June 2009
Advanced Level Examination
MATHEMATICS MFP2
Unit Further Pure 2
Instructions
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Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this
paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is MFP2.
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Answer all questions.
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Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost.
Information
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The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
Advice
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Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the booklet.
pi
1 Given that z ¼ 2e12 satisfies the equation
pffiffiffi
z 4 ¼ að1 þ 3 iÞ
where a is real:
(b) find the other three roots of this equation, giving your answers in the form reiy ,
where r > 0 and p < y 4 p . (5 marks)
1 A B
¼ þ
4r 2 1 2r 1 2r þ 1
X
n
1 n
¼ (3 marks)
r¼1
4r 2 1 2n þ 1
X
n
1
(c) Find the least value of n for which differs from 0.5 by less than 0.001 .
r¼1
4r 2 1
(3 marks)
z 3 þ pz 2 þ 25z þ q ¼ 0
(b) Find:
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(b) Given that u ¼ tanh x , use the definitions of sinh x and cosh x in terms of e x and ex
to show that
1 1þu
x ¼ 2 ln (6 marks)
1u
3 sech2 x þ 7 tanh x ¼ 5
can be written as
3 tanh2 x 7 tanh x þ 2 ¼ 0
1
Find this solution in the form 2 ln a , where a is an integer. (5 marks)
z ¼ cos y þ i sin y
show that
1
z n þ n ¼ 2 cos ny (3 marks)
z
1 pffiffiffi
(c) Given further that z þ ¼ 2 , find the value of
z
1
z10 þ 10 (4 marks)
z
Turn over
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6 (a) Two points, A and B, on an Argand diagram are represented by the complex numbers
2 þ 3i and 4 5i respectively. Given that the points A and B are at the ends of a
diameter of a circle C1 , express the equation of C1 in the form j z z0 j ¼ k .
(4 marks)
(c) The points representing the complex numbers z1 and z2 lie on C1 and C2 respectively
and are such that j z1 z2 j haspits
ffiffiffi maximum value. Find this maximum value, giving
your answer in the form a þ b 5 . (5 marks)
7 The diagram shows a curve which starts from the point A with coordinates ð0, 2Þ. The curve
is such that, at every point P on the curve,
dy 1
¼ s
dx 2
s Pðx, yÞ
Að0, 2Þ
O x
ds 1 pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi2
¼ 4þs (3 marks)
dx 2
y2 ¼ 4 þ s2 (2 marks)
END OF QUESTIONS
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