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2014-2-PERAK-SMKMethodist(ACS) Ipoh_MATHS QA
SMK METHODIST (ACS) IPOH
TRIAL EXAMINATION STPM 2014
MATHEMATICS (T)
PAPER 2
Upper 6 Time :
2
1
1 hours

Instructions to candidates:
Answer all questions in Section A and only One question in Section B.
All necessary working should be shown clearly.
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Section A [ 45 marks]
Answer all questions in this section.
1. The function f is defined by
1
1 0
0
,
,
,
1
1
5 4
3
:
2
>
s <
s

+
+

x
x
x
x
x
x x
p e
x f
x

(a) Find the value of p such that f is continuous for 1 < x . [3 marks]
(b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = 1. [4 marks]
2. If
x
e b ax y
2
) (

+ = , show that 0 4 4
2
2
= + + y
dx
dy
dx
y d
. [6 marks]
3. Sketch on the same axes, the curves x y 2
2
= and
2
4x y = . Find the points of intersection of the
two curves. The region bounded by the curves is revolved completely about the y-axis, find the
volume of the solid formed in terms of t . [9 marks]
4. Determine the general solution of the differential equation .
ln
2
2
x
x
y
dx
dy
x = + Hence, find the
particular solution of the differential equation if the solution curve has a stationary point at x = 1.
[8 marks]
5. If x y
1
tan

= , show that 0 2
2
2
2
=
|
.
|

\
|
+
dx
dy
x
dx
y d
. Using Maclaurins theorem, obtain a power
series for x
1
tan

up to and including the term in

3
x . Hence, find the value of the definite integral
. tan
1
0
1
}

dx x [8 marks]
6. Show that the equation 0 3 = +x e
x
has a real root between x = 0 and x = 1. Given that
x
o
= 0.8 as an initial approximation, use an appropriate iterative formula, find the root correct to
three decimal places. [7 marks]

Section B [ 15 marks]
Answer only One question in this section.
7. The equation of a curve is given by
) 1 )( 2 (
3
) (
+

=
x x
x
x f .
(a) Find ) ( lim x f
x
and state all the asymptotes. [3 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve and determine their nature.
Sketch the curve. [9 marks]
(c) Determine the set of values of k such that the equation ) 1 )( 2 ( 3 + = x x k x does not
have any real roots. [3 marks]


8. Under certain conditions, the rate of the cooling,
dt
du
of an object varies with the difference
between the temperature u of the object and the room temperature
O
u
. Write a differential equation
that describes the rate of the cooling of this object. [2 marks]
Given that the room temperature is
O
20

a) Find the general solution of the differential equation. [4marks]
b) It takes twelve minutes for the object to cool down from
O
100
to
O
50
, find the time it takes
to cool down from
O
50
to
O
25
. [7marks]
c) Sketch the temperature-time graph of the object. [2 marks]

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