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Section A Questions (45 marks)

Question-1.
By mathematical induction, prove that 1 5 2 6 3 7 n(n 4)

n( n 1)(2n 13)
for all positive
6

integers n.

Question-2.
By mathematical induction, prove that 1 3 3 5 5 7 ( 2n 1)(2n 1)

(2n 3)(2n 1)(2n 1) 3

for
6

all positive integers n.

Question-3.
By mathematical induction, prove that 2 5 5 8 8 11 (3n 1)(3n 2) n(3n 2 6n 1) for all positive
integers n.

Question-4.
By mathematical induction, prove that
3 7 7 11 11 14 (4n 1)(4n 3)

(4n 7)(4n 3)( 4n 1) 21

for all positive integers n.
12

Question-5.
By mathematical induction, prove that 1 2 3 2 3 4 n(n 1)(n 2)
positive integers n.

n(n 1)(n 2)(n 3)

for all
4

Question-6.
By mathematical induction, prove that
1 4 7 4 7 10 7 10 13 (3n 2)(3n 1)(3n 4)

(3n 7)(3n 4)(3n 1)(3n 2) 56

for all positive
12

integers n.

Question-7.
3

By mathematical induction, prove that 2 5 5 8 8 11 (3n 1)(3n 2) 2 3n 2 for all positive

integers n.

Question-8.
By mathematical induction, prove that

1
1
1
1
n
2
2

for all positive integers

2
2 1 4 1 6 1
( 2n) 1 2n 1
2

n.

Question-9.
3
5
7
( 1) n 1 ( 2n 1)
( 1) n 1

By mathematical induction, prove that

for all positive
1 2 2 3 3 4
n( n 1)
n 1

integers n.

Question-10.
By mathematical induction, prove that 3 1 5 2 7 22 ( 2n 1)2n 1 1 ( 2n 1)2n for all positive
integers n.

Question-11.
By mathematical induction, prove that

1
2
2 n 1
2n 1

for
(2 1)( 2 2 1) (2 2 1)( 23 1)
(2 n 1)(2 n 1 1) 2 n 1 1

all positive integers n.

Question-12.
2
n 1
By mathematical induction, prove that 1 2 x 3 x nx

n.

nx n 1 (n 1) x n 1
for all positive integers
( x 1) 2

Question-13.
By mathematical induction, prove that

1 2 2 2 23 3 2 4
n 2 n 1
2n 2

2 for all positive

23
3 4
45
(n 1)(n 2) n 2

integers n.

Question-14.
Let Tn 1

1
n2
T T2 T3 Tn
for all positive
2 . By mathematical induction, prove that 1
2(n 1)
( n 1)

integers n.

Question-15.
Let Tn 1

4
3( 2n 5)
T T2 T3 Tn
for all positive
2 . By mathematical induction, prove that 1
5( 2n 3)
( 2n 3)

integers n.

Question-16.
Let Tn

n2 n 1
n2
. By mathematical induction, prove that T1 T2 T3 Tn
for all positive integers
n( n 1)
n 1

n.

Question-17.
Let Tn n n! , where n! 1 2 n . By mathematical induction, prove that
T1 T2 T3 Tn (n 1)! 1 for all positive integers n.

Question-18.
n 1
n 1
Let Tn n . By mathematical induction, prove that T1 T2 T3 Tn 1 n for all positive integers
2
2
n.

Question-19.
Let Tn

2
. By mathematical induction, prove that T1 T2 T3 Tn
2 n 1 2n 1

positive integers n.

2n 1 1 for all

Question-20.
Solve C2n C1n 36 .

Question-21.
Solve C22 n C2n 18 .

Question-22.
Solve C2n C12 n 3n .

Question-23.
Solve C 2n1 C2n 12C 2n3 .

Question-24.

Expand x

2x

in descending powers of x.

Question-25.
Expand (1 4 x ) 7 in ascending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-26.
Expand (3 x 1)8 in ascending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-27.
Expand (2 x 3)9 in ascending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-28.
Expand ( 3x y )8 in ascending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-29.

Expand (1 2 x )10 in descending powers of x up to the 5th term.

Question-30.
x

1
2

in descending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Expand

Question-31.

Expand 3x

12

in descending powers of x up to the 3th term.

Question-32.
Expand (x 2 3)11 in descending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-33.
x
Evaluate lim(e 2e 3x) .
x 3

Question-34.
1 2

x 2x .
Evaluate lim
x 1
e e

Question-35.
Find the coefficient of x3y7 in the expansion of ( 4 x 5 y )10 .

Question-36.

Find the coefficient of x4y8 in the expansion of 2 x

12

Question-37.
1

4x
2

Find the 5th term in the expansion of

in ascending powers of x.

Question-38.
x

Find the 8th term in the expansion of 2 x 2

12

in ascending powers of x.

Question-39.
4x
Find the 6 term in the expansion of x 2
3

th

in descending powers of x.

Question-40.

Find the 9th term in the expansion of 2

3x

10

in descending powers of x.

Question-41.
9

Find the constant term in the expansion of 2 x 2 .

Question-42.

1
Find the constant term in the expansion of 2 x

4x

Question-43.
1

Find the constant term in the expansion of x 5

12

Question-44.
9

x 3
2 .
6 x

Find the constant term in the expansion of

Question-45.
Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 3 x ) 3 ( 2 5 x ) 4 .

Question-46.
Find the coefficient of x2 in the expansion of (1 4 x ) 4 (2 x 1) 7 .

Question-47.
Find the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (2 x) 2 (1 x )8 .

Question-48.
2

1
x

Find the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of

(3 2 x ) 6 .

Question-49.
Expand (3 x 1) n in descending powers of x up to the 3th term.

Question-50.

5a
Expand 2 x
3

in descending powers of x up to the 4th term.

Question-51.
Let Tr be the coefficient of the rth term in the expansion of (3 5 x) 5 in ascending powers of x. Find T4 : T3.

Question-52.
For what value of c will the coefficients of x3 and x4 in the expansion of (1 cx) 8 be equal?

Question-53.
Let n be a positive integer. In the expansion of (1 3 x) n , if the coefficient of x3 is twice that of x2, find n.

Question-54.
In the expansion of (1 x) n , the coefficient of x5 is the arithmetic mean of the coefficients of x4 and x6. Find
the possible values of n.

Question-55.

1
Given that n is a positive integer and 4 term in the expansion of 2 x 2
3x

th

in descending powers of x is a

constant, find n and determine the value of this term.

Question-56.
In the expansion of ( x 2 3) n in descending powers of x, where n is a positive integer, the coefficient of the
third term is 135. Find the value of n and the coefficient of x4.

Question-57.

1
When 6 x 4 4
x

(a)
(b)

is expanded in ascending powers of x, the 4th term of the expansion is a constant.

Find n.
Find the constant term of the expansion.

Question-58.
It is given that (1 5 x) n 1 ax bx 2
(a)
Express a and b in terms of n.
(b)
If b = 375, find a and n.

Question-59.
x

It is given that 4

(a)
(b)

4096 ax bx 2 terms involving higher powers of x.

Find n.
Find a and b.

Question-60.
(a)
Expand (1 ax ) 5 (1 2 x ) n in ascending powers of x up to the x2 term.
(b)
If the coefficients of x and x2 in (a) are 3 and 150 respectively, find a and n.

Question-61.
In the expansion of (1 x )(a bx)8 , the coefficient of x5 is zero. Find the value of

a
.
b

Question-62.
In the expansion of (1 4 px)(1 qx) n , the coefficient of x is zero and the coefficient of x2 is 40. Find the
values of p and q.

Question-63.
(a)
Expand (1 bx) 5 in ascending powers of x.
(b)
Consider the expansion (4 x ) 3 (1 bx) 5 .
(i)
Express the coefficient of x2 in the expansion in terms of b.
(ii)
If the coefficient of x2 in the expansion is 14812, find b.

Question-64.
Let m be a positive integer.
(a)
Expand (1 5 x) m (1 ax) 5 in ascending powers of x up to the x2 term.
(b)
If the coefficients of x and x2 in the above expansion are 20 and 90 respectively, find a and m.

Question-65.
If f ( x) (1 ax 2 ) 4 (1 2 x ) n , where n is a positive integer and a is a constant, find the values of n and a so
that the expansion of f(x) is 1 22 x 222 x 2

Question-66.
In the figure, OXY is a sector with radius 15 cm and its area is 150 cm2.

(a)
Find XOY in radian measure.
(b)
Hence, find the perimeter of the sector.
(Leave your answers in terms of .)

Question-67.
The figure shows a sector OAB with radius R cm and AOB = 1.3 rad.
The area of sector OAB is 26 cm2.

(a)
(b)

Find the value of R. (Leave your answers in surd form.)

Hence, find the area of OAB.
(Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-68.
In the figure, OAB and OXY are two sectors of radii 10 cm and 18 cm respectively.
OAX and OBY are straight lines. The area of the shaded region is 100 cm2.

(a)
Find XOY in radian measure.
(b)
Hence, find the difference of arc AB and arc XY.
(Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.)
Question-69.
The figure shows a rectangle ABCD with dimensions 5 cm 12 cm.
ADE is a sector with centre A.

(a)
Find DAC in radian measure.
(b)
Hence, find the area of the shaded region.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-70.
In the figure, OAB and OCD are two sectors with the same centre O,
AC = 2 cm, OAC and OBD are straight lines. The ratio of the length
of arc AB to that of arc CD is 2 : 3.

(a)
(b)

Find AO.
Hence, find the ratio of the area of the shaded region to the area
of the sector OCD.

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Question-71.

rad .
3
The sector OAB is folded into a right circular cone with radius r cm
so that OA and OB join together.

In the figure, OAB is a sector with radius R cm and AOB

(a)
Find the radius of the base of the cone in terms of R.
(b)
Find OP in terms of R.
(c) If the volume of the cone is 2 35 cm3, find R.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.)

Question-72.
If sin

4
sin sec
and sec 0 , find
.
15
cot

Question-73.
If sec

17
3
sec
and
, find
.
12
2
cot cosec

Question-74.
Given that cot m , find

sin 2
in terms of m.
tan 2 sin 2

Question-75.
2t
, where 0 < t < 1 and is acute.
1 t2
Find sin and sec in terms of t.
sin sec
Express
in terms of t.

It is given that tan

(a)
(b)

Question-76.
cosec sin cos3
Prove that

.
tan
sin 2

11

Question-77.
Prove that ( 2 sin x sec x )(2 cos x cosecx)

Question-78.

Prove that cosec

2

( 2 sin x cos x 1) 2
.
sin x cos x

3
5

tan(3 ) tan
cos
cos .
2

Question-79.

9
1
4
Evaluate
without using a calculator. (Leave your answer in surd form.)
7
sin

cot

Question-80.
7
5
sec
3
3

Evaluate
5

8cos
2 sin
4

cot

without using a calculator. (Leave your answer in surd form.)

Question-81.
In ABC, show that cos AcosecB sec A sin B

1 cos 2 A cos 2 ( A C )
.
cos A sin( A C )

Question-82.
Solve the equation 2 cosec 2 x 5 cot x 5 0 for 0 x 2 .
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-83.
Solve the equation 8 sin 2 x 11 sin x cos x 2 0 for 0 x 2 .
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

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Question-84.
Solve the equation cot x 4 cos x 0 for 0 x 2 .
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-85.
(a)
Prove that (sin x cosec x) 2 cosec 2 x cos 2 x 1 .
(b) Hence, solve the equation cosec 2 x cos 2 x 1 for 0 x 2 .
(Leave your answers in terms of .)

Question-86.
(a)
Expand ( y 1)(2 y 1)( y 3) .
(b)
Solve the equation 2 tan 3 x 5 tan 2 x 4 tan x 3 0 for 0 x 2 .

Question-87.
(a)
Expand (2 3 y ) 3 .
(b)
Hence, solve the equation 3 3 sec 3 x 18 sec 2 x 12 3 sec x 8 0 for
(Leave your answers in terms of .)

0 x 2 .

Question-88.
Suppose t tan .

cos
1

.
sec 2 sin (1 t ) 2
cos
1 0 for 0 x 2 .
(b) Hence, solve the equation
sec 2 sin

(a)

Show that

(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-89.
Suppose tan and cot are the roots of the quadratic equation 3 x 2 4 3 x k 0 , where 0 2 .
(a)
Find k.
(b)
Hence, find . (Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.)

Section B Questions (0 marks)

Question-1.
A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , is defined as a1 1 and an 1 2an 1 .
(a)
Evaluate a 2 and a3 .

13

(b)

n
By mathematical induction, prove that a n 2 1 for all positive integers n.

Question-2.
A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , is defined as a1 0 and a n 1 a n n 2 n .
(a)
Evaluate a 2 and a3 .
(b)

By mathematical induction, prove that a n

n3 n
for all positive integers n.
3

Question-3.
A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , is defined as a1 4 and a n 1
(a)
(b)
(c)

2( n 2)
an .
n 1

Evaluate a 2 and a3 .
n
By mathematical induction, prove that a n (n 1)2 for all positive integers n.
By mathematical induction, prove that a1 a 2 a3 a n n 2 n 1 for all positive integers n.

Question-4.
A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , is defined as a1 6 and a n 1
(a)

Evaluate a 2 and a3 .

(b)

By mathematical induction, prove that a n

(c)

By mathematical induction, prove that

an
.
an 2

3
for all positive integers
1 ( 2) n 2

1
6n 1 ( 2) n

for all positive

i 1 ai
18
n

Question-5.
(a) By mathematical induction, prove that 0 2 1 3 2 4 ( n 1)(n 1)
positive integers n.
2
2
2
2
(b) Hence, show that 1 2 3 n

n(n 1)(2n 1)
.
6

(c) Evaluate
(i) 101 103 102 104 199 201 ;
(ii) 12 3 2 199 2 .

Question-6.
(a) By mathematical induction, prove that

14

n.
integers n.

n(n 1)(2n 5)
for all
6

(i) r
r 1
n

(ii) r 3
r 1

n(n 1)
;
2
n 2 (n 1) 2
, for all positive integers n.
4

(b) Hence, show that 1 2 3 2 3 4 (n 1)n(n 1)

(n 1) n( n 1)(n 2)
4

for all positive integers n

larger than 1.

Question-7.
The radius of sector OPQ is r. The angle subtended at the centre of the sector is rad.

(a)
(b)

Show that the shaded area A

1 2
r ( sin ) .
2

1
.
3 sin
3 2 1
(i)Show that A r r .
2
2

Suppose r

(ii)
Find the maximum area of the shaded region.
(c) The figure show the graph of y = sin x. By adding a suitable straight line on the graph, find the value of
such that the area of the shaded region is at maximum. (Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.)

Question-8.
The figure shows a sector BAC and a sector QPR. The radius of the sector BAC is 10 cm and the radius of
sector QPR is 4 cm. The sector QPR touches the arc BC at T and APT is a straight line that bisects BAC and

QPR. It is given that BAC =

and QPR = .
6

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(a)
Find APQ in radian measure. Hence, find AQ by using the cosine formula.
(b)
Find the perimeter of the shaded region.
(c)
Find the area of the shaded region.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-9.
In the figure, ABC is an isosceles triangle with ABC =

rad and AB = AC. BA is produced to D so that

CD is perpendicular to BD. Suppose CD =1.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Find CAD and AC. (Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
Find BD and BC. (Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
Hence, show that

(i)tan = 2 1 ,
8

(ii)

cosec

42 2

Question-10.
It is given that sec cosec 6 , where is acute and sin cos .
2
.
3

(a)

By expanding (sin cos ) 2 , show that sin cos

(b)
(c)

Find the value of sin cos .

Using the result of (a) and (b), solve . (Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

Question-11.
(a) Prove that [(a 1)cosec a cot ][(a 1)cosec a cot ] a 2 (2a 1)cosec 2 , where a is a constant.
(b)
Hence, solve the following equations for 0 2 . (Give your answers correct to 3 significant
figures if necessary.)
(i)

1
1
5
5

cosec cot cosec cot 5

4
4
4
4

(ii)

9
1

3
2
4 sin 4 tan 2

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