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Edexcel A Level Maths Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 June 2018 question paper 9MA0/01

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Edexcel 9MA0 · Paper 1

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Question 3

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Figure 1 shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius rcm.

The angle AOB is θ radians. The area of the sector AOB is 11 cm2

Given that the perimeter of the sector is 4 times the length of the arc AB, find the exact value of r.

(4)

Question 4

The curve with equation y maths symbol2 ln(8maths symbol x) meets the line y maths symbol xat a single point, x maths symbol α.

(b)
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Figure 2 shows the graph of y maths symbol2 ln(8maths symbol x) and the graph of y maths symbol x.

A student uses the iteration formula

in an attempt to find an approximation for α.

Using the graph and starting with x1maths symbol4

determine whether or not this iteration formula can be used to find an approximation for α, justifying your answer.

(2)

Question 6

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The circle C has centre A with coordinates (7, 5).

The line l, with equation y maths symbol2x maths symbol1, is the tangent to C at the point P, as shown in Figure 3.

(a)

Show that an equation of the line PA is 2y maths symbol x maths symbol17

(3)

(b)

Find an equation for C.

(4)

(c)

The line with equation y maths symbol2x + k, k maths symbol1 is also a tangent to C.

Find the value of the constant k.

(3)

Question 8

The depth of water, D metres, in a harbour on a particular day is modelled by the formula

where t is the number of hours after midnight.

A boat enters the harbour at 6:30 am and it takes 2 hours to load its cargo. The boat requires the depth of water to be at least 3.8 metres before it can leave the harbour.

(a)

Find the depth of the water in the harbour when the boat enters the harbour.

(1)

(b)

Find, to the nearest minute, the earliest time the boat can leave the harbour. (Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(4)

Question 9

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Figure 4 shows a sketch of the curve with equation x2 maths symbol2xy maths symbol3y2 maths symbol50

(b)

The curve is used to model the shape of a cycle track with both x and y measured in km.

The points P and Q represent points that are furthest west and furthest east of the origin O, as shown in Figure 4.

Using part (a),

find the exact coordinates of the point P.

(5)

(c)

Explain briefly how to find the coordinates of the point that is furthest north of the origin O. (You do not need to carry out this calculation).

(1)

Question 10

The height above ground, H metres, of a passenger on a roller coaster can be modelled by the differential equation

Question 10, shown as an image

where t is the time, in seconds, from the start of the ride.

Given that the passenger is 5 m above the ground at the start of the ride,

(b)

State the maximum height of the passenger above the ground.

(1)

(c)

The passenger reaches the maximum height, for the second time, T seconds after the start of the ride.

Find the value of T.

(2)

Question 12

The value, £ V, of a vintage car t years after it was first valued on 1st January 2001, is modelled by the equation

V=Aptwhere A and p are constants

Given that the value of the car was £32 000 on 1st January 2005 and £50 000 on 1st January 2012

(a)(i)

find p to 4 decimal places,

(a)(ii)

show that A is approximately 24 800

(4)

(b)

With reference to the model, interpret

(b)(i)

the value of the constant A,

(b)(ii)

the value of the constant p.

(2)

(c)

Using the model,

find the year during which the value of the car first exceeds £100 000

(4)

Question 14

A curve C has parametric equations

Question 14, shown as an image
(a)

Show that all points on C satisfy y maths symbol6maths symbol(x maths symbol3)2

(2)

(b)(i)

Sketch the curve C.

(b)(ii)

Explain briefly why C does not include all points of y maths symbol6maths symbol(x maths symbol3)2, xmaths symbolmaths symbol

(3)

(c)

The line with equation x maths symbol y maths symbol k, where k is a constant, intersects C at two distinct points.

State the range of values of k, writing your answer in set notation.

(5)

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