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1930 Paper 2 Q301
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

(i) Prove that for real values of the \(a\)'s and \(b\)'s \[ (a_1^2+a_2^2+\dots+a_n^2)(b_1^2+b_2^2+\dots+b_n^2) \ge (a_1b_1+a_2b_2+\dots+a_nb_n)^2. \] (ii) Without assuming the cosine series, prove (by differentiation or otherwise) that for \(-1 \le x \le +1\) \[ 1 - \frac{x^2}{2!} + \frac{x^4}{4!} \ge \cos x \ge 1 - \frac{x^2}{2!} + \frac{x^4}{4!} - \frac{x^6}{6!}. \]

1930 Paper 2 Q302
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

(i) Find the sum of the infinite series \[ 1 + \frac{2^2}{1!} + \frac{3^2}{2!} + \frac{4^2}{3!} + \dots. \] (ii) Find the sum of \(n\) terms of the series \[ \frac{1}{3.7.11} + \frac{5}{7.11.15} + \frac{9}{11.15.19} + \dots. \]

1930 Paper 2 Q303
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Shew that if \(l_1, m_1, n_1; l_2, m_2, n_2; l_3, m_3, n_3\) are real quantities satisfying relations \begin{align*} l_r^2+m_r^2+n_r^2 &= 1 \quad (r=1,2,3), \\ l_p l_q + m_p m_q + n_p n_q &= 0 \quad (\{\begin{smallmatrix}p\\q\end{smallmatrix}\}=1,2,3; p \ne q), \end{align*} then \[ \Sigma l_r^2 = \Sigma m_r^2 = \Sigma n_r^2 = 1; \quad \Sigma l_r m_r = \Sigma m_r n_r = \Sigma n_r l_r = 0, \] and \[ \begin{vmatrix} l_1 & m_1 & n_1 \\ l_2 & m_2 & n_2 \\ l_3 & m_3 & n_3 \end{vmatrix} = \pm 1. \]

1930 Paper 2 Q304
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

If \(f(x)\) is an algebraic function, shew that between two consecutive real roots of the equation \(f'(x)=0\) there can at most be only one real root of \(f(x)=0\). Prove that the necessary and sufficient condition for the reality of all three roots of the cubic \(x^3+3px+q=0\) is that \(4p^3+q^2<0\). Discuss the case \(4p^3+q^2=0\). Shew that \(x^5+3x^2+x+2=0\) has only one real root, and locate it between two consecutive integers.

1930 Paper 2 Q305
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

If \(r, R\) denote the radii of the inscribed and circumscribed circles of triangle \(ABC\), the centres of the circles being \(I\) and \(O\) respectively, shew that \[ r = R(\cos A + \cos B + \cos C - 1), \] \[ OI^2 = R^2\left(1-8\sin\frac{A}{2}\sin\frac{B}{2}\sin\frac{C}{2}\right). \]

1930 Paper 2 Q306
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

A chord is drawn to cut a circle of radius \(a\) so that the smaller segment is one-sixth of the total area. Shew that if the distance \(p\) of the chord from the centre be \(a\cos\theta\), \(\theta\) is given in radians by \[ \sin\theta\cos\theta - \theta + \frac{\pi}{6} = 0. \] Prove that this equation has a root between \(\frac{\pi}{4}\) and \(\frac{\pi}{3}\) and (by simple interpolation or otherwise) deduce an approximate value for \(p\).

1930 Paper 2 Q307
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Integrate: \[ \int_{-1}^1 \frac{x+1}{(x+3)(\sqrt{x+2})} dx, \quad \int_0^1 \frac{x^3+4x^2+x-1}{(x^2+1)(x+1)^2} dx, \quad \int \sin^{-1}x.dx. \] By reduction formula or otherwise, find an expression for \(\int x^n e^x.dx\).

1930 Paper 2 Q308
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Trace the curve \(x^4+ax^2y-ay^3=0\), determining the turning points. Using polar coordinates or otherwise, calculate the area of a loop of the curve \(\left[\frac{4}{105}a^2\right]\).

1930 Paper 2 Q309
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Prove the formula \(\rho=r\frac{dr}{dp}\) for the radius of curvature of a curve given in terms of \(p\) the perpendicular on to the tangent from the origin, and \(r\) the radius vector. Obtain the \((p,r)\) equation of a parabola referred to its focus as origin in the form \(a.r=p^2\), and deduce that if the parabola is made to roll without slipping on a fixed straight line, its focus describes a curve whose radius of curvature is equal to the focal radius of the parabola at the corresponding instantaneous point of contact.

1930 Paper 2 Q310
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

If \(X, Y, x, y\) are real quantities connected by the complex relation \[ Z = X+iY = f(x+iy) = f(z), \] where \(i=\sqrt{-1}\), shew that \[ J = \frac{\partial X}{\partial x}\frac{\partial Y}{\partial y} - \frac{\partial X}{\partial y}\frac{\partial Y}{\partial x} = (|f'(z)|)^2. \] Prove that if \(V\) is a function of \(x,y\), then \[ J\left(\frac{\partial^2V}{\partial X^2} + \frac{\partial^2V}{\partial Y^2}\right) = \frac{\partial^2V}{\partial x^2} + \frac{\partial^2V}{\partial y^2}. \]