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1950 Paper 4 Q203
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Resolve the expression \[ y = \frac{2(1-x)}{(x^2+1)^2(x+1)} \] into real partial fractions. Show that \[ \int_0^\infty y\,dx = \frac{\pi}{2}-1. \]

1950 Paper 4 Q204
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

If \(\alpha, \beta, \gamma\) are three real angles, and if the equations \begin{align*} x\cos\alpha + y\sin\alpha &= 1, \\ x\cos\beta + y\sin\beta &= 1, \\ x\cos\gamma + y\sin\gamma &= 1 \end{align*} hold simultaneously, show that \(\cos 2\alpha, \cos 2\beta\) and \(\cos 2\gamma\) cannot all be different.

1950 Paper 4 Q205
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

The altitudes of an obtuse-angled triangle \(ABC\) intersect at a point \(H\). Prove that the circumcircle subtends at \(H\) an angle \(\theta\) whose cosine is \[ \frac{8\cos A\cos B\cos C+1}{8\cos A\cos B\cos C-1}, \] and show that \(\theta\) is always greater than \(2\sin^{-1}\frac{1}{3}\).

1950 Paper 4 Q206
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Obtain an expression for \(\tan 7\theta\) in terms of \(\tan\theta\), and find the value of \[ \cot\frac{\pi}{7}\cot\frac{2\pi}{7}\cot\frac{3\pi}{7}. \] Prove that \[ \cot\frac{\pi}{7}+\cot\frac{2\pi}{7}-\cot\frac{3\pi}{7} = \sqrt{7}. \]

1950 Paper 4 Q207
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Find the sum of the first \(n\) terms of each of the following series

  1. \(\displaystyle\frac{1}{2\cdot5\cdot8} + \frac{1}{5\cdot8\cdot11} + \frac{1}{8\cdot11\cdot14} + \dots\);
  2. \(\cos^3\theta - \frac{1}{3}\cos^3 3\theta + \frac{1}{9}\cos^3 9\theta - \frac{1}{27}\cos^3 27\theta + \dots\).

1950 Paper 4 Q208
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

A circular field of unit radius is divided in two by a straight fence. In the smaller segment a circular enclosure as large as possible is fenced off. Show that the total area of the two remaining pieces of the segment can at most be \(\psi-\sin\psi\), where \(\psi=2\tan^{-1}(4/\pi)\).

1950 Paper 4 Q209
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Find the asymptotes of the curve \[ x^3+2x^2+x = xy^2 - 2xy + y. \] Show that there are values which \(y-x\) never takes, and sketch the curve.

1950 Paper 4 Q210
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Evaluate the following integrals (in which \(\sqrt{\phantom{x}}\) means the positive square root):

  1. \(\displaystyle\int_{1/2}^X \frac{dx}{x\sqrt{(5x^2-4x+1)}}\);
  2. \(\displaystyle\int_{-\pi/6}^{\pi/4} \sqrt{\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}\cos 4\theta} - \frac{1}{2}\sin 4\theta}\,\sec^4\theta\,d\theta\).

1950 Paper 4 Q301
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

The roots of the cubic equation \[ ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=0 \quad (a\neq 0, d\neq 0) \] are \(\alpha, \beta, \gamma\). Find the equations whose roots are (i) \(\displaystyle\frac{1}{\alpha}, \frac{1}{\beta}, \frac{1}{\gamma}\); (ii) \(\alpha^2, \beta^2, \gamma^2\); (iii) \(\beta\gamma/\alpha, \gamma\alpha/\beta, \alpha\beta/\gamma\). Deduce a necessary and sufficient condition that the product of two of the roots of the original equation should be equal to the third root.

1950 Paper 4 Q302
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

The polynomials \(f(x), g(x)\) are of degrees \(m,n\) respectively, where \(m\ge n\ge 1\), and have real coefficients. Show that polynomials \(q(x), r(x)\) exist such that \(f(x)=g(x)q(x)+r(x)\), and such that the degree of \(r(x)\) is less than \(n\). Show also that \(q(x), r(x)\) are unique, and have real coefficients. If \(g(x) = x^2 - (\alpha+\beta)x + \alpha\beta\), prove that, if \(\alpha\neq\beta\), \[ r(x) = \frac{f(\alpha)-f(\beta)}{\alpha-\beta}x + \frac{\alpha f(\beta) - \beta f(\alpha)}{\alpha-\beta}. \] Verify that the coefficients of \(r(x)\) are real if \(\alpha, \beta\) are conjugate complex numbers. Find also the form of \(r(x)\) if \(\alpha=\beta\).