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Maths · AQA 7357 · Paper 3 · June 2023

AQA A Level Maths Paper 3 June 2023 question paper 7357/3

2h 100 marks

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AQA 7357 · Paper 3

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Question 1

The graph of y maths symbol f (x) is shown below.

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One of the four equations listed below is the equation of the graph y maths symbol f (x)

Identify which one is the correct equation of the graph.

Tick (maths symbol) one box.

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[1 mark]

Question 2

The trapezium rule is used to estimate the area of the shaded region in each of the graphs below. Identify the graph for which the trapezium rule produces an overestimate.

Tick (maths symbol) one box.

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[1 mark]

Question 3

A curve with equation y maths symbol f (x) passes through the point (3, 7)

Given that f maths symbol(3) maths symbol 0 find the equation of the normal to the curve at (3, 7)

Circle your answer.

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[1 mark]

Answer
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Question 4

Express

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in the form

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where p and q are constants.

[2 marks]

Answer
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Question 6

(a)

Sketch the curve with equation

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[3 marks]

(b)

The polynomial p (x) is given by

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(b)(i)

It is given that x maths symbol 3 is a factor of p(x)

Use the factor theorem to show a maths symbol 2

[2 marks]

(b)(ii)

State the transformation which maps the curve with equation

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onto the curve with equation

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[2 marks]

(b)(iii)

The polynomial x2(2x maths symbol 2) maths symbol 36 can be written as (x maths symbol 3)(2x2 maths symbol bx maths symbol c)

Without finding the values of b and c, use your answers to parts (a) and (b)(ii) to explain why

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[2 marks]

Question 7

A new design for a company logo is to be made from two sectors of a circle, ORP and OQS, and a rhombus OSTR, as shown in the diagram below.

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The points P, O and Q lie on a straight line and the angle ROS is maths symbol radians.

A large copy of the logo, with PQ maths symbol 5 metres, is to be put on a wall.

(a)

Show that the area of the logo, A square metres, is given by

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[4 marks]

(b)(i)

Show that the maximum value of A occurs when maths symbol maths symbol fraction

Fully justify your answer.

[6 marks]

(b)(ii)

Find the exact maximum value of A

[2 marks]

(c)

Without further calculation, state how your answers to parts (b)(i) and (b)(ii) would change if PQ were increased to 10 metres.

[2 marks]

Question 9

A water slide is the shape of a curve PQ as shown in Figure 1 below.

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The curve can be modelled by the parametric equations

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The horizontal distance from O is x metres.

The vertical distance above the point O at ground level is y metres.

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(a)

To make sure speeds are safe at Q, the difference in height between P and Q must be less than 7 metres.

Show that the slide meets this safety requirement.

[3 marks]

(b)(i)

Find an expression for fraction in terms of t

[3 marks]

(b)(ii)

A vertical support, RS, is to be added between the ground and the lowest point on the slide as shown in Figure 2 below.

Figure for question 9

Find the length of RS

[4 marks]

(b)(iii)

Find the acute angle the slide makes with the horizontal at Q

Give your answer to the nearest degree.

TURN OVER FOR SECTION B

Section B

all questions in the spaces provided.

[2 marks]

Question 10

Which of the following is not a possible value for a product moment correlation coefficient?

Circle your answer.

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[1 mark]

Answer
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Question 12

It is known that, on average, 40% of the drivers who take their driving test at a local test centre pass their driving test.

Each day 32 drivers take their driving test at this centre.

The number of drivers who pass their test on a particular day can be modelled by the distribution B (32, 0.4)

(a)

State one assumption, in context, required for this distribution to be used.

[1 mark]

(b)

Find the probability that exactly 7 of the drivers on a particular day pass their test.

[1 mark]

(c)

Find the probability that, at most, 16 of the drivers on a particular day pass their test.

[1 mark]

(d)

Find the probability that more than 12 of the drivers on a particular day pass their test.

[2 marks]

(e)

Find the mean number of drivers per day who pass their test.

[1 mark]

(f)

Find the standard deviation of the number of drivers per day who pass their test.

[2 marks]

Question 13

There are two types of coins in a money box:

maths symbol 20% are bronze coins

maths symbol 80% are silver coins

Craig takes out a coin at random and places it back in the money box.

Craig then takes out a second coin at random.

(a)

Find the probability that both coins were of the same type.

[2 marks]

(b)

Find the probability that both coins are bronze, given that at least one of the coins is bronze.

[2 marks]

Question 14

The mass of aluminium cans recycled each day in a city may be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 24 500 kg and standard deviation 5 200 kg.

(a)

State the probability that the mass of aluminium cans recycled on any given day is not equal to 24 500 kg.

[1 mark]

(b)

To reduce costs, the city’s council decides to collect aluminium cans for recycling less frequently.

Following the decision, it was found that over a 24-day period a total mass of 641 520 kg of aluminium cans was recycled.

It can be assumed that the distribution of the mass of aluminium cans recycled is still normal with standard deviation 5 200 kg, and that the 24-day period can be regarded as a random sample.

Investigate, at the 5% level of significance, whether the mean daily mass of aluminium cans recycled has changed.

[7 marks]

(c)

A member of the council claims that if a different sample of 24 days had been used the hypothesis test in part (b) would have given the same result.

Comment on the validity of this claim.

[2 marks]

Question 15

(a)

A random sample of eight cars was selected from the Large Data Set.

The masses of these cars, in kilograms, were as follows.

950 989 1247 1415 1506 1680 1833 2040

It is given that, for the population of cars in the Large Data Set:

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(a)(i)

It was decided to remove any of the masses which fall outside the following interval.

median maths symbol 1maths symbol5maths symbol interquartile range maths symbol mass maths symbol median maths symbol 1maths symbol5maths symbol interquartile range

Show that only one of the eight masses in the sample should be removed.

[3 marks]

(a)(ii)

Write down the statistical name for the mass that should be removed in part (a)(i).

[1 mark]

(b)

The table shows the probability distribution of the number of previous owners, N, for a sample of cars taken from the Large Data Set.

0123456 or more
P( = )0.140.370.9k0.250.4k1.7k0
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[4 marks]

(c)

An expert team is investigating whether there have been any changes in CO2 emissions from all cars taken from the Large Data Set.

The team decided to collect a quota sample of 200 cars to reflect the different years and the different makes of cars in the Large Data Set.

(c)(i)

Using your knowledge of the Large Data Set, explain how the team can collect this sample.

[2 marks]

(c)(ii)

Describe one disadvantage of quota sampling.

[1 mark]

Question 16

A farm supplies apples to a supermarket.

The diameters of the apples, D centimetres, are normally distributed with mean 6.5 and standard deviation 0.73

(a)
(a)(i)

Find P(D maths symbol 5maths symbol2)

[1 mark]

(a)(ii)

Find P(D maths symbol 7)

[1 mark]

(a)(iii)

The supermarket only accepts apples with diameters between 5 cm and 8 cm.

Find the proportion of apples that the supermarket accepts.

[1 mark]

(b)

The farm also supplies plums to the supermarket.

These plums have diameters that are normally distributed.

It is found that 60% of these plums have a diameter less than 5.9 cm.

It is found that 20% of these plums have a diameter greater than 6.1 cm.

Find the mean and standard deviation of the diameter, in centimetres, of the plums supplied by the farm.

[6 marks]

Question 17

A council found that 70% of its new local businesses made a profit in their first year.

The council introduced an incentive scheme for its residents to encourage the use of new local businesses.

At the end of the scheme, a random sample of 25 new local businesses was selected and it was found that 21 of them had made a profit in their first year.

Using a binomial distribution, investigate, at the 2.5% level of significance, whether there is evidence of an increase in the proportion of new local businesses making a profit in their first year.

[6 marks]

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