2017-1-PAH-STATE

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. The function f is defined as f ( x) x 2 9.

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a) Sketch the graph of f . State the domain of f so that f ( x) exists. [2 marks]
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b) Find f ( x). Determine the range of f ( x). [3 marks]
c) Find the solution set for the inequalities.
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3 x f ( x) [4 marks]
r6 3 5 2
2. a) Show that . [3 marks]
r r 1r 2 r r 1 r 2
n
r6
b) Find that r (r 1)(r 2) .
r 1
[3 marks]

c) Hence find

r6
i) r (r 1)(r 2).
r 1

ii) The exact value of the series.

70 80 90 360
... [3 marks]
1 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 30 31 32

3. a) Determine the values of m, n and p where p 0 such that A is a symmetrical matrix.

m p p p 3

A n np p [4 marks]
m p np n np m

b) Show that A does not have an inverse. [2 marks]
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c) Verify that ( I A) 1 I A, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix. [3 marks]
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4. Using de Moivres theorem,
a) Simplify (cos i sin ) 2 . [2 marks]

b) Prove that cos 2 cos 2 sin 2 . [3 marks]

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5. Stadium Pahang Darul Makmur has an airfilled fabric dome roof that forms the shape of an
ellipse when viewed from above. Its maximum width is 230m, its maximum length is 190 m.

a) Find an equation for the ellipse formed by the base of the roof. [2 marks]
b) Sketch the ellipse and find the foci. [2 marks]
c) Find the area of the quadrilateral that is formed by joining the points of intersection of the
ellipse with the x axis and the y axis, with straight lines. [2 marks]

6. The quadrilateral OABC has vertices with coordinates O(3, -1, 2), A(1, 2, -4), B(-1, 1, 2)
and C(1, -2, 8).

a) Find the angle between the diagonals of the quadrilateral OABC. [3 marks]
b) Find the position vector of point of intersection between line OB and line AC. [4 marks]

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. A polynomial Q is given by Q( x) 4 x 3 67 x 2 47 x 16.

a) Show that Q (x) has a ( x 16) as a factor. [2 marks]
b) Express Q (x) as the product of three linear factors. [3 marks]
c) Solve the equation Q( x) 0. [2 marks]

d) Find all the real roots of 4 x 6 67 x 4 47 x 2 16 0. [3 marks]

e) Determine the sets of values of x such that 4 x 3 67 x 2 47 x 16 x 3 63x 2 45 x 17.
[5 marks]

2 ai
8. a) Determine the value of a if is a real number and find this number. [5 marks]
2i 2

b) Express the complex number 1 3i in the polar form. Hence solve the equation

z 3 1 3i. [10 marks]