AS & A Level Further Mathematics (9231) — October–November 2023, Paper 23

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Question 1 · 4 marks · Matrices and systems of linear equations (determinant; geometry of three planes)

Show that the system of equations 14x - 4y + 6z = 5, x + y + kz = 3, -21x + 6y - 9z = 14, where k is a constant, does not have a unique solution and interpret this situation…

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Question 2 · 5 marks · Complex numbers (cube roots of a complex number; de Moivre's theorem)

Find the roots of the equation (z + 5i)^3 = 4 + 4 sqrt(3) i, giving your answers in the form r cos(theta) + i(r sin(theta) - 5), where r 0 and 0 < theta < 2pi.

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Question 3 · 6 marks · Maclaurin series (with hyperbolic and exponential functions)

Find the first three terms in the Maclaurin's series for tanh^(-1)((1/2) e^x) in the form (1/2) ln(a) + b x + c x^2, giving the exact values of the constants a, b and c.

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Question 4 · 10 marks · Second-order linear differential equations (constant coefficients; complementary function and particular integral)

Find the particular solution of the differential equation d^2y/dx^2 + 2 dy/dx + 3y = 27 x^2, given that, when x = 0, y = 2 and dy/dx = -8.

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Question 5 · 10 marks · Arc length of a parametric curve

The curve C has parametric equations x = (2/3) t^(3/2) - 2 t^(1/2) and y = 2t + 5, for 0 < t <= 3. Find the exact length of C.

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Question 6 · 14 marks · Hyperbolic functions (exponential definitions and identities)

Starting from the definitions of cosh and sinh in terms of exponentials, prove that sinh(2x) = 2 sinh(x) cosh(x).

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Question 7 · 11 marks · Matrices (eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonalisation of the inverse)

The matrix A is the 3x3 upper-triangular matrix with rows (-6, 2, 13), (0, -2, 5) and (0, 0, 8). Find a matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that A^(-1) = P D P^(-1).

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Question 8 · 15 marks · Geometric series (sum of a finite geometric progression)

State the sum of the series 1 + z + z^2 + ... + z^(n-1), for z != 1.

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