# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | Feb-Mar | (P2-9709/22) | Q#2

Question Solve the inequality . Solution SOLVING INEQUALITY: PIECEWISE Let, . We can write it as; We have to consider both moduli separately and it leads to following cases; When If then above four intervals translate to following with their corresponding inequality; When When When If then above four intervals translate to following with […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P2-9709/23) | Q#4

Question The polynomial is defined by  where  is a constant. It is given that  is a factor of     i.       Use the factor theorem to find the value of .    ii.       Factorise p(x) and hence show that the equation p(x) = 0 has only one real root.   iii.       Use logarithms to […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P2-9709/21) | Q#7

Question The polynomial  is defined by where  and  are constants. It is given that  is a factor of . It is also given that the remainder is 18 when  is divided by .     i.       Find the values of a and b.    ii.       When a and b have these values         […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P2-9709/23) | Q#3

Question      i.       Solve the equation .    ii.       Hence solve the equation  for , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. Solution i.   SOLVING EQUALITY: PIECEWISE Let, . We have to consider both moduli separately and it leads to following cases;  OR We have the equation; We have to consider both moduli […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P2-9709/22) | Q#3

Question      i.       Solve the equation .    ii.       Hence solve the equation  for , giving your answer  correct to 3 significant figures. Solution i.   SOLVING EQUALITY: PIECEWISE Let, . We have to consider both moduli separately and it leads to following cases;  OR We have the equation; We have to consider both moduli […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P2-9709/21) | Q#3

Question Given that 3ex +8e−x = 14, find the possible values of ex and hence solve the equation 3ex +8e−x = 14 correct to 3 significant figures. Solution We are given; Let ; Now we have two options. Since ; Taking logarithm of both sides;  and are inverse functions. The composite function is an identity […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P2-9709/22) | Q#1

Question Solve the equation . Solution SOLVING EQUATION: PIECEWISE Let, . We can write it as; We have to consider two separate cases; When When We have the equation; It  can be written as; We have to consider two separate cases; When ; When ; Hence, the only solutions for the given equation are; […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 2 (P2-9709/02) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P2-9709/21) | Q#1

Question      i.       It is given that x satisfies the equation . Find the value of and, using  logarithms, find the value of x correct to 3 significant figures.    ii.       Hence state the values of x satisfying the equation . Solution i.   We are given; We can write it as; Let […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/13) | Q#8

Question      i.      Express  in the form , where a, b and c are constants.    ii. Functions f and g are both defined for . It is given that  and     . Find .   iii.       Find  and give the domain of .   Solution      i.   We have the expression; We use method of “completing square” […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/13) | Q#4

Question The function f is such that  for , where n is an integer. It is given that  f is an increasing function. Find the least possible value of n. Solution We are given function; We are also given that it is an increasing function. To test whether a function  is increasing or decreasing at a particular point , […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/13) | Q#1

Question Find the set of values of k for which the curve  and the line  do not meet. Solution We can find the coordinates of intersection point of a curve and line. However, here we are required  to show that given curve and line do not meet that means there is no point of intersection   of the two. […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/12) | Q#8

Question a)   A cyclist completes a long-distance charity event across Africa. The total distance is 3050 km.  He starts the event on May 1st and cycles 200 km on that day. On each subsequent day he reduces  the distance cycled by 5 km. (i)          How far will he travel on May 15th? (ii)        On what date will he finish the event? b)  […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/12) | Q#3

Question A curve has equation .     i.       Find the set of values of  for which .    ii.       Find the value of the constant  for which the line  is a tangent to the curve. Solution i.   We are required to find the set of values of x for which . We are given that; Therefore; We solve the following equation to find […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Oct-Nov | (P1-9709/11) | Q#1

Question i.    Express  in the form , where a and b are constants. ii.   Hence, or otherwise, find the set of values of  for which . Solution i.   We have the expression; We use method of “completing square” to obtain the desired form. Next we complete the square for the terms which involve . We have the algebraic […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P1-9709/13) | Q#7

Question The point P(x,y) is moving along the curve  in such a way that the rate of change  of y is constant. Find the values of x at the points at which the rate of change of x is equal to half the rate of change of y. Solution We are required to find values of x at the […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P1-9709/12) | Q#11

Question The function  is defined by  for .      i.       Find the set of values of x for which f(x) ≤ 3.    ii.       Given that the line y=mx+c is a tangent to the curve y = f(x), show that The function g is defined by  for x ≥ k, where k is a constant.   iii.       Express   in the form , where a […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P1-9709/12) | Q#9

Question A water tank holds 2000 litres when full. A small hole in the base is gradually getting bigger so that  each day a greater amount of water is lost.      i.       On the first day after filling, 10 litres of water are lost and this increases by 2 litres each day.          a.   How many […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | May-Jun | (P1-9709/11) | Q#6

Question a.   Find the values of the constant m for which the line  is a tangent to the curve . b.   The function f is defined for  by , where a and b are constants. The solutions of the equation  are x = 1 and x = 9. Find i.       the values of a and b,  ii.       y=the […]

# Past Papers’ Solutions | Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) | AS & A level | Mathematics 9709 | Pure Mathematics 1 (P1-9709/01) | Year 2016 | Feb-Mar | (P1-9709/12) | Q#8

Question The function  is such that  for , where a and b are constants.      i.       For the case where  and , find the possible values of  a and b.    ii.       For the case where  and , find an expression for  and give the domain of  . Solution i.   We are given that function  is represented as; We are given that; First we substitute […]