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1914 Paper 1 Q501
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Solve the equations:

  1. [(i)] \((x-3)^{\frac{1}{2}} + (x-6)^{\frac{1}{2}} + (x-11)^{\frac{1}{2}} = 0\);
  2. [(ii)] \(x^2-40y=129\), \(2y^2-x=15\).
Illustrate (ii) by roughly drawing graphs of the equations.

1914 Paper 1 Q502
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Expand \(\log_e(1+x)\) in powers of \(x\), when \(|x|<1\). Verify that \(6^9\) is roughly equal to a power of 10, and, taking \(\log_{10} e = \cdot 434\), prove that \(\log_{10}6 = \cdot 77815\).

1914 Paper 1 Q503
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Given the sides of a triangle, find an expression for the tangent of half of one of its angles. With the usual notation prove that, if \(\tan\frac{1}{2}A+\tan\frac{1}{2}B+\tan\frac{1}{2}C=2\), \[ 4R+r=a+b+c. \]

1914 Paper 1 Q504
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

\(ABCD\) is a parallelogram. \(P, Q, R, S\) are four points taken respectively on the sides \(CD, CB, AB, AD\) produced, such that \(PAQ\) and \(RCS\) are straight lines. Prove that \(PS\) and \(QR\) are parallel.

1914 Paper 1 Q505
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Shew that the length of a chord of a parabola drawn through the focus \(S\) parallel to the tangent at \(P\) is \(4SP\). Prove that the normal at any point, terminated at the axis, is a mean proportional between the segments of the focal chord to which it is perpendicular.

1914 Paper 1 Q506
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Find the condition that the general equation of the second degree should represent two straight lines. Prove that if the equation \(3x^2+2hxy+2y^2+5x+5y+2=0\) represents two straight lines, the tangent of the angle between them is either 1 or \(\frac{1}{7}\). Find the equations of the lines in each case.

1914 Paper 1 Q507
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Define a differential coefficient, and shew that if \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) is positive for any value of \(x\), the value of \(y\) is increasing as \(x\) increases through that value. Prove that \[ \tan x > x + \frac{x^3}{3}. \quad \left(0

1914 Paper 1 Q508
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Find the \(n\)th differential coefficient of \(x\log(1+x)\).

1914 Paper 1 Q509
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

State Maclaurin's Theorem on the expansion of \(f(x)\) in a series of ascending powers of \(x\). Prove that if \(\{\log(1+x)\}^2 = a_2x^2 - a_3x^3 + a_4x^4 - a_5x^5 \dots\) \[ n\{(n+1)a_{n+1}-na_n\} = 2, \] and find \(a_n\).

1914 Paper 1 Q510
D: 1500.0 B: 1500.0

Integrate with respect to \(x\) \[ \frac{x^2+1}{x+2}, \quad \frac{(a^x+b^x)^2}{a^x b^x}, \quad \cos^2 2x \sin 3x. \]