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Weekend Assignment 1

This document is a mathematics examination paper for the Uzbekistan Presidential Schools, covering topics such as algebra, trigonometry, differentiation, and integration. It includes instructions for answering questions, the total marks available, and specific requirements for showing work and accuracy. The paper consists of various mathematical problems and tasks to be completed within a time limit of 1 hour and 50 minutes.

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Weekend Assignment 1

This document is a mathematics examination paper for the Uzbekistan Presidential Schools, covering topics such as algebra, trigonometry, differentiation, and integration. It includes instructions for answering questions, the total marks available, and specific requirements for showing work and accuracy. The paper consists of various mathematical problems and tasks to be completed within a time limit of 1 hour and 50 minutes.

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Uzbekistan Presidential Schools

MATHEMATICS 9709/31
Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3 Weekend Assignment 1 - 2025

1 hour 50 minutes
Topics Covered:
▪ Algebra/Logarithms/Trigonometry/Differentiation/Integration/Numerical Solutions
You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
³ Answer all questions.
³ Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
³ Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
³ Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
³ Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
³ Do not write on any bar codes.
³ If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
³ You should use a calculator where appropriate.
³ You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
³ Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 75.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 14 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 (a) Sketch the graph of y = 2x − 3. [1]

(b) Solve the inequality 2x − 3 < 3x + 2. [3]

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1n y
2

(5.10, 2.21)

(2.80, 0.372)

O x
The variables x and y satisfy the equation ky = e cx , where k and c are constants. The graph of ln y
against x is a straight line passing through the points (2.80, 0.372) and (5.10, 2.21), as shown in the
diagram.

Find the values of k and c. Give each value correct to 2 significant figures. [4]

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17x − 7x + 16
3 Let f x = .
2 + 3x2  2 − x

(a) Express f x in partial fractions. [5]

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(b) Hence obtain the expansion of f x in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x3 .
[5]

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(c) State the set of values of x for which the expansion in (b) is valid. Give your answer in an exact
form. [1]

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4 (a) Show that the equation 5 sec x + tan x = 4 can be expressed as R cos x + ! = 5, where R > 0
and 0Å < ! < 90Å. Give the exact value of R and the value of ! correct to 2 decimal places. [4]

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(b) Hence solve the equation 5 sec 2x + tan 2x = 4, for 0Å < x < 180Å. [4]

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5 The curve with equation y = has a stationary point at x = p, where p > 0.
ex − 1
(a) Show that p = 3 1 − e−p . [3]

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(b) Verify by calculation that p lies between 2.5 and 3. [2]

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(c) Use an iterative formula based on the equation in part (a) to determine p correct to 2 decimal
places. Give the result of each iteration to 4 decimal places. [3]

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6 Solve the equation log10 2x + 1 = 2 log10 x + 1 − 1.


Give your answers correct to 3 decimal places. [5]

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y

x
O 0

The diagram shows the graph of y = ecos x sin3 x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0, and its maximum point M . The shaded
region R is bounded by the curve and the x-axis.

(i) Find the x-coordinate of M . Show all necessary working and give your answer correct to 2 decimal
places. [5]

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(ii) By first using the substitution u = cos x, find the exact value of the area of R. [7]

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8 Let f (x) = 8x 3 + 54x 2 - 17x - 21.

(a) Show that x + 7 is a factor of f (x) . [1]

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(b) Find the quotient when f (x) is divided by x + 7 . [2]

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(c) Hence solve the equation
8 cos 3 i + 54 cos 2 i - 17 cos i - 21 = 0 ,
for 0° G i G 360° . [3]

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9 The equation of a curve is xy + y 2 e -x = 4 .
dy y 2 - ye x
(a) Show that = . [4]
dx xe x + 2y

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(b) Find the gradients of the tangents to the curve when x = 0 . [2]

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10 The polynomial 3x 3 + pax 2 + 7a 2 x + qa 3 is denoted by f (x) , where p, q and a are constants and a ! 0 .
When f (x) is divided by (x + 2a) the remainder is -22a 3 . When f (x) is divided by (3x - a) the
remainder is -a 3 .
Find the values of p and q. [5]

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y
r
11 Find the exact value of x 2 cos 13 x dx . [6]
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Additional Page

If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s)
must be clearly shown.

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