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TANJONG KATONG SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2009
SECONDARY FOUR

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS 4038/01

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Wednesday 16 September 2009 2 hours

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Mathematical Formulae

1. ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equation
For the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
 b  b 2  4ac
x= .
2a

Binomial Theorem
n n n  2 2 n
(a + b)n = a n +   a n  1 b +   a b + . . . +   an  r br + . . . + bn,
1 2 r
n n! n( n  1).......(n  r  1)
where n is a positive integer and   = =
 r  (n  r )!r! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1.
sec2 A = 1 + tan2 A.
cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A.
sin (A ± B) = sin A cos B ± cos A sin B
cos (A ± B) = cos A cos B ∓ sin A sin B
tan A  tan B
tan (A ± B) =
1  tan A tan B
sin 2A = 2 sin A cos A.
cos 2A = cos2 A  sin2 A = 2 cos2 A  1 = 1  2 sin2 A
2 tan A
tan 2A =
1  tan 2 A
sin A + sin B = 2 sin 12 (A + B) cos 12 (A  B)
1 1
sin A  sin B = 2 cos 2
(A + B) sin 2
(A  B)
1 1
cos A + cos B = 2 cos 2
(A + B) cos 2
(A  B)
1 1
cos A  cos B = 2 sin 2 (A + B) sin 2 (A  B)

Formulae for ABC

a b c
  .
sin A sin B sin C

a 2 = b 2 + c2  2bc cos A.
1
= bc sin A.
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1. Given that A =   , find A−1 and use it to solve the simultaneous equations
6 1 

3y = 4x − 8
6x + y = 1. [4]

2. Given that f x   k  1x 2  7kx  9k , where k is a constant not equal to 1.

Find the range of values of k if f x   9 for all real values of x. [5]

3. Sketch the graph of f x   x 2  x  6  1 , for  3  x  4 and write down the

corresponding range. [5]

4. Solve the following simultaneous equations

5
log x y + log y x =
2
x y = 64. [6]

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5. (a) Prove that sin θ + sin 2θ + sin 3θ + sin 4θ ≡ 4 cos θ cos sin . [4]
2 2

(b) Hence find all angles  between 0° and 180° for which
sin θ + sin 2θ + sin 3θ + sin 4θ = 0 [3]

x2
6. Express in partial fractions. [4]
x  12
5 x2
Hence evaluate  2 x  12 dx . [4]

7. A curve has the equation y = cos 2x + 5cos x − 2, where 0 < x < 2π.
dy
(a) Find expression for (i) , [1]
dx
d 2y
(ii) . [1]
dx 2

(b) Find the coordinates of the stationary point of the curve and determine
the nature of this point. [5]

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8. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram with AB = 7 cm. The perpendicular from

D meets the line AB at H and DH = 2.5 cm. The perpendicular from B meets the
line AD produced at K and BK = 4  2 cm.

D C

A H B

Find, in exact form,

(i) the length of AD, [4]

(ii) the perimeter of the parallelogram ABCD. [1]

9. Given that y  3  e  x .

dy
(a) Show that > 0 for all real values of x. [2]
dx

(b) Sketch the graph of y  3  e  x , indicating clearly on your graph, the

intercept(s), if any. [3]

(c) Determine the equation of the straight line which would need to be drawn
on your sketch to obtain a graphical solution of the equation
ln (1 + x) = − x. [2]

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10. (a) In the expansion of  x  2  where k ≠ 0, given that the coefficient of
 x 
x4 is equal to the coefficient of x−2 , find the exact values of k. [4]

(b) Find the first 3 terms in the expansion, in ascending powers of x, of

(i) 1  x n [2]

(ii) 1 2x 5 [1]

Given that the expansion of 1  x  1  2x  in ascending powers

n 5
(iii)
of x is 1 + 15x + bx2 + . . . . , find the values of n and b. [3]

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11.
A > B

 >
4 cm O C

The diagram shows a trapezium ABCO inscribed in a semi-circle, centre O and

radius 4 cm. OA makes an angle of  ( < 90° ) with the diameter of the circle.
AB is parallel to OC and BC is perpendicular to both AB and OC.

(a) Show that the perimeter, S of the trapezium is given by

S = 4 + 12 cos  + 4 sin  . [3]

(b) Express 4 + 12 cos  + 4 sin  in the form 4 + R cos (  −  ), where

R > 0 and 0° <  < 90°. [3]

(c) Find the value of  for which the perimeter of the trapezium is equal to
14 cm. [3]

12. The running records of some track and field events are given in the table below.

Distance
200 400 800 1500 5000
(D metres)
Time
(T seconds) 19.8 43.9 103.5 214.9 800.4

It is claimed that these records follow the law T = kDn, where D is the distance
in metres, T is the time in seconds and k and n are constants.

(a) Using graph paper, draw the graph of lg T against lg D. [3]

(b) Use your graph to estimate,

(i) the value of k and of n, [3]

(ii) the record time for the 100 metres event. [1]

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