P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS

Paper 1

July/August 2024

3 Hours

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

PURE MATHEMATICS

Paper 1

3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES;

Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five questions from

section B.

Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

All necessary working must be shown clearly.

Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.

Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables

with a list of formulae may be used.

 SECTION A (40 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section.

1.Solve the equation 2cos2  + cos2 = 2 for 0    180 (05 marks)

2.If the polynomial x 4 + px3 − x 2 + qx −12 has factors of x +1 and ( )
( x + 2) , find the constants p and q and the remaining factors.
(05 marks)

3.Find
 (05 marks)
( 3 x −1)
2 dx

4.Show that the line x + y −16 = 0 is a tangent to the curve whose

parametric equations are x = 8t and y = 8 t , hence find the point of

contact. (05 marks)

5.Find the volume of the solid generated when the region bounded by

the curve y = cos x ,the x-axis and the ordinates x = 0 and x = 

2
is rotated through 2 radians about the x-axis. (05 marks)

6. O, A and C are non-collinear points where O is the origin and

OA = a and OB = b and C is the mid-point of AB . D is a point such

that OD : DB = 1:3 . T is a point of intersection of OC and AD

produced. Find DT in terms of a and b . (05 marks)

7.The 5th ,9th and 16th terms of an A.P are in a G.P. Find the common

ratio of the G.P. Hence prove that the 21st ,37th and 65th terms of

the A.P are also in a G.P. (05 marks)

8.Find the equation of the normal to the curve
y = 3 at the
x + sin y
point when y =  . (05 marks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section.

9.(a)Solve the equation 2cos x cos2 x + sin 2 x = 2  cos3 x − cos x 

 

for 0  x  360 (07 marks)

 1− x  
(b)Prove that tan −1   + tan ( x ) = . (05 marks)
−1
 1 + x  4

10.(a)Given that log9 xy = 6, prove that log3 x + log3 y = 12 . Hence solve

(
the simultaneous equations log9 xy = 6 and log3 x log3 y = 20 . )( )
(07 marks)

x 2 +3
(b)If y = where x is real, show that y cannot take any
x −1
value between −2 and 6 . (05 marks)

11. (a)The surface area of a cube is increasing at a rate of 10cm3s −1.

Find the rate of increase of the volume of the cube when the

edge is of length 12cm. (06 marks)


2


 1
(b)Prove that x 2 sin x cos xdx = − . (06 marks)
16 4
0
 1  2 1  −3 
 
12.Given that the lines L1 : r =  −1 +   1  and L2 : r =  2  +   0 
   
0  −2   2 4
       

intersect, find;

(a) the point of intersection of the lines (06 marks)

(b) the Cartesian equation of the plane containing L1 and L2 .

(06 marks)
2 2
13.(a)The line x + cy + d = 0 touches the ellipse x 2 + y2 = 1 . Show that
a b

d =  a 2 + b2c 2 , hence determine the equations of the tangents

which are common to the two ellipses 4 x 2 + 14 y 2 = 56 and

3x 2 + 23 y 2 = 69 . (06 marks)

(b)The tangents to the parabola at points P ( ap 2 , 2ap ) and Q ( aq 2 , 2aq )

intersect at R . If these tangents are inclined to one another at

an angle of 45 , show that the locus of R is the curve

y 2 = x 2 + 6ax + a 2 . (06 marks)

px + q
14.Given that the curve y = has a turning point at the point
x2 + 2 x
(1, −2) . (i)Find the values of p and q .

(ii)Determine the asymptotes of the curve.

(iii)Sketch the curve. (12 marks)

15.(a)The complex number z satisfies the equation ( z + i ) = 3 − 4i .
2

Find the possible values of z .Hence represent z on the Argand

diagram. (06 marks)

(b) Use De Moivre’s theorem to find the four roots of

z4 + i − 3 = 0 (06 marks)

16.(a)Solve the differential equation

dy = e2( x− y ) . (03 marks)
dx
(b)The rate of fall of temperature T C of the body is

( )
proportional to T − A ,where A C is the temperature of the

surrounding. If the temperature of the surroundings remains at

A C and that of the body drops from 4A to 3A in one minute.

Find T in terms of A after two minutes. (09 marks)

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