method mar&s but the +ectors chosen
,ere not al,ays the right ones and a fe, candidates ga+e the obtuse angle$ Fe, made any real progress ,ith
parts (d) and (e)$ %s has been stated in pre+ious reports a clear diagram helps a candidate to appraise the
situation and choose a suitable method$ Fn this case gi+en the earlier parts of the .uestion +ector methods
although possible are not really appropriate to these parts ,hich are best sol+ed using elementary trigonometry
and Pythagoras* theorem$ )hose ,ho did attempt +ector methods ,ere often +ery unclear ,hich +ectors ,ere
perpendicular to each other and e+en the minority ,ho ,ere successful often ,asted +aluable time ,hich
sometimes led to poor attempts at .uestion /$ Ft ,as particularly surprising to see .uite a large number of
solutions attempting to find a +ector CX say perpendicular to l ,hich ne+er used the coordinates or the position
+ector of C$
Gold "= 74>74 45
Question 8
)his pro+ed by far the most difficult .uestion on the paper and discriminated ,ell for those candidates ,ho ,ere abo+e the
grade A threshold for this paper$ Inly a fe, candidates ,ere able to score abo+e / or ? mar&s on this .uestion$
Many 'fudged* ans,ers ,ere seen in part (a)$ % more rigorous approach using the chain rule of
d d d
d d d
h h V
t V t
,as
re.uired ,ith candidates being expected to state
d
d
V
t
and
d
d
V
h
(or its reciprocal)$ )he constant of proportionality also
pro+ed to be a difficulty in this and the follo,ing part$
Fe, con+incing proofs ,ere seen in part (b) ,ith a significant number of candidates not understanding ho, to represent
8 <7
"55 cm s algebraically$
Inly a minority of candidates ,ere able to correctly separate the +ariables in part (c)$ Far too often expressions including
d
5$54 d
5$"
h
h t

,ere seen by examiners$ )here ,ere a significant number of candidates ,ho ha+ing ,ritten
d
d
5$"
h
t
k h

could not progress to the gi+en ans,er by multiplying the integral on the left hand side by
15
15
$
Mespite struggling ,ith the pre+ious three parts a maHority of candidates ,ere able to attempt part (d) although only a fe,
candidates ,ere able to produce the correct final exact ans,er$ % maHority of candidates ,ho attempted this part managed
to correctly obtain
d
4 "5
d
h
x
x
and then use this and the gi+en substitution to ,rite do,n an integral in x$ %t this point a
significant number of candidates ,ere unable to manipulate the expression
75 x
k
x
_

,
into an expression of the form
45
7 k
x
_

,
$ )he con+erted limits 75 x and 45 x caused an added problem for those candidates ,ho progressed
further ,ith a significant number of candidates incorrectly applying 75 x as their lo,er limit and 45 x as their upper
limit$
% time of # minutes 4# seconds ,as rarity in part (e)$
(tatistics #or C4 ;ractice ;a&er G4
Mean score for students achieving grade:
Qu
Max
score
Modal
score
Mean
%
!! " # $ % E &
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+ 1$ 2. $.00 0../ 2.0* 1.00 0.(/ 0.$1 0.10
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Gold " =74>74 47