Cambridge International AS & A Level

CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
*2702778238*

MATHEMATICS 9709/22
Paper 2 Pure Mathematics 2 February/March 2021

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
³ Answer all questions.
³ Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
³ Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
³ Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
³ Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
³ Do not write on any bar codes.
³ If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
³ You should use a calculator where appropriate.
³ You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
³ Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 50.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 (a) Sketch, on the same diagram, the graphs of y = 3x − 5 and y = x + 2. [2]

(b) Solve the equation 3x − 5 = x + 2. [3]

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2 Solve the equation sec2 1 cot 1 = 8 for 0 < 1 < π. [5]

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3 The parametric equations of a curve are

x = e2t cos 4t, y = 3 sin 2t.

Find the gradient of the curve at the point for which t = 0. [5]

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y

x
O 1 3

The diagram shows part of the curve with equation y =

5x
4x3 + 1
. The shaded region is bounded by the
curve and the lines x = 1, x = 3 and y = 0.

dy
(a) Find and hence find the x-coordinate of the maximum point. [4]
dx

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(b) Use the trapezium rule with two intervals to find an approximation to the area of the shaded
region. Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures. [3]

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(c) State, with a reason, whether your answer to part (b) is an over-estimate or under-estimate of the
exact area of the shaded region. [1]

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(a) Given that 2 ln x + 1 + ln x = ln x + 9, show that x =
9
x+2
5 . [3]

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(b) It is given that the equation x =
9
x+2
has a single root.

Show by calculation that this root lies between 1.5 and 2.0. [2]

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(c) Use an iterative formula, based on the equation in part (b), to find the root correct to 3 significant
figures. Give the result of each iteration to 5 significant figures. [3]

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6 The polynomial p x is defined by

p x = x3 + ax + b,

where a and b are constants. It is given that x + 2 is a factor of p x and that the remainder is 5 when
p x is divided by x − 3.

(a) Find the values of a and b. [5]

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(b) Hence find the exact root of the equation p e2y = 0.

[5]

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(a) Express 5 3 cos x + 5 sin x in the form R cos x − !, where R > 0 and 0 < ! < 12 π.

7 [3]

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(b) As x varies, find the least possible value of

4 + 5 3 cos x + 5 sin x,

and determine the corresponding value of x where −π < x < π. [3]

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(c) Find Ô d1.

1
5 3 cos 31 + 5 sin 312
[3]

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