Question 1
The displacement of a particle from its equilibrium position is x metres at time t seconds.
The motion of the particle obeys the differential equation
Calculate the period of its motion in seconds.
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
The displacement of a particle from its equilibrium position is x metres at time t seconds.
The motion of the particle obeys the differential equation
Calculate the period of its motion in seconds.
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
[1 mark]
The vector v is an eigenvector of the matrix N with corresponding eigenvalue 4
The vector v is also an eigenvector of the matrix M with corresponding eigenvalue 3
Given that
Circle your answer.
10 24 36 144
[1 mark]
Find the other three roots.
[5 marks]
Solve the equation
Give your answer in logarithmic form.
[4 marks]
The matrix M is defined as
where k is a constant.
State any restrictions on the value of k
[1 mark]
Using your answer to part (a)(i), solve
[3 marks]
The complex number w is such that
It is given that w x
iy, where x and y are real and x
0
Find an equation for y in terms of x
[2 marks]
The complex number z satisfies both
The region R is the locus of z
Sketch the region R on the Argand diagram below.
[4 marks]
z1 is the point in R at which z
is minimum.
Calculate the exact value of z1
[3 marks]
Express z1 in the form a ib, where a and b are real.
[2 marks]
Roberto is solving this mathematics problem:
Roberto’s solution is as follows:
Explain what Roberto has done wrong.
[2 marks]
P and Q are distinct points on C1 for which r is a maximum. P is above the initial line.
Find the polar coordinates of P and Q
[2 marks]
T maps C1 onto a curve C2
T maps P onto the point P
Find the polar coordinates of P
[4 marks]
Find the area enclosed by C2
Fully justify your answer.
[2 marks]
In this question all measurements are in centimetres.
A small, thin laser pen is set up with one end at A(7, 2, 3) and the other end at
A laser beam travels from A to B and continues in a straight line towards a large thin sheet of glass.
The sheet of glass lies within a plane 1 which is modelled by the equation
where p is an integer.
A second large sheet of glass lies on the other side of 1
This second sheet lies within a plane 2 which is modelled by the equation
Calculate the distance between the sheets of glass.
[2 marks]
The point A(7, 2, 3) is reflected in
1
Find the coordinates of the image of A after reflection in 1
[4 marks]
In this question use as 10 m s
2
A smooth plane is inclined at 30 to the horizontal. The fixed points A and B are 3.6 metres apart on the line of greatest slope of the plane, with A higher than B
A particle P of mass 0.32 kg is attached to one end of each of two light elastic strings. The other ends of these strings are attached to the points A and B respectively.
The particle P moves on a straight line that passes through A and B
The natural length of the string AP is 1.4 metres. When the extension of the string AP is eA metres, the tension in the string AP is
The natural length of the string BP is 1 metre. When the extension of the string BP is eB metres, the tension in the string BP is
The particle P is held at the point between A and B which is 0.2 metres from its equilibrium position and lower than its equilibrium position. The particle P is then released from rest.
At time t seconds after P is released, its displacement towards B from its equilibrium position is x metres.
Show that during the subsequent motion the object satisfies the equation
Fully justify your answer.
[5 marks]
The experiment is repeated in a large tank of oil. During the motion the oil causes a resistive force of kv newtons to act on the particle,
The oil causes critical damping to occur.
Find x in terms of t, giving your answer in exact form.
[6 marks]
Calculate the maximum speed of the particle.
[5 marks]
The Argand diagram shows the solutions to the equation z5 1
Solve the equation
giving your answers in the form z cos
i sin
, where 0
2
[2 marks]
Explain why the points on an Argand diagram which represent the solutions found in part (a) are the vertices of a regular pentagon.
[2 marks]
Show that if c cos
, where z
cos
i sin
is a solution to the equation z5
1, then c satisfies the equation
[5 marks]
The Argand diagram on page 22 is repeated below.
Explain, with reference to the Argand diagram, why the expression
has a repeated quadratic factor.
[3 marks]
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