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Edexcel Award
Monday 11 January 2021
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper Reference AAL30/01

Algebra
Level 3
Calculator NOT allowed

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer allthequestions.
Answer
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
• Calculators are not allowed.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 90
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

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1 (a) Expand and simplify (3x – 1)(2x + 3)

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(b) Simplify  
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 7x

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(c) Write (4 y 2 ) 2 in the form ayn where a and n are integers.
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(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)

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 2 On the grid, shade the region that satisfies all these inequalities.
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y >1 3x + 2 y < 9 y< x+3
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Label the region R

y
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–6 –4 –2 O 2 4 6 8 x
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(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)

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3 (a) On the grid,
(i) construct the graph of x2 + y2 = 25

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(2)
(ii) draw the graph of y = x2 – 4 for values of x from –3 to 3
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y
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(b) Use your graphs to find estimates for the solutions of the simultaneous equations

y = x2 – 4
x + y2 = 25
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(Total for Question 3 is 6 marks)

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 4 (a) Factorise y2 – x2
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(b) Factorise 6xy – 8y + 9x – 12
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(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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 x+2 x−2
5 Write + as a single fraction.
x−3 x+3

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Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

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 6 (a) Write the quadratic expression 2x2 – 12x + 13 in the form a(x + m)2 + n
where a, m and n are integers.
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(3)
(b) Hence solve the equation 2x2 – 12x + 13 = 0
q
Give your answer in the form p ± where p, q and r are integers.
r
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(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

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7 (a) On the grid below, draw the graph of y = (x – 1)(x + 1)(x – 3) for values of x from –2 to 4

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(b) Use your graph to find estimates for the solutions of ( x − 1)( x + 1) =
x−3

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(Total for Question 7 is 7 marks)

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25h 2
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(a) Find the value of B when w = 8 and h = 2

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(b) Make h the subject of the formula.
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(2)
2k
m−k =
5n
(c) Make k the subject of the formula.
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(Total for Question 8 is 7 marks)

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9 (a) Solve x2 > 9

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(b) (i) Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation 3x2 – 4x – 2 = 0
p± q
Give your answer in the form where p and q are integers.
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(Total for Question 9 is 6 marks)

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y = 2 when x = 3
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(a) Find a formula for y in terms of x.

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(b) Calculate the value of x when y = 9
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n
Write your answer in the form b where n and b are integers.
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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 Here is an identity.
2x2 – 7x + 6 = (ax – b)(x – c) where a, b and c are integers.

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Find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.

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(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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12 Using the axes below, sketch the graph of y = +1
x
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Label clearly any asymptotes.

y
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(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 Solve, algebraically, the simultaneous equations

2x – 2 = y

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2x2 – 6 = 3y

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(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

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 14 The quadratic equation ax2 + 6x + 5 = 0 has two equal roots.
(a) Find the value of a.
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Here is another quadratic equation.

3x2 – 5x – 8 = 0
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(b) For this quadratic equation, write down the sum of its roots and the product of its roots.

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(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 The point A has coordinates (2, 7) and the point B has coordinates (–2, –5)
The straight line L passes through point A and point B.

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The point D has coordinates (3, 5)
(a) Find an equation of the straight line which passes through D and is parallel to L
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c

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The line M is perpendicular to the line L
(b) Write down the gradient of M

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(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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 16 The first term of an arithmetic series is 6
The common difference of the series is 12
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(a) Work out the 10th term of the series.

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The nth term of a different arithmetic series is 9n – 11
(b) Work out the sum of the first 20 terms of this series.
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(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 A ball moves so that its speed is v m/s at time t seconds after starting from rest.
The speed-time graph for the ball is drawn on the grid.

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Time (t seconds)

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The ball is moving at its maximum speed at time T seconds.
(a) (i) Write down the value of T.

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(ii) Write down the gradient of the tangent to the curve at the time when the ball is
moving at its maximum speed.

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(c) Use the trapezium rule to find an estimate of the area of the region under the curve
and between t = 0, t =10 and the time axis.
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Use 5 strips of equal width.

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(d) What does this area represent?

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(Total for Question 17 is 8 marks)

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y

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y

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(b) On the grid below, draw the graph of y = f(x + 2)

y

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 90 MARKS

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