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Questions
Q1.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a right circular cone with a base radius of x cm. The slant height of the cone is l cm and
the height of the cone is h cm. The vertex of the cone is B and the points A and C, on the base of the
cone, are such that AC is a diameter of the base.

The cone is increasing in size in such a way that the size of the angle ABC is constant at 60° and the
total surface area of the cone is increasing at a constant rate of 10 cm2/s.

Find the exact rate of increase of the volume of the cone when x = 6
(11)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

Q2.

Oil is leaking from a pipe and forms a circular pool on a horizontal surface. The area of the surface of the
pool is increasing at a constant rate of 8 cm2/s. Find, in cm/s to 3 significant figures, the rate at which the
radius of the pool is increasing when the area of the pool is 50 cm2
(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q3.

Show that
(8)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q4.

Show that

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q5.

y and x vary so that y = xe–2x

Given that the value of x increases by 3%, use calculus to find, in terms of x, an estimate for the
percentage change in y

Give your answer in the form a(b – cx) where a, b and c are integers.

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q6.

The curve C1 has equation y = 5e–2x + 4

The curve C2 has equation y = e2x

The curves C1 and C2 intersect at the point A.

(a) Find the exact coordinates of A.

(4)
The tangent at A to C1 intersects the x-axis at the point B.

(b) Show that the x coordinate of B is (5 + ln5)

(5)
The tangent at A to C2 intersects the x-axis at the point D.

(c) Find the area of ΔABD.

(6)
(Total for question = 15 marks)
Q7.

A curve C has equation

Write the equation of C in the form ax2 + (by – 4)x + (y – c) = 0, where a, b and c are integers whose
values are to be found.
(3)
(b) Hence show that x is real when y ≤ 2 and when y ≥ 3
(4)
(c) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on C.
(6)
(d) Sketch C showing clearly
(i) the exact coordinates of the points where C crosses the x-axis,
(ii) the asymptote to C that is parallel to the y-axis,
(iii) the coordinates of the stationary points.
(5)

(Total for question = 18 marks)

Q8.

A curve C has equation where a is a constant and x ≠ –5

The gradient of C at the point on the curve where x = 2 is

(a) Show that a = 3

(3)
Hence

(b) write down an equation of the asymptote to C that is

(i) parallel to the x-axis,
(ii) parallel to the y-axis,
(2)
(c) find the coordinates of the point where C crosses
(i) the x-axis,
(ii) the y-axis.
(2)
(d) Sketch the curve C, showing clearly its asymptotes and the coordinates of the points where C crosses
the coordinate
axes.
(3)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

Q9.

f(x) = 2x3 + px2 + qx + 12 p, q ∈

Given that (x + 3) is a factor of f(x) and that when f′(x) is divided by (x + 3) the remainder is 37

(a) show that p = 1 and find the value of q

(6)
(b) hence factorise f(x) completely
(2)
(c) show that the equation f(x) = 0 has only one real root.
(2)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

Q10.

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows the curve M with equation y = x3 – 13x –12

The point P, with x coordinate −2, lies on M and line l1 is the tangent to M at the point P.

(a) Find an equation for l1

(5)
The point Q lies on M and the line l2 is the tangent to M at the point Q.

Given that l1 and l2 are parallel,

(b) find an equation for l2

(4)
The normal to M at P meets l2 at the point R.

(c) Find the coordinates of R.

(4)
(d) Find the exact length of the line PR.
(2)
The tangent and normal at P and the tangent and normal at Q form a rectangle.

(e) Find the exact area of this rectangle.

(3)

(Total for question = 18 marks)

Q11.

A particle P is moving in a straight line. At time t seconds, t ≥ 0, the displacement, s metres, of P from a
fixed point O of the line is given by

Find the distance of P from O when P is instantaneously at rest.

(4)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q12.

A particle P is moving along the x-axis. At time t seconds (t ≥ 0) the displacement, s metres, of P from the
origin O, is given by s = t3 – 4t2 – 16t – 8

(a) Find the distance of P from O when t = 0

(1)
(b) Find the value of t for which P is instantaneously at rest.
(4)
(c) Find the value of t for which P is accelerating at 10 m/s2 in the positive x direction.
(3)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q13.

Two numbers x and y are such that 2x + y = 13

The sum of the squares of 2x and y is S.

(a) Show that S = 8x2 – 52x + 169

(3)
Using calculus,

(b) find the value of x for which S is a minimum, justifying that this value of x gives a minimum value for
S.
(4)
(c) find the minimum value of S.
(2)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

Q14.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a lawn ABCDEF, where ABDE is a rectangle of length y metres and width 2x metres.
Each end of the lawn is a semicircle of radius x metres. The lawn has perimeter 90 m and area S m2

(a) Show that S can be written in the form

S = kx − πx2
where k is a constant.
State the value of k.
(4)
(b) Use calculus to find, to 4 significant figures, the value of x for which S is a maximum, justifying that
this value of x gives a maximum value of S.
(5)
(c) Find, to the nearest whole number, the maximum value of S.
(2)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

Q15.

Find an equation of the normal to the curve with equation

y = (x3 – 2x)e(1 – x)

at the point on the curve with coordinates (1, –1)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q16.

Differentiate with respect to x

(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q17.

(a) Given that y = (4x – 3)e2x

(i) find
(3)

(ii) show that (4x − 3) = (8x − 2)y

(2)

(b) Differentiate with respect to x

(3)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q18.

Given that 2xy + 5y = ex

(a) show that

(5)

(b) find the value of when x = 0

(2)
x
(c) find an equation of the normal to the curve with equation 2xy + 5y = e at the point where x = 0

Give your answer in the form px + qy + r = 0 where p, q and r are integers.

(3)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

Q19.

Figure 4 shows a right circular cone with base radius r cm and slant height l cm.
Figure 4 also shows a sector of a circle with radius R cm and arc length L cm.

The area of the curved surface of the cone is A cm2

By considering how the sector of the circle can be folded to exactly form the curved surface of the cone
with R and L suitably chosen,

(a) prove that A = πrl

(4)
Sand is poured onto a horizontal surface at a constant rate of 1.5 cm3/s.
The sand forms a pile in the shape of a right circular cone with its base on the surface.
The curved surface area of the cone, A cm2, increases in such a way that the height of the cone is always
three times the radius of the base of the cone.

Given that , where k is a constant,

(b) find the exact value of k.

(3)
(c) Calculate the rate, in cm2/s, to 3 significant figures, at which the curved surface area of the pile is
increasing when the
height of the pile is 24 cm.
(5)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

Q20.

Figure 3 shows a metal solid S.

The solid is a right triangular prism.

The cross section of S is an equilateral triangle with sides of length x cm.

The length of S is 4x cm.

The prism is being heated so that the cross sectional area is increasing at a constant rate of 0.03 cm 2/s.

(a) Find, giving your answer to 3 significant figures, when x = 2

(5)
3
(b) Find the rate of increase, in cm /s, of the volume of S when x = 2
(3)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q21.

The volume of a sphere with radius r cm is increasing at a constant rate of 3 cm3/s.

Find the rate, in cm2/s, at which the surface area of the sphere is increasing when r = 10

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q22.

The curve C has equation y = 2x2 + px + q where p and q are integers.

The curve C has a stationary point at (3, –5)

(a) Show that p = –12 and find the value of q

(4)
(b) State, giving a reason, the nature of the stationary point.
(1)
(c) Find an equation of the normal to C at the point on C where x = 1
Give your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0
(6)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

Q23.

The curve C has equation

(a) Using calculus, find the coordinates of the stationary points on C.

(5)

(b) Show that

(4)
(c) Hence, or otherwise, determine the nature of each of these stationary points.
(2)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

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