WMA11 Pure Mathematics 1 (P1): Oct/Nov 2019 Paper 01
WMA11/01
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Pure Mathematics 1 (P1), Oct/Nov 2019.
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From page 2 of the paper. Figure 1 shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius r cm.
The angle AOB is 1.25 radians.
Given that the area of the sector AOB is 15 cm2
(a)find the exact value of r,[2]
(b)find the exact length of the perimeter of the sector. Write your answer in simplest form.[3]
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A tree was planted in the ground.
Exactly 2 years after it was planted, the height of the tree was 1.85 m.
Exactly 7 years after it was planted, the height of the tree was 3.45 m.
Given that the height, H metres, of the tree, t years after it was planted in the ground, can be modelled by the equation
Loading diagram…From page 4 of the paper. where a and b are constants,
(a)find the value of a and the value of b.[4]
(b)State, according to the model, the height of the tree when it was planted.[1]
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From page 6 of the paper. Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.
Loading diagram…From page 6 of the paper. Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve C with equation y = x2– 5x + 13
The point M is the minimum point of C.
The straight line l passes through the origin O and intersects C at the points M and N as shown.
Find, showing your working,
(a)the coordinates of M,[3]
(b)the coordinates of N.[5]
Loading diagram…From page 6 of the paper. Figure 3 shows the curve C and the line l. The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 3, is bounded by C, l and the y-axis.
(c)Use inequalities to define the region R.[2]
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A parallelogram ABCD has area 40 cm2
Given that AB has length 10 cm, BC has length 6 cm and angle DAB is obtuse, find
(a)the size of angle DAB, in degrees, to 2 decimal places,[3]
(b)the length of diagonal BD, in cm, to one decimal place.[2]
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A curve has equation
Loading diagram…From page 12 of the paper. (a)Find dydx , giving the answer in simplest form.[3]
The point P ⎛⎝ 4 ,11⎞3 ⎠ lies on the curve.
(b)Find the equation of the normal to the curve at P. Write your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers to be found.[4]
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The curve C has equation y = + k, where k is a positive constant.
(a)Sketch a graph of C, stating the equation of the horizontal asymptote and the coordinates of the point of intersection with the x-axis.[3]
The line with equation y = 10 – 2x is a tangent to C.
(b)Find the possible values for k.[5]
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From page 16 of the paper. Figure 4 shows part of the curve with equation y = 2x2+ 5
The point P(2,13) lies on the curve.
(a)Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.[2]
The point Q with x coordinate 2 + h also lies on the curve.
(b)Find, in terms of h, the gradient of the line PQ. Give your answer in simplest form.[3]
(c)Explain briefly the relationship between the answer to (b) and the answer to (a).[1]
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Solve, using algebra, the equation
Loading diagram…From page 18 of the paper. Fully simplify your answers, writing them in the form a + b c, where a, b and c are integers to be found.[5]
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From page 20 of the paper. Figure 5 shows a sketch of part of the curve C with equation y = sin ⎛ x ⎞⎝ 12⎠ , where x is
measured in radians. The point M shown in Figure 5 is a minimum point on C.
(a)State the period of C.[1]
(b)State the coordinates of M.[1]
The smallest positive solution of the equation sin ⎛ x ⎞⎝ 12⎠ k, where k is a constant, is Į
Find, in terms of Į,
(c)(i)the negative solution of the equation sin ⎛ x ⎞⎝ 12⎠ k that is closest to zero,
(ii)the smallest positive solution of the equation cos ⎛ x ⎞⎝ 12⎠ k.
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From page 22 of the paper. Figure 6 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = f(x), where
Loading diagram…From page 22 of the paper. (a)Deduce the values of x for which f(x) - 0[2]
The curve crosses the y-axis at the point P, as shown.
(b)Expand f(x) to the form
Loading diagram…From page 22 of the paper. where a, b, c and d are integers to be found.[3]
(c)Hence, or otherwise, find
(i)the coordinates of P,
(ii)the gradient of the curve at P.[2]
The curve with equation y = f(x) is translated two units in the positive x direction to a curve with equation y = g(x).
(d)(i)Find g(x), giving your answer in a simplified factorised form.
(ii)Hence state the y intercept of the curve with equation y = g(x).[3]
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A curve has equation y = f(x).
The point P ⎛⎝ 4 , 32⎞3 ⎠ lies on the curve.
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Ɣ މI x) = 5 at P
find
(a)the equation of the tangent to the curve at P, writing your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are constants to be found,[2]
(b)f(x).[8]
Loading diagram…From page 28 of the paper.